FATAH AND HAMAS CENSORSHIP OF MEDIA

Disappearing Bylines (Backspin)

Palestinian reporters protested intimidation by both Hamas and Fatah. Khaled Abu Toameh of the Jerusalem Post writes:

Another member of the press from Jenin said he had been receiving death threats on an almost daily basis in recent months. "One day it's from Fatah, and another day the threats come from Hamas," he told The Jerusalem Post. "For the past month, I haven't been able to write anything under my name out of fear for my life."

SEE ALSO: Does Not Compute (BackSpin)

AP notes a fascinating incident from an anti-Hamas protest: When several Hamas security men roughed up a Reuters TV cameraman and tried to confiscate his camera, protesters surrounded the Hamas men, beat them to the ground and prevented the journalist's arrest.

Try plugging that into the world view of Reuters executive Stephen Jukes.

SEE ALSO: Hamas Gunmen Become Media Watchdogs (BackSpin)

Hamas gunment trying to arrest an AFP reporter were foiled when a group of journalists formed a human chain around his home. Officials from Ismail Haniyeh's office arrived to end the standoff, calling it a "misunderstanding."

The gunmen were looking for Sakher Abu El Oun, who presumably wrote this article about journalists protesting against Hamas. I haven't found a version of the article online with any byline, but El Oun did attach his name to a similar article on August 13.