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While the press is largely free within Israel
proper, the country's military assault on the Occupied Territories
fueled a sharp deterioration in press freedom in the West Bank and Gaza
during much of 2002. Despite vocal international protest, the Israel
Defense Forces (IDF) committed an assortment of press freedom abuses,
ranging from banning press access in the West Bank to opening fire on
journalists covering events.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Imad Abu Zahra
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Attacks on the Press
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July 25, 2002
His Excellency Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Office of the Prime Minister
3 Kaplan Street
Kiryat Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem, Israel
Via facsimile: 972-2-651-2631
His Excellency Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Office of the Prime Minister
3 Kaplan Street
Kiryat Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem, Israel
Via facsimile: 972-2-651-2631
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New York, July 12, 2002—Palestinian free-lance photographer Imad Abu Zahra died this morning from gunshot wounds he sustained yesterday in the West Bank town of Jenin. Said Dahla, a photographer for the official Palestinian news agency WAFA who was accompanying Abu Zahra, was also wounded.
"We mourn the loss of our colleague Abu Zahra," said CPJ executive director, Ann Cooper, noting that he was the second journalist to be killed while covering conflict in the West Bank this year.
"We mourn the loss of our colleague Abu Zahra," said CPJ executive director, Ann Cooper, noting that he was the second journalist to be killed while covering conflict in the West Bank this year.
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