In praise of al-Jazeera

Israeli boycott on al-Jazeera indicates that Arab network fulfills its journalistic mission

Several journalists in Israel immediately stood up to defend the Arab network and condemn the boycott, and this condemnation is indeed justified, because it is improper for a government to limit journalists even if their reports are not to the liking of some cabinet members.

Journalism is, by its very nature, an opposition to the government

This is its role in a democratic regime and it should be critical and biting in its attitude towards the government, towards powerful economic bodies, and towards the legal system

Police close

an English-language West Bank radio station that plays Western music in a stated mission to bring Israelis and Palestinians together

Police shut down the transmitter and closed the studio, taking staff for questioning and hauling away equipment

but the station remained on the air via its West Bank frequency 93.6

a venue for reconciliation after apartheid