A Palestinian printing press was raided by Israeli forces and warned not to publish papers aligned with Hamas, reports Reuters.
“The raid into the borders of the Palestinian state and the violation of its sovereignty and its media institutions is a flagrant attack on Palestinians' basic human rights and a violation of norms along with international and humanitarian laws that ensure freedom of opinion and expression,” said a senior Palestinian official, Hanan Ashrawi.The raid comes as the two long conflicting Palestinian organisations Hamas and Fatah, look to form a unity government by the end of this week.
“Israeli authorities informed the newspaper that it would not allow the printing and distribution of newspapers that allegedly incite against Israel, referring to three newspapers,” said The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate after condemning the raid.