Palestinians arrest journalist who reported that PA helped Israel capture terrorist
The Shin Bet said that a Hamas terrorist cell from Nablus was behind the October 1 murder of Eitam and Naama Henkin as they drove near Itamar with their four children.
Salim Sweidan, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Ma’an news agency, was arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces on Sunday after he reported that the PA provided Israel information which led to the arrest of the gunmen suspected of killing Eitam and Na’ama Henkin on a West Bank roadway last October.
The Shin Bet said that a Hamas terrorist cell from Nablus was behind the October 1 murder of Eitam and Naama Henkin as they drove near Itamar with their four children.
Sweidan reported on Ma’an’s television network that PA officials were involved in the arrest of the Hamas operatives.
The journalist is being accused by the Palestinian government of “slander, inaccurate reporting, reporting facts that run counter to national responsibility, violating journalistic ethics, and harming national unity.”
Ma’an journalists condemned the arrest, noting that Sweidan was not the source of the information that was reported.
“The Palestinian security services should have denied the report instead of arresting journalists,” the agency said in a statement.
Ma’an called on international rights groups and human rights organizations to intervene in the case in order to bring about Sweidan’s release.
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