Palestinian Authority temporarily bans Al Jazeera

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Palestinian Authority has temporarily suspended operations of Al Jazeera television channel, blaming the network for disseminating “inciting material’’.

The culture, interior and communications ministers made the decision jointly because the channel broadcast material that was "deceiving and stirring strife, the Palestinian news agency WAFA said.

The Palestinian Authority criticised Al Jazeera last week over its coverage of the weeks-long standoff between Palestinian security forces and fighters in the Jenin camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Reuters reported.

The order from the Palestinian Authority said the decision was temporary. However, it did not specify an end date.

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