Al-Quds TV Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Israeli forces stand guard as Palestinians sit outside shops in Hebron, in the West Bank on April 3, 2018. At least seven Palestinian journalists have been arrested since July 31, according to news report. (Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)

Israeli forces arrest at least 7 Palestinian journalists in West Bank

August 7, 2018 5:06 PM EDT

Beirut, August 7, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the arrest of at least seven Palestinian journalists in the West Bank since July 30 and called on Israeli authorities to immediately disclose charges against them or set them free.

A man sits in a car trunk in Gaza City in July 2018. Israel has banned the Hamas-affiliated Al-Quds TV from operating in the region. (Reuters/ Marius Bosch)

Israel bans Hamas-affiliated Palestinian station Al-Quds TV

July 17, 2018 4:24 PM EDT

Beirut, July 17, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today urged the Israeli authorities to lift a ban on the Palestinian broadcaster Al-Quds TV.

CPJ requests meeting with Israeli ambassador to the United States

August 11, 2017 3:13 PM EDT

CPJ requests a meeting with the Israeli ambassador to the United States to discuss the Israeli government’s threats to close Al-Jazeera’s bureau and other threats to press freedom in the country.

A Palestinian man hurls stones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Deir Abu Mashal, near Ramallah, August 10, 2017. Israeli and Palestinian security forces have increased repression of the media as political tensions have increased in recent weeks. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)

Palestinian security forces arrest five journalists in West Bank

August 10, 2017 3:34 PM EDT

Beirut, August 10, 2017–Palestinian security forces should immediately release five journalists arrested in the West Bank yesterday and should cease arresting journalists on spurious charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Palestinian protester runs from Israeli military machinery in the West Bank village of Khobar, near Ramallah, July 22, 2017. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)

Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian media company’s office

July 31, 2017 4:46 PM EDT

New York, July 31, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned Israeli soldiers’ raid of the office of PalMedia, a production company that provides broadcast services to Al-Quds TV and other broadcasters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

A screen shot of an Al-Quds TV broadcast July 14, 2017, shows the station reporting the raid of its Hebron office in the news ticker at the bottom of the screen.

Israeli army raids Palestinian TV station office in West Bank

July 14, 2017 2:33 PM EDT

New York, July 14, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned Israeli soldiers’ raid of the office of Al-Quds TV and that of its affiliate Ram Sat in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Palestinian journalist pardoned for insulting president

April 2, 2013 10:08 AM EDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned Al-Quds TV journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh on March 28, 2013, the same day that a West Bank appeals court upheld his one-year sentence for insulting the presidency, according to news reports.

Four Palestinian journalists assaulted by Israeli soldiers

December 14, 2012 5:22 PM EST

New York, December 14, 2012–Israeli soldiers assaulted four Palestinian journalists and forced them to strip naked at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday, according to news reports. Two of the journalists worked for Reuters, and two for local Palestinian news outlets, the reports said.

Israel must explain targeting of journalists in Gaza

December 2, 2012 12:01 AM EST

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned that Israeli airstrikes targeted individual journalists and media facilities in the Gaza Strip between November 18 and 20. Journalists and media outlets are protected under international law in military conflict.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze on the tower housing local and international media on the Gaza Strip. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

In Gaza, news outlets targeted, journalists injured

November 19, 2012 6:06 PM EST

New York, November 19, 2012–Israeli authorities must immediately halt airstrikes targeting news media offices in the Gaza Strip, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today following a series of strikes that injured at least nine journalists and damaged several offices.