Saturday, November 15, 2008

BBC now "banned" from Gaza

Apparently the BBC has been banned from reporting from the Gaza strip.

Jon William's writing on the Editors blog says that

Aleem Maqbool,Ala Johnson's replacement, has been based in Ramallah. But for the past 18 months be has made regular trips to Gaza. Not this week. For the past six days, the BBC and other media organisations have been turned back by the Israeli authorities at the Erez crossing. We're in good company. The heads of a number of EU diplomatic missions have also been refused entry. No explanation has been given, despite repeated requests.

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