2 Palestine Publications Banned
From Reuters
JERUSALEM —
Israel’s high court ordered the closure today of a Palestinian newspaper and a magazine in East Jerusalem that it said posed a threat to Israeli security, state radio reported. The daily Al Mithaq (The Covenant) and its companion biweekly Al Ahd (The Pledge) were alleged to be financed by the outlawed Syrian-backed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The High Court of Justice rejected a petition by the two publications to prevent their closure by Israeli security forces.
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