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Why has Fatah targeted these particular journalists? Fatah accuses them of “spearheading” a “systematic campaign of incitement” against the Palestinian Authority’s leadership amid the fight against the coronavirus. The three had, in fact, reported about  Palestinian incitement against Israel, in particularly the completely baseless charge that the Jewish state deliberately spreads the coronavirus among Palestinians.

In other words, factual reporting on the part of Israeli journalists about Palestinian incitement against Israel prompted Palestinian officials to launch a campaign demonizing the Israeli reporters who were doing their jobs. A veteran journalist who frequently works in the Palestinian territories told CAMERA: “This type of incitement endangers the lives of journalists. By calling journalists ‘war generals’ [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas’ Fatah is actually giving a green light to Palestinians to attack the journalists.”