Tortuous Coverage of Palestinian Prisons
Honest Reporting/Backspin
06 January '10
Yesterday, AP published an encouraging story that torture in the PA's West Bank prisons has dramatically declined.
Today, Jerusalem Post reporter Khaled Abu Toameh contacted Hamas figures in the West Bank who told him the PA continues torturing prisoners.
I'm not losing sleep over Hamas terrorists and supporters being tortured by the PA. But I am inclined to believe Hamas on this one. One particular JPost snippet was the tipping point:
Earlier this week, the PA organized a tour for reporters to one of its prisons in Nablus, where Hamas inmates said that the torture had ended.
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