(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - A Palestinian commission of inquiry into the beating of Palestinian journalists and demonstrators in Ramallah has found that top officials in Mahmoud Abbas' office had ordered the assault. Many Palestinians have long been accusing the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank of waging a campaign of intimidation and terror against journalists, bloggers and political opponents. Western donors who are funding the Palestinian Authority are willing to turn a blind eye to human rights violations as long as Abbas does not advocate violence against Israel, a Western diplomat based in Israel explained.
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