The Palestinian Authority lifted the ban on the island in the West Bank

The Palestinian Authority late on Monday said it would submit a ban on the broadcaster Al -Jazeera in the West Bank that it had stated that after accusing the outlet “inciting sedition” and “interfering in internal Palestinian affairs.”

The ban, the public prosecutor of the Palestinian Authority, Akram Khatib, I put On January 1, it was unspecified. Palestinian officials said that it will continue until the island, funded by Qatar, “correct its legal status”, although they did not clarify the accusations against the broadcaster.

Mr. Khatib told the New York Times on Monday that the authority decided to lift the embargo and that the court would issue an order in this sense on Tuesday. He refused to provide details about what, if anything, has changed since the ban has been changed.

The authority, which runs some areas in the West Bank occupied by Israel, including the major Palestinian cities, has been at odds with the media company. The authority is dominated by the secular party, Fahh, whose officials sometimes accused a channel of supporting Hamas, a group of competition that removed Fatah from Gaza in 2007.

The ban on the island came as the authority was taking place in a rare operation in the northwestern city of Jenin to take strict measures against the militants, and some of them belonged to Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Some Palestinian activists and human rights groups accused the Palestinian Authority and its president Mahmoud Abbas, for an authoritarian stifling of the opposition and intimidation of critics. In response to the ban at that time, Al -Jazeera said in a statement that Palestinian officials were “trying to hide the reality of events in the occupied territories.”

The prohibition on the island followed similar measures by the Israeli authorities. Last May, Israel He ordered her to close her In the country. After several months, the Israeli army The broadcaster’s offices stormed In Ramallah, in the West Bank.

Tensions between Israel and the influential broadcaster during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza increased. While other major media were prevented from entering the Israel and Egypt pocket, the island had many reporters on the ground. They have made a fixed stories about violence and the horrific conditions of civilians in Gaza.

The broadcaster accused Israel of trying to hide the brutality of the war. Israel says that the port supports Hamas and that some journalists themselves are militants, a claim that the broadcaster rejected strongly.

Walid Ummari, head of the Al -Jazeera office in Ramallah, said that the broadcaster’s offices there will not be reopened immediately because they were also closed by the Israeli military regime. He pointed out that the journalists will now be able to continue working in the West Bank without concern about the claim from the Palestinian Authority.