Israel’s High Court of Justice overturned an Israeli government ban on admitting Palestinian journalists. The High Court on Sunday found in favor of a petition brought by Reuters and Al-Jazeera against the Government Press Office’s refusal to renew the journalistic credentials of Palestinian employees, a policy that had limited their work to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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