Palestinian Authority Jails Journalist Again Over Facebook Post

Click to expand Image Journalist Sami al-Sai speaks to Human Rights Watch in 2018 about his detention by the Palestinan Authority the year before. © 2018 Human Rights Watch Few things are more soothing on a hot summer’s day than fresh watermelon. On June 9, Palestinian journalist Sami al-Sai shared on Facebook a video about the sale of watermelons in the West Bank city of Tulkarm that were grown in Jericho. The video contained no apparent political content, but a Tulkarm community Facebook page where residents had posted about corruption and other scandals in the city, some critical of…

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