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<p>Whilst we are aware of this case, we have not made any specific representations
to the Israeli authorities. The Government is committed to the promotion of media
freedom and the protection of journalists, as an essential element of democracy and
an important attribute of human rights. The former Minister for the Middle East and
North Africa, Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, met leaders of the Palestinian Journalists'
Syndicate in London on 4 July 2018 where they discussed the situation facing Palestinian
journalists and the constraints on their work, while officials from the British Consulate
in East Jerusalem and our Embassy in Tel Aviv hosted a roundtable in April this year
with foreign journalists serving in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
to discuss media freedom.</p>
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