An-Nahar, the fourth Jerusalem Arabic daily, appeared in March 1986. Many other papers have appeared since the 1970s, but most have been short-lived. Today, press offices exist in all main cities. The OPT receive Jordan TV and radio, and some areas also receive broadcasts from Syria and Egypt. Israel has closed done and confiscated materials from press offices and distributors and holds a list of banned books.
Soldiers have wide powers of search, confiscation and arrest.
Palestinian journalists have no access to information about the OPT held by the military authorities. They cannot, for example, attend military court hearings and have been subject to harassment, imprisonment and even deportation. They often get beaten, shot at, material confiscated and restricted in their work and movement through the declaration of places or regions as closed military areas.