In dealings with media, Hamas resorts to brutality

Hamas seems confused about how to quash Fatah protests and simultaneously deal with the media. Trying to nurture a reputation for honesty and legal behavior, its leaders promise journalists freedom of action, but the police intimidate the journalists. The result is a kind of self-censorship, local journalists say, that goes beyond what they traditionally practiced under Fatah.

The rest of the story: The International Herald Tribune (2007-09-09)