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The British journalist cited an incident illustrating his point. Western TV crews who filmed West Bank protests against Egyptian President Mubarak a few years ago, were forced to turn over their film to Palestinian security forces at a checkpoint while Egyptian intelligence officials looked on. According to the British source, the incident went unreported. This same reporter claims that Palestinian police have confiscated BBC footage in Bethlehem , and explains that many western TV reporters exercise self-censorship in PA controlled areas in order not to run into confiscation problems.

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