A number of foreign journalists working in Israel have complained that Palestinian journalists and associations related to the Palestinian Authority have applied pressure on them to retract articles criticizing the PA, HA'ARETZ Reported.

Earlier in the week, the Palestinian Media Center (PMC) sent a letter via e-mail to hundreds of foreign journalists working in the region criticizing NBC's Israel correspondent Martin Fletcher for a report he did on the Palestinian Authority's use of children for propaganda purposes.

Fletcher reported on a Palestinian television commercial, which asks Palestinian youth to "drop their toys, pick up rocks, and do battle with Israel." The report also covered militant youth camps, which train young Palestinian children for combat with Israel and teach them, according to Fletcher, "the greatest glory is to become a martyr."