Israeli occupation forces confiscated last night radio Bethlehem 2000 broadcasting equipment in the town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem, the radio manager George Canawati said that  Israeli army force ,

 composed of five vehicles raided the headquarters of broadcasting in Beit Jala, about 6:00pm, they asked the Technician to dismantle the broadcasting equipment (two Turnsmitrs) and confiscated them ,  then they told him not to try to re-broadcast “because we do not like to hear from Bethlehem 2000″, it will be bombed if re-broadcast.

The radio broadcast was halted, the radio head office is located in the town of Beit Sahour, and was founded on 1996.

On other hand MADA denounce the ongoing campaign being waged by the Israeli authorities against the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet since last week, after publication of a report written by journalist Donald Bostrom on the Israeli theft of Palestinians organs killed by Israeli army. The Israeli authorities also prevented the newspaper reporter and photographer in Israel from entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday (23 August) where they informed by the Government Press Office that they should wait for three months, according to the Yeda’ot Ahronot newspaper.

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expresses its condemnation of the closure of Radio Bethlehem 2000, and urges the international community put pressure  the Government of Israel to return the confiscated broadcasting equipment, and to allow Swedish journalists to enter Gaza Strip, MADA considers these Israeli actions a blatant violation of freedom of expression.