<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Al-Jazeera calls on Israel to free&nbsp;journalist]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;According to the statement, Israeli authorities used Allawi&#8217;s personal passwords to gain access to Al-Jazeera&#8217;s internal news and email networks.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
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Maan News Agency | Sept 7, 2011</p>
<p>DOHA (AFP) &#8212; Al-Jazeera satellite news channel has called on Israel to release its former Kabul bureau chief ahead of the journalist&#8217;s appearance before a court on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Samer Allawi, a Palestinian, was detained on August 10 by Israeli security officials as he tried to cross the border between Jordan and the West Bank after a family visit.</p>
<p>An Israeli military court in the northern West Bank has accused Allawi of being a member of Hamas and of having &#8220;contacts&#8221; with the military wing of the Islamist movement, which rules Gaza.</p>
<p>Al-Jazeera, which is based in Doha, Qatar, appealed for Allawi&#8217;s release in a statement on Tuesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;Samer has already been held for an unacceptable period of time,&#8221; he said. &#8220;His family are understandably worried about him&#8230; We call upon the Israeli authorities to release him at tomorrow&#8217;s hearing.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the statement, Israeli authorities used Allawi&#8217;s personal passwords to gain access to Al-Jazeera&#8217;s internal news and email networks.</p>
<p>Allawi, who was also captured by the Taliban while on assignment in Afghanistan, is one of several Al-Jazeera journalists to have been detained in the past few months in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Iran, the statement said.</p>
<p>Relations between Israel and Qatar have soured considerably in recent years, particularly since Israel&#8217;s massive 22-day military assault on the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and January 2009.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=418326">Source</a></p>
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