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I witnessed firsthand the PA’s brutality against journalists in Gaza. Its possible return does not bode well for us.

A group of Palestinian journalists protest in front of the Palestinian Legislative Council headquarters in Gaza City 17 October 1999, against the continued closure of the Bethlehem-based private TV channel, Al-Roah, closed by the Palestinian Authority four months ago. Some 50 protesters carried banners calling for freedom of expression in the Palestinian self-rule areas. (Photo by MOHAMMAD SABER / AFP)

I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned.

A Palestinian mother holds her son while passing a severely damaged residential building that was destroyed overnight by an Israeli airstrike at Al Sheikh Redwan in Gaza City on July 10, 2014 [Courtesy of Eman Mohammed]