Israel Warns Journalists of Action

JERUSALEM –– Israel revoked the credentials of two Abu Dhabi TV journalists on Tuesday and threatened legal action against CNN and NBC for ignoring military orders and broadcasting from the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

A statement from the Government Press Office said the press cards of journalists Leileh Odeh and Bassam Azawi were canceled after Abu Dhabi Television broadcast a story on March 31 alleging that Israeli troops executed a group of young men in Ramallah.

The satellite channel's staff "have for some time operated crude anti-Israel propaganda and have been taking a hostile and combative attitude, creating uproar in the Arab world," the statement said, adding that the station showed "utter disregard" for Israeli military censorship rules.

Abu Dhabi Television staff could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening.

Israel and the Palestinians have offered contradictory accounts of how the men in Ramallah died Saturday.