Palestinian authorities temporarily suspend broadcasting of Qatar's Al Jazeera television

(Patria) - Palestinian authorities have temporarily suspended the broadcasting of Qatar's Al Jazeera television due to "inciting material", the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Wednesday.

A ministerial committee, including the ministries of culture, interior, and communications, decided to suspend the broadcaster's operations due to what they described as broadcasting "inciting material and reports that are misleading and provoke conflict" in the country, Reuters reported.

The decision is not expected to be implemented in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, and the Palestinian authorities have no authority there.

Al Jazeera television was criticized last week by the Palestinian authorities for its reporting on the weeks-long conflict between Palestinian security forces and militant fighters in the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.

Fatah, the faction that controls the Palestinian authorities, said the broadcaster sows division in "our Arab homeland in general, and in Palestine in particular".

This has encouraged Palestinians not to cooperate with the network.

Israeli forces issued a military order to Al Jazeera in September to cease operations, after raiding their office in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank.