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Joel Greenberg, writing in the July-August issue of the Columbia Journalism Review asserts that "tolerance and openness have been replaced by hostility and increasing press restrictions, as local and foreign journalists have dug up unsavory details of the ug- ly war between Israeli troops and Palestinians." Greenberg says the limits on the press have been in- cremental, with official cen- sors expanding the definition of "security reasons" — the only ones for which the military censor may delete news copy — as the uprising wears on. News stories view- ed as harmful to the morale of Israeli troops have been censored, for example. Certain trouble spots on the West Bank have been closed to the press for periods of time, prompting some jour- nalists to sneak in on their own to observe and report on conditions in those areas. Greenberg visited the town of Kabatiya in mid-March when it was under army siege and found that the army had cut off electricity, water and cooking-fuel supplies. His subsequent reports, describ- ing primitive living condi- tions, brought attention to the siege which was lifted soon after. Praised for their accuracy in the past, army press of- ficials' reports have become "increasingly incomplete and laconic," according to Green- berg, who adds that some- times "they are downright wrong." With tension build- ing, the public has become in- creasingly anti-press, and there have been numerous complaints of soldiers physcially attacking jour- nalists. The only bright spots men- tioned by Greenberg are two incidents where television crews stepped in and helped — an NBC crew rescued several children during the April 6 Beita incident where a Jewish teenager died, and a film of soldiers beating a Palestinian prisoner was made available to authorities The intifada has seen growing friction between officials and the press. by CBS so the soldiers could be identified and punished. "Such contributions, prop- erly publicized, may help journalists avoid accusations of partisanship in the highly charged atmosphere of the Palestinian uprising," Green- berg concludes. Reichmanns Stir Libel Chill Another article in the same issue of the Journalism Review reports on a con- troversial 40,000 word piece, published in Toronto Life magazine on "The Mysterious Reichmanns," and the "string of libel suits it has spawned." The original article, by Elaine Dewar, focused on one of Canada's wealthiest families, the billionaire developers who have real estate interests all over the world and are reportedly Manhattan's largest com- merical landlord. The article went to great lengths to ex- plore the history of the low- profile Orthodox Jewish family. According to the report in the Journalism Review, Dewar speculated that the father may have made money during World War II through questionable currency dealings and used the profits to rescue Jews from the Nazis. Soon after the Toronto Life article appeared, the ( Reichmanns sued the maga- zine for $82 million, charging that the report was false and damaging to their reputation. Two newspapers that reported on the incidents were also sued. And when Toronto Life entered the article in the Na- tional Business Writing Awards competition, spon- sored by the Royal Bank of Canada and the Toronto Press Club, the chief judge decided not to accept it for fear that the panel could be sued as well. This led to an uproar in the Canadian press, with more than half of the articles in the competition being withdrawn in protest. Journalists call the case a classic example of "libel chill," the fear of publishing a story and being sued. In Canada, unlike the U.S., the burden of proof in a libel case is on the press. In American law, the plaintiff must prove that he has been defamed. The Columbia Journalism Review report noted, though, that the Toronto Life article did win several top prizes, in- cluding the Canadian Na- tional Magazine Awards, and Elaine Dewar is now convert- ing her article into a book.