"The Palestinian media, taken as a whole, generally offered voters a variety of views concerning the campaign. Respect of legal provisions for free airtime on the public TV and radio, as well as televised debates and talk shows, permitted parties and candidates to convey messages to the electorate. Outside the free time, however, Palestine TV and Voice of Palestine, through news coverage, favoured the incumbents and their candidates. In contrast to the news coverage by public media, the two popular pan-Arab networks monitored by Filastiniyat, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, provided more balanced coverage, with a greater diversity of views. In its news programmes, Watan TV clearly favoured Mustafa Barghouthi and his party list Independent Palestine. The time granted on Watan, Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera for all the contesting parties, was a positive public service by the three private broadcasters. The print media provided a plurality of views, generally with coverage of Fatah being most dominant. The legal framework regulating media coverage during the election campaign remains inadequate. Majority of interlocutors placed restrictions to the freedom of movement for journalists at the forefront of concerns in Palestine." (Executive summary)