The Israeli Ministry of Defense ordered this Wednesday (15) that the Army prevent the transmission of Al Jazeera in the West Bank, after the government led by Benjamin Netayahu decided, in early May, to ban the Qatari channel on Israeli television.
“It is the implementation of the government’s decision”, he told EFE Agency ministry spokeswoman Betty Ilovici, confirming that his execution in the West Bank required a military order, as it is the Israeli Army that manages security in the territories.
On May 5, the Qatari broadcaster stopped broadcasting in Israel after the government approved the nationwide closure of the channel. At the time, Netanyahu stated that the news network “harmed Israel’s security, actively participated in the October 7 massacre and created hate speech against soldiers of the Israeli Armed Forces.” Therefore, it was “time to remove the Hamas spokesman from the country.”
The so-called “Al Jazeera Law” gives Israel’s Communications Minister the power to order content providers, for a renewable period of 45 days, to stop broadcasting from the country, in addition to closing their offices, confiscating their equipment and block the server of your websites.
As detailed in the bill, the closure order of a foreign news channel must be subject to judicial review in a district court, which must decide within 72 hours whether to modify or reduce the period of the order. (With EFE Agency)
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