Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
Israel blocks Al Jazeera in the country: “Blatant violation of press freedom”
The Israeli communications minister ordered the seizure of Al Jazeera TV transmission equipment after the government decided to shut down Qatar-based news channel in the country. According to the order issued by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, Israel will seize the devices “used to provide channel content“, including editing and routing equipment, cameras, microphones, servers and laptops, as well as wireless transmission equipment and some mobile phones.
The head of Al Jazeera in Israel and the Palestinian territories he defined ““the government’s decision is dangerous.” to close down the local operations of the Qatari-owned station, because it was motivated by political rather than professional considerations. The legal team Al Jazeera is preparing a response, Walid Omary told Reuters in a statement possible anticipation of a court appeal against the decision. The Israeli government has unanimously authorized the closure of the Qatar-based TV news network’s operations in Israel, in line with a law passed by the Knesset in April.
Hamas has described the Israeli government’s decision to close Qatar’s Al-Jazeera channel in Israel as a “blatant violation of freedom of the press“turn to”hide the truth” about the war in the country. Israel’s decision is “a retaliatory measure against the role that Al-Jazeera plays in highlighting the crimes” of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Islamic Movement said in a statement on Telegram, denouncing “the culmination of Israel’s war on journalists“, with “the aim of hiding the truth”.
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