Qatari news network Al Jazeera reported on Sunday morning that Israeli forces entered its office in Ramallah, located in the West Bank, and issued an order to shut down operations for 45 days.
The Qatar-based broadcaster showed live footage of Israeli soldiers entering the premises, handing a military closure order to an Al Jazeera staff member, and then cutting off the broadcast signal shortly after.
In response, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate released a statement strongly criticizing the action, stating, “this arbitrary military decision is considered a new violation against journalistic and media works, which has been exposing the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people.”
{Matzav.com Israel}
Why has the State decided
to close the media outlet eleven months after October 7? Why now? Reporters have not been allowed into Gaza since Oct. 7. What is Israel afraid of?
She asked rhetorically what it is that Israel doesn’t want the world to see. I would venture to answer they don’t want the world to see the lies of Al Jezeera which endanger Israel in our country and around the world. Being inside the country gives backing to what they say, as if they are true journalists. They are not. They are our enemy using the power of media against us.
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