Israel's communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera's local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza.

The proposal to shut down Al Jazeera had been vetted by Israeli security officials and was being vetted by legal experts, Shloma Karhi said, adding that he would bring it to the cabinet later in the day.

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[–] 131 points 2 years ago (2 children)

War crimes are so much better without the press around. Did they shot in the head any other journalist recently?

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  • [–] 102 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah they killed a Reuters journalist who was reporting in Lebanon the other day

    https://twitter.com/JoeKassabian/status/1713245346074145104

    And they held British journalists at gunpoint too

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67102956

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So instead of Reuters, BBC, AJ, what would you recommend?

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago

    AJ certainly has a bias but they're clearly a good news organization. This is fucking ridiculous.

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago

    Strong press freedom is required to maintain a open and free democracy.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The US has been doing such a good job at demonizing journalism probably aiming to do this and not be called out. A functioning democracy based society should care a lot about journalist killings, but it barely blips the radar now.

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  • [–] [B] 7 points 2 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israel's communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera's local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza.

    The proposal to shut down Al Jazeera had been vetted by Israeli security officials and was being vetted by legal experts, Shloma Karhi said, adding that he would bring it to the cabinet later in the day.

    Al Jazeera and the government in Doha had no immediate comment.

    "This is a station that incites, this is a station that films troops in assembly areas (outside Gaza) ... that incites against the citizens of Israel - a propaganda mouthpiece," Karhi told Israel's Army Radio.

    "It is unconscionable that Hamas spokespeople's message goes through this station," he said, adding: "I hope we will finish with this today."

    It was not clear if the latter statement referred to a cabinet discussion or implementation of a closure.


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  • I’ve been watching Al Jazeera for years this is fucking bullshit.

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