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Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi also ordered the seizure of broadcasting equipment “used to deliver the channel’s content.”The vote came after the Israeli parliament passed a law in April that allows for the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered to be a national security threat. Israel has long feuded with Al Jazeera, one of the few international outlets remaining in Gaza since the beginning of the war, which is funded by the Qatari government.
The cabinet vote on Sunday came after Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security during the months-long war in Gaza. Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
“Al Jazeera serves as a propaganda organ of Hamas. The channel encourages the armed struggle against Israel. It is intolerable...
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