Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s Cabinet unanimously approved the shuttering of Qatar-owned media outlet Al Jazeera in the country, arguing it is acting against the Jewish State.
Netanyahu said the order approving the outlet’s closure will go into effect immediately on Sunday, nearly seven months since the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas began. The Israeli government is using a law designed to allow the prime minister to take action against a foreign media channel that “is harming the state.”
With the order in effect, Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel will be closed, its broadcast equipment will be confiscated, the channel and website will be blocked in the country, and the channel’s journalists will be prevented from broadcasting.
“After discussion by the Security Cabinet and pursuant to my directive, today the Government discussed closing
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