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Monday, April 1, 2024

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Shut Down Al Jazeera in Israel - The New York Times

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Shut Down Al Jazeera in Israel - The New York Times FM: John Whitbeck writes: In the immediate wake of the passage of a new law permitting the shutting down of foreign media outlets that the prime minister determines undermine Israel's "national security", Prime Minister Netanyahu has today asserted that Al Jazeera "actively participated in the October 7 massacre" and pledged: "The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast from Israel." One doesn't need to be a picky lawyer to wonder how he defines "Israel". Presumably, he could also wipe the West Bank clean of Al Jazeera journalists, but, in Gaza, he would have to continue -- or intensify -- the existing Israeli policy of assassinating journalists and their families. Frankly, in light of the uparalleled quantity and quality of Al Jazeera's reporting from Gaza, the West Bank and Israel since October 7, one may wonder why Israel has not already shut down the world's principal source of accurate information about Israel's ongoing genocide. The NEW YORK TIMES report transmitted below notes the key role which Qatar has been playing in ceasefire/hostage-swap negotiations. A decision to shut Al Jazeera down now may effectively signal that Netanyahu has written off the remaining hostages, is preparing to launch even worse horrors and no longer needs Qatar.

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