Israel will darken Al Jazeera in the next days. It will be possible after final approval by the Knesset of a lawwhich had already been voted on in the first reading and will allow the government to close the foreign broadcasters if deemed a danger to national security. The green light from the Israeli Parliament arrived in record time after pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister, as revealed by his party Likudhad promised to act “in decisive manner to shut down” the network of Qatar and for this reason he had spoken to the parliamentary leader of the government coalition, About catasking him to ensure the passage of the law in second and third reading to Knesset.
No sooner said than done. So now the prime minister himself and the minister of communications Shlomo Karai they will be able to close foreign networks operating in Israel and confiscate their equipment if deemed to constitute a “harm to state security”. Immediately after the final reading of the law, Karai made it known that he was ready to sign the ban to the network: “There will be no freedom of speech for Hamas spokesperson in Israel. Al Jazeera will be closed in the next few days.”
Netanyahu was also harsh and confirmed the blackout: “The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast from Israel. I intend to take immediate action in accordance with the new law to stop the channel’s activity,” she wrote on X. “Al Jazeera has damaged Israel’s security, ha actively participated in the massacre of October 7 and incited against the soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),” accuses Netanyahu, adding that the time has come to remove her “from our country”. The prime minister’s lunge came despite the White House’s condemnation of what he called “deeply concerning” Israel’s decision. The spokesperson of the US State Department is also critical Matthew Miller: “We continue to support freedom of the press,” he said.
As reported by Times of Israelthe dimming order will have a valid for 45 days but may be renewed for further periods of 45 days. Under the terms of the bill, any order to close a foreign news channel can be considered within 24 orand from court in the event of opposition from the issuer. At that point the judges will have three days to decide whether to modify or shorten the period of darkening.
The battaglia between Israel and Al Jazeera was exacerbated byHamas attack of 7 October and the following invasion from the Gaza Strip by the IDF. But Netanyahu’s plan has been the same since well before. Already in 2017 there was talk of closing the network and revoking AI credentials journalists on charges of “support for terrorism”. Over the years, moments of tension have been very high. The journalist was from Qatari TV Shireen Abu Akleh killed in the West Bank with a shot to the head by a Israeli soldier. Despite the conclusions of the investigations ofHim and of CnnIsrael denied acriminal investigation. Furthermore, last October 12 family members of the chronicler Wael Al-Dahdouh they were wiped out in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza and Al-Dahdouh found out about it while on the air.
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