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Israel to close Al Jazeera, confiscate news channel’s broadcast equipment, block website
The Washington Times ^ | Sunday, May 5, 2024 | Ben Wolfgang

Posted on 05/05/2024 3:02:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Israel on Sunday shut down the Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera‘s operations inside Israel, raided its offices and confiscated its broadcast equipment in what is believed to be the first time Jerusalem has forcibly shuttered a major foreign news channel.

The move by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the culmination of a long-running feud between the channel and Mr. Netanyahu’s government.

The Israeli prime minister, along with other Israeli officials, have accused Al Jazeera of an extreme anti-Israel bias and even suggested that the network participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel.

The network has vehemently denied those charges. Still, Mr. Netanyahu said his government decided it had little choice but to shutter the channel’s operations inside Israel.

“Al Jazeera reporters harmed Israel’s security and incited against soldiers,” Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement. “It’s time to remove the Hamas mouthpiece from our country.”

His spokesperson to the Arab world, Ofir Gendelman, elaborated on the decision and what it will meanfor Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government. Under the Israeli order, the channel will be closed for 45 days. It’s unclear what will happen after that.

“The government unanimously approved the closure of Al Jazeera‘s offices in Israel. This decision will be implemented immediately, according to which broadcast equipment will be confiscated, the channel’s correspondents will be prevented from working, the channel will be removed from cable and satellite television companies, and Al Jazeera‘s websites will be blocked on the internet,” Mr. Gendelman said in a social media post.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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Well, that's not fascist or anything.
1 posted on 05/05/2024 3:02:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When you have a ‘news’ organization that supports terrorism, supports Islamic hatred and hates Jews... It is really a fascist maneuver to shut them down?

Al Jazeera is nothing less than a cheerleader for terrorism and radical Islamic rhetoric.


2 posted on 05/05/2024 3:13:42 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

You either believe in freedom of speech or you don’t.

You obviously don’t.

Useful idiots like you cheer when somebody you hate gets canceled, but you whine like little girls when the same rules are used against the people you support.

Conservatives have been banned just about everywhere on the Interwebs. Thank your lucky stars that Elon Musk is unbanning them on Twitter/X.


3 posted on 05/05/2024 3:19:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Well, that's not fascist or anything.

Israel is in an existential fight. You don't support it, but that's the reality and that's where they're at.

4 posted on 05/05/2024 3:21:58 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Conservatives are in an existential fight too, and those same rules are being used against us.

You are so weak-minded that you can’t refute what the people you disagree with are saying, so your solution is just to ban them.

Unfortunately, that cuts both ways, which is why we are in the predicament in which we find ourselves.


5 posted on 05/05/2024 3:24:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I believe in freedom of the press despite the press being mouthpieces for the ruling elite since dirt turned brown.

With islam shooting for global domination, al jazeera will be readily available in more countries than CNN at some point in the future. I’ll still be believing in freedom of the press.


6 posted on 05/05/2024 3:25:17 PM PDT by Freest Republican
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You are so weak-minded that you can’t refute what the people you disagree with are saying, so your solution is just to ban them.

And it's pretty clear from these comments and your past comments that you support the Palestinian objective of wiping Israel off the map.

7 posted on 05/05/2024 3:26:11 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
And it's pretty clear from these comments and your past comments that you support the Palestinian objective of wiping Israel off the map.

And there we have it. Anybody who says anything you disagree with is a racist-homophobe-antisemite-devil.

You just proved that you are incapable of making a rational argument, which is why you fear other people's free speech.

8 posted on 05/05/2024 3:28:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: jerod

Thank you Isreal, I like that!


9 posted on 05/05/2024 3:30:46 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I am good with that under the circumstances.


10 posted on 05/05/2024 3:31:40 PM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

tbh I really have no issue with the commies, Marxists and islamists.

My issues start when they collude and conspire to destroy the western world. My issue comes down to examining an elephant with a microscope. I don’t see very well making it easy to see a mouse when indeed it is an elephant.


11 posted on 05/05/2024 3:31:41 PM PDT by Freest Republican
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Essentially, you’re saying that you don’t understand the meaning of the term “fascism” without using those exact words.


12 posted on 05/05/2024 3:33:16 PM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Israel ain’t America!

BRAINWASHING

https://youtu.be/vdQH4hMZmlI?si=k15hO-ET6gtz5IWl


13 posted on 05/05/2024 3:33:42 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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Well, that's not fascist or anything.

👍👍👍

14 posted on 05/05/2024 3:34:19 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why do you care. Foccus on here.


15 posted on 05/05/2024 3:44:00 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: jjotto

So your justification for banning al Jazeera is that some Palestinian criminal not associated with them in any way makes criminal terroristic threats.

Check.


16 posted on 05/05/2024 3:46:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have always respected your opinion but you really need to visit Israel before you give them advice on how to run their country.
I was working there for 3 months in Haifa and was assaulted twice by Palestinian teens in ‘98.
Oh and I am not Jewish.
For instance, the protests here happen every weekend in the West Bank and have been happening for over 30 years.


17 posted on 05/05/2024 3:46:17 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras

It won’t be much longer before all opposition speech in this country is shut down, and we will have people like you to thank.


18 posted on 05/05/2024 3:47:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Al Jazeera journalist reportedly moonlights as Hamas commander claims IDF

By Social Media
February 12 in The War in Israel

Excerpt:

The Israel Defense Forces has claimed that a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera is a Hamas commander, citing documents recovered by the military during operations in the Gaza Strip. “In the morning, he’s a journalist on the Al Jazeera channel, and in the evening, a terrorist in Hamas!” Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, tweeted on Sunday.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1319746-al-jazeera-journalist-reportedly-moonlights-as-hamas-commander-claims-idf/

And:

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/who-is-mohamed-washah-al-jazeera-journalist-accused-by-idf-of-being-hamas-commander-article-107608023/amp


19 posted on 05/05/2024 3:48:02 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Instead, your colonialist opinion should prevail, regardless of cost? Right?


20 posted on 05/05/2024 3:48:53 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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