The Israeli cabinet voted to shut down Al Jazeera network
The Israeli cabinet, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, has decided to halt the activities of Qatar’s Al Jazeera news network in Palestine
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, says that the operations of the Al Jazeera news network in Palestine will be stopped. The main office of this network is based in Qatar
In a message on the social media platform X, Netanyahu said that the cabinet, under my leadership, unanimously decided to shut down the inciting Al Jazeera channel in Israel
The Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz reported that the Israeli cabinet has authorized Shlomo Karhi, the Israeli Minister of Communications, to issue an order to stop the broadcasting of this network in Palestine in Arabic and English
This decision includes closing Al Jazeera’s offices in Palestine and confiscating the equipment used by the network’s staff, with the exception of phones and computers
The Israeli Minister of Communications has also been asked to restrict access from Palestine to the network’s website