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Israeli Forces Raid Al Jazeera Office in West Bank, Order 45-Day Closure

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Israeli forces raided the offices of Al Jazeera in Ramallah, West Bank, on September 22, ordering the bureau to be shut down for 45 days. The closure order, delivered by a heavily armed and masked soldier, accused the network of "incitement to and support of terrorism." This move follows an earlier order in May that saw Israeli police seize equipment and block Al Jazeera's broadcasts in Israel and websites. The raid marked the first time Israel has shut down a foreign news outlet operating in the country. Al Jazeera's West Bank bureau chief, Walid al-Omari, read the closure order live on air, calling the targeting of journalists an attempt to "erase the truth." The Israeli government has also revoked the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists in the country.

  1. IL
    Shlomo Karhi
    Israeli Communications Ministry
    1. We will continue to fight the enemy channels and ensure the safety of our heroic fighters.
  2. PS
    Mostafa Barghouti
    Palestinian National Initiative
    1. This is the real face of Israel, a country that claims to be a democracy and claims to be supporting freedom of press.
  3. QA
    Al Jazeera
    1. Israel's ongoing suppression of the free press, seen as an effort to conceal its actions in the Gaza Strip, stands in contravention of international and humanitarian law.
    2. Israel's direct targeting and killing of journalists, arrests, intimidation and threats will not deter Al Jazeera from its commitment to cover.
  4. PS
    Palestinian Journalists Syndicate
    1. This arbitrary military decision is a new aggression against journalistic work and media outlets.
  5. LB
    Rami Khouri
    American University of Beirut
    1. This is very much in line with the policy of the state of Israel since 1948 … to prevent real news about Palestinians or about what the state of Israel is doing to Palestinians … colonising them and arresting them and torturing them.
  6. PS
    Nida Ibrahim
    Al Jazeera
    1. We've heard Israeli officials threatening to close down the bureau. We've heard the government discussing this, asking the military ruler in the occupied West Bank to close down and shut down the channel. But we [had] not been expecting it to happen today.

Al Jazeera News Network Bans

  1. Palestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera Broadcasts in West Bank
  2. Israeli Authorities Accuse Al Jazeera Journalists of Supporting Militant Groups
  3. Israel Orders Closure of Al Jazeera Offices

sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.Daily Sabah
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.The Times of India
  6. 6.CNA News
  7. 7.The Japan Times
  8. 8.ABC News (Australia)
  9. 9.Le Monde
  10. 10.The Washington Post
  11. 11.CNN
  12. 12.France 24

perspectives

  1. 1.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  2. 2.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
  3. 3.Qatar Foreign Policy
  4. 4.Freedom of the press
  5. 5.Propaganda

countries

  1. 1.IsraelIL
  2. 2.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  3. 3.JordanJO
  4. 4.LebanonLB
  5. 5.Palestine, State ofPS
  6. 6.QatarQA
  7. 7.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.HamasPS
  2. 2.Palestinian Journalists SyndicatePS
  3. 3.HezbollahLB
  4. 4.Palestinian National AuthorityPS
  5. 5.Israel Defense ForcesIL
  6. 6.Palestinian Islamic JihadPS
  7. 7.Foreign Press Association
  8. 8.United Nations
  9. 9.American University of Beirut
  10. 10.Committee to Protect Journalists
  11. 11.Shia
  12. 12.Association for Civil Rights in Israel

persons

  1. 1.Walid Al-Omari
  2. 2.Benjamin NetanyahuIL
  3. 3.Shireen Abu Aqleh
  4. 4.Nida IbrahimPS
  5. 5.Ahmed Al-Burash
  6. 6.Ismail Al-Ghoul
  7. 7.Ismail Haniyeh
  8. 8.Jivara Budeiri
  9. 9.Rami KhouriLB
  10. 10.Samer Abu Daqqa
  11. 11.Shlomo KarhiIL
  12. 12.Abu Amer

technicals

  1. 1.West Bank
  2. 2.Jenin Camp
  3. 3.Oslo Peace Accords
  4. 4.Fadi 1
  5. 5.Zionist
Israeli Forces Raid Al Jazeera Office in West Bank, Order 45-Day Closure