Israeli armed forces raided the Al Jazeera office in Ramallah on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order. The Israeli military claimed the office incited 'terror'. This is the latest escalation in the ongoing feud between Al Jazeera and the Israeli government.
An image grab from footage distributed by the Doha-based Al-Jazeera TV on 22 September 2024 shows an Israel i soldier speaking with Walid Al-Omari, bureau chief of Al Jazeera in Jerusalem and Ramallah , upon entering Al Jazeera ’s office in Ramallah , in the West Bank to issue a 45-day closure order on 21 September. Picture: AL JAZEERA / AFP
Since the war began on 7 October when Hamas Palestinian militants attacked Israel, Al Jazeera has aired continuous on-the-ground reporting on the effects of Israel’s campaign. “I ask you to take all the cameras and leave the office at this moment,” the soldier said, according to the footage.“Targeting journalists this way always aims to erase the truth and prevent people from hearing the truth,” Omari said.The Israeli military said that it closed the Al Jazeera TV office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, because it incited “terror”.
Shuttering the Al Jazeera office “confirms the occupation’s efforts to disrupt the work of the media in conveying the occupation’s violations against the Palestinian people,” said Mohammed Abu al-Rub, director of the government media office for the Palestinian Authority, which has partial administrative control in the West Bank.The Foreign Press Association in Israel and the Palestinian Territories said it was “deeply troubled by this escalation” and called on Israel to “reconsider” the move.
Based on this law, the Israeli government approved on 5 May the decision to ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting from Israel and close its offices for an initial 45-day period, which was extended for a fourth time by a Tel Aviv court last week.The shutdown had not affected broadcasts from the West Bank or the Gaza Strip, from which Al Jazeera was still covering Israel’s war with Palestinian militants.
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