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Netanyahu pushes to shut Israeli office of Qatar's Al Jazeera TV

www.euractiv.com Netanyahu pushes to shut Israeli office of Qatar's Al Jazeera TV

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday (1 April) to shutter the local office of Qatari satellite television network Al Jazeera while the war in Gaza continues.

Hours after his party spokesperson said parliament would be convened to ratify the necessary law, the Knesset approved the bill allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security.

Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, called the Israeli measure an “escalation” and said it “comes as part of a series of systematic Israeli attacks to silence Al Jazeera,” according to a statement late on Monday.

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the Knesset approved the bill allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security.

The implication of that is beyond AlJazeera and war in Gaza. This means in the future he could shut off any news channel he want by calling it "a threat to national security".

Israel is moving at fast pace toward dictatorship

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- It might not be a dictatorship, but it's already a fascist apartheid state and should not be treated as a democracy by anyone.
  
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  How is a dictatorship treated as apposed to a democracy?
  
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- Israel is moving at fast pace toward dictatorship.
  
  I remember him being in power in the late 90s when I was in middle school, Putin too.
  I think it's safe to say that when he's only rotating out due to term limits then going right back to office when he's eligible means we're already there. He was Prime Minister in 1996, that would be like Bill Clinton being president today.
  
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  Interesting thing I noticed, Clinton is four years younger than Biden.
  
  Edit: downvotes for... Posting a fact? Lol.
  
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- Yes, laws like this should not be present even if the targeted media spreads bullshit.
  
  Problem is that laws like this can be used also against media that spread correct information, but point out Government's mistakes (such as Haaretz)
  
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- foreign broadcasters.
  
  I wouldn't call that dictatorship. The U.S. wants to ban a whole foreign app, is that a dictatorship?
  
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  The reasons behind the ban are very different.
  
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  Presstv.com ?
  
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  Goddamn will you people give it a rest about TikTok? It takes about 5 seconds to understand but somehow no amount of explanation makes it through your thick fucking skulls
  
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Press murdered and shuttered... Surely a sign of a great democracy.

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- India giggling in a corner rn
  
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“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” - George R.R. Martin

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Fuck Israel.

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