Arab MKs: revoking Al-Jazeera journalist’s credentials ‘anti-democratic’

16 August 2017, 6:18 pm

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Arab Israeli Knesset members from the Joint List criticize the decision to revoke the press credentials of an Al-Jazeera journalist as a “blatant step against free speech.”

In a statement, Ahmad Tibi and Osama Saadi say the announcement made by the Government Press Office earlier today regarding Elias Karam is “vindictive and anti-democratic.”

“This decision must be reversed and Elias Karam and his fellow journalists must be allowed to work freely,” say Tibi and Saadi. “The Israeli government — which is responsible for killing Palestinian journalists and denying their freedom — is continuing its policies against Arab Israeli journalists.”