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Sunday, September 22, 2024
Report: Israeli forces storm Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau with military order to close it for 45 days
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAl Jazeera says that Israeli forces have stormed its bureau in the West Bank city of Ramallah with a military order to close it for 45 days.
The Qatari television station posts footage on social media of troops presenting bureau staff with the order.
لحظة اقتحام قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي مكتب قناة #الجزيرة برام الله مع أمر عسكري بغلقه 45 يوما#حرب_غزة #الأخبار pic.twitter.com/EKdkgCRSCT
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) September 22, 2024
Israel took the network off the air and blocked its broadcasts for violating national security in May, following an emergency law passed in April.
The initial Knesset law allowed Israel to ban the TV station for a 45-day period, with further 45-day renewals subject to court approval. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court has renewed the ban four times since then, mostly recently last week.
In a June ruling, the court found that there was a direct and causal connection between individuals who have carried out terror attacks inside Israel and the consumption of Al Jazeera content.
It also determined that there was a “close connection” between Al Jazeera and Hamas, that some Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza had turned themselves into “assistants and partners” with the Palestinian terror group, and that some of them had even carried out terror attacks.
The Times of Israel Community.