{"id":2210810,"date":"2024-04-01T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:55:33","slug":"israel-set-to-ban-al-jazeera-from-broadcasting-in-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-set-to-ban-al-jazeera-from-broadcasting-in-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel plans to prohibit Al Jazeera from broadcasting within its borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-set-to-ban-al-jazeera-from-broadcasting-in-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210810&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel is set to ban Al Jazeera, a\u200d Qatari state-controlled news outlet, following a new law allowing officials to shut down foreign media considered harmful to\u2062 national security. Israeli \u200dPrime Minister \u2064Benjamin Netanyahu stated\u200d the outlet would no longer broadcast in the country. The \u200blaw \u2064gives temporary powers to prevent \u2062foreign media organizations posing security threats. Israel is poised to \u2064prohibit Al Jazeera, a Qatari state-controlled news outlet, based on a recent law empowering officials to close foreign media outlets \u200cdeemed detrimental to \u200bnational security.\u2064 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the cessation of Al Jazeera&#8217;s broadcasts in the country. This \u2063legislation grants temporary authority to thwart\u2063 foreign media entities that pose security risks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Israel Set To Ban Al Jazeera From Broadcasting in Country\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/congress-mandates-increased-oversight-on-states-palestinian-affairs-office\" data-post-url id=\"print-1874724\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu  (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Israel is set to ban Qatari state-controlled news outlet Al Jazeera within its borders after passing a law on Monday that allows officials to shut down foreign media networks deemed harmful to Israel\u2019s national security.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast from Israel. I intend to act immediately in accordance with the new law to stop the channel\u2019s activity,&#8221; Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netanyahu\/status\/1774827092544233627?s=20\"><span>X post<\/span><\/a><span>  on Monday, noting the Qatari outlet &#8220;harmed Israel\u2019s security, actively participated in the October 7 massacre, and incited [violence] against IDF soldiers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The law, which passed hours earlier in a 71-10 vote in the Israeli parliament, gives Netanyahu and communications minister Shlomo Karhi temporary powers to prevent any foreign media organization from operating in Israel if it is believed to be threatening national security. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Karhi, one of the law\u2019s lead proponents, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/israeli-knesset-passes-law-to-ban-al-jazeera-from-countrys-airwaves\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  immediately after the law was passed that the Israeli government would shut down Al Jazeera &#8220;in the coming days.&#8221; The communications minister called Al Jazeera a &#8220;Hamas mouthpiece&#8221; and accused the outlet of &#8220;using freedom of the press to harm Israel\u2019s security and IDF soldiers&#8221; and &#8220;[inciting] terrorism during a time of war.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Al Jazeera in its coverage of the Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/10\/hold-qatar-accountable-for-legitimizing-hamas\/\"><span>questioned<\/span><\/a><span>  reports of mass civilian slaughter and sexual assault. The outlet has also been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/idf-says-al-jazeera-reporter-is-hamas-commander-who-was-present-at-oct-7-massacre\/\"><span>exposed<\/span><\/a><span>  for employing several Hamas terrorists as reporters. Last week, without issuing any statement, it quietly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/al-jazeera-quietly-deletes-story-falsely-alleging-idf-raped-palestinians-in-gaza-hospital\/\"><span>deleted<\/span><\/a><span>  a story it had published for over 24 hours that featured fabricated allegations that Israeli soldiers raped Palestinian women at a hospital in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We used to think of Al Jazeera as incitement to terrorism. Now we\u2019ve seen the evidence of al Jazeera\u2019s material support to terrorism, including its own employees exposed as Hamas operatives,&#8221; Rich Goldberg<\/span><b>,<\/b><span>  senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/israeli-knesset-passes-law-to-ban-al-jazeera-from-countrys-airwaves\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> <i><span>National Review<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;Shutting them down in Israel is a no-brainer. The only question I\u2019d ask is why the U.S. doesn\u2019t have sanctions on this terror-supporting outlet, too.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel will ban Al Jazeera, a Qatari state-controlled news outlet, under a new law allowing the shutdown of foreign media deemed a threat to national security. Netanyahu stated, &#8220;The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast from Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2210811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1214821001-e1603299021192.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1214821001-e1603299021192.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}