DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel Raids and Shuts down Al Jazeera’s Bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank

Israel stepped up its censorship of Al Jazeera on Sunday as soldiers raided the Qatar-based news network’s Ramallah offices in the occupied West Bank and ordered a 45-day closure of the bureau. This comes after the Netanyahu government banned the network inside of Israel in May under a new media […] The post Al Jazeera Editor Says Israel Trying to Hide Crimes by Closing West Bank Bureau appeared on Russia News Now.

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Israel stepped up its censorship of Al Jazeera on Sunday as soldiers raided the Qatar-based news network’s Ramallah offices in the occupied West Bank and ordered a 45-day closure of the bureau. This comes after the Netanyahu government banned the network inside of Israel in May under a new media law giving authorities broad power to censor foreign outlets deemed to be security threats. “It was a show of force, a show of intimidation to show journ

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Israeli troops raided the offices of satellite news network Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank early today and ordered their closure. Al Jazeera’s Arabic-language channel broadcast live footage of Israeli troops instructing the bureau in Ramallah to shut for 45 days. Its closure follows an Israeli police raid in May on the network’s premises in East Jerusalem during which equipment was seized, preventing its broadcasts in Israel and blocking i…

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In an attempt to take down the news channel, Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank offices of Al Jazeera and ordered for it to be closed for 45 days. Al Jazeera itself reported on the incident by writing, “Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers raid Al Jazeera bureau in occupied West Bank and deliver 45-day closure order.” This […] The post Israeli Forces Raid and Close Al Jazeera’s West Bank Bureau for 45 Days appeared first on Scoop Empire.

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Israeli troops raided Al Jazeera’s offices in the West Bank on Sunday and ordered the bureau to shut down for 45 days amid a widening crackdown on Al Jazeera that began in May. According to Al Jazeera, heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers forcefully entered the network’s building in Ramallah and handed a 45-day closure order to the West Bank bureau chief, Walid al-Omari. According to Al-Omari, the order accused the network of supporting ter…

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Israel enforces Al Jazeera ban with military raid against West Bank bureau

Qatari television channel Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces raided its offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order. An Israeli soldier told bureau chief Walid al-Omari: “There is a court order to close Al Jazeera for 45 days,” the channel reported, citing the conversation that was broadcast live. “I ask you to take all your cameras and leave the office immediately,” the soldier continued. According…

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Israel attacks Al Jazeera and its journalists because their reporting consistently shows the truth of Israel's war and undermines its military occupation against Palestinians.

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