The Israeli government voted unanimously on Sunday to shut down the operations of Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based news network, in the country.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “Al Jazeera reporters harmed Israel’s security and incited against IDF soldiers. The time has come to eject Hamas’s mouthpiece from our country.”
Al Jazeera has reported on the Israel-Hamas war nonstop since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel and has been critical of Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, Al Jazeera called the Israeli Cabinet’s decision a “criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right
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