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Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Shutter Al Jazeera In Israel


Benjamin Netanyahu intends to shut down Al Jazeera in Israel following a new law allowing the government to close foreign media deemed a risk to security

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged the Israeli government not to close the Jerusalem-based bureau of Al Jazeera and to “allow the media to report freely on news events in Israel and Gaza during the current conflict.” The org’s program director in New York, Carlos Martínez de la Serna, said, “CPJ is deeply concerned by new legislation authorizing the Netanyahu government to shutter Al Jazeera in Israel. Today, Israel has been criticized after seven people working for food aid charity World Central Kitchen, including a U.S.-Canadian citizen, were killed in an air strike in Gaza.

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