Israeli ban on Al Jazeera condemned
ISRAEL’S far-right government has faced widespread condemnation after shutting down the operations of Al Jazeera on Sunday.
The Qatari-owned broadcaster was one of the last remaining international media networks reporting from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
In a long-running feud with Al Jazeera, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that its reporters had “harmed Israel’s security and incited against soldiers.”
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