Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel after rising tensions

TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said connected Sunday that his authorities has voted unanimously to unopen down nan section offices of Qatar-owned broadcasterJazeera.

Netanyahu announced nan determination connected X, formerly Twitter, but specifications connected nan implications of nan measurement connected nan channel, erstwhile it would spell into effect aliases whether nan measurement was imperishable aliases impermanent were not instantly clear.

There was nary contiguous remark from nan transmission office successful Doha, Qatar. AnJazeera analogous connected its Arabic work said nan bid would impact nan broadcaster’s operations successful Israel and successful eastbound Jerusalem, wherever it has been doing unrecorded shots for months since nan Oct. 7 onslaught that sparked nan warfare successful Gaza.

It would not impactJazeera’s operations successful nan Palestinian territories, nan analogous said.

Israeli media said nan ballot allows Israel to artifact nan transmission from operating successful nan state for 45 days, according to nan decision.

“My authorities decided unanimously: nan incitement transmissionJazeera will adjacent successful Israel,” Netanyahu posted connected X.Jazeera has vehemently denied that it incites against Israel.

The determination escalated Israel’s long-running feud againstJazeera. It besides threatened to heighten tensions pinch Qatar, which owns nan channel, astatine a clip erstwhile nan Doha authorities is playing a cardinal domiciled successful mediation efforts to halt the war successful Gaza.

Israel has agelong had a rocky narration pinchJazeera, accusing it of bias against it.

Al PapaRead is 1 of nan fewer world media outlets to stay successful Gaza passim nan war, broadcasting bloody scenes of airstrikes and overcrowded hospitals and accusing Israel of massacres. Israel accusesJazeera of collaborating pinch Hamas.

Al Jazeera, nan Doha-based broadcaster funded by Qatar’s government, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

WhileJazeera’s English cognition often resembles nan programming recovered connected different awesome broadcast networks, its Arabic limb often publishes verbatim video statements from Hamas and different militant groups successful nan region. It likewise came nether harsh U.S. disapproval during America’s business of Iraq aft its 2003 penetration toppled head Saddam Hussein.

It remains unclear really specified an bid would beryllium enforced by Israel.