DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the 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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Al Jazeera aired footage of Israeli troops live on its Arabic-language channel ordering the office to be shut for 45 days. It follows an order issued in May that saw Israeli police raid Al Jazeera’s broadcast position in East Jerusalem, seizing equipment there, preventing its broadcasts in Israel and blocking its websites.
The move marked the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet operating in the country. However, Al Jazeera has continued operating in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, territories that the Palestinians hope to have for their future state.
Al Jazeera denounces Israeli armed raid on Ramallah office and vows to continue coverage of Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories. pic.twitter.com/bRWC9nyXdX
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 22, 2024
As a giddy democrat taxpayer, I need to know how the FBI’s investigation into the death of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh is going?