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Will Israel shut down Al Jazeera?
The government is advancing regulations to close the network's Israel branch, a move journalists and free press defenders decry as baseless and dangerous.
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Oren Persico
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The Seventh Eye
November 1, 2023
Shireen could have been any one of us
Shireen’s killing has channeled endless energy into the hearts of Palestinian journalists, leaving us more determined to expose the atrocities of occupation.
By
Vera Sajrawi
May 11, 2023
New Al Jazeera film uncovers ‘rotting foundation’ of U.S. Israel lobby
A new Al Jazeera documentary provides a sobering look at a lobby that continues to defend Israel's control of Palestinian lives, despite the many Americans turning against it.
By
Antony Loewenstein
November 1, 2018
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Following pressure, Israel halts decision to revoke Al Jazeera reporter’s credentials
The government sought to revoke Elias Karram’s press accreditation after he expressed solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. The decision was reversed following pressure by the Union of Journalists in Israel. By +972 Magazine Staff Two weeks after announcing it would revoke the press credentials of senior Al Jazeera reporter Elias Karram, Israel’s Government Press Office said Wednesday that it…
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+972 Magazine
August 31, 2017
Israel revoking Al Jazeera reporter’s credentials — for being a patriot
The Government Press Office is trying to rescind Elias Karram’s press credentials after he expressed support for the Palestinian cause. It hasn’t done the same for uniformed Israeli-soldier reporters. Israel’s Government Press Office announced Wednesday that it was revoking press credentials from a senior Al Jazeera reporter in the country. The GPO cited a statement he…
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Haggai Matar
August 17, 2017
Israel’s empty threat to ‘shut down’ Al Jazeera
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara held a press conference at which he promised to ‘close’ Al Jazeera. He doesn’t exactly have that type of authority, let alone the ability. By Moshe Ronen Israel’s new communications minister, Ayoub Kara, declared this week that he would act to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. Speaking at a…
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+972 Magazine
August 9, 2017
Forget Al Jazeera — Bibi should halt his own government’s incitement
Netanyahu is calling to shut down Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau, accusing the station of incitement to violence amid tensions over the Temple Mount. Has he heard what his own ministers have been saying recently? Palestinian incitement has long been Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scapegoat for the lack of progress in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For him, Palestinian…
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Edo Konrad
July 27, 2017
The Trump effect hits Gaza
No, Trump did not create the rift between the PA and Hamas. But he has bought into the Israeli narrative, thus creating an environment that encourages more aggressive steps by stronger parties. The most dangerous part? Trump surely has no idea he did any of this. By Mitchell Plitnick The effects of Donald Trump’s trip…
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+972 Magazine
July 3, 2017
Al Jazeera video captures horror at Aleppo children’s hospital
The attack, scenes of which have been airing all day across the Arab world, comes after a week of relentless bombardment by the Assad regime, during which Aleppo’s battered medical facilities have been forced out of service or underground. In a devastating video broadcast by Al Jazeera Saturday, two nurses in an Aleppo children’s hospital break…
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Samer Badawi
November 19, 2016
Is Gaza still occupied? New video aims to settle the debate
What do you call a situation in which one country’s army controls a foreign population’s imports and exports, border crossings and airspace, population registry, and even how much electricity it can produce? Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of the occupied Gaza Strip in 2005, during what became known as “the disengagement.” As a…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
October 25, 2015
More subtle than it seems: The mystery of Arafat’s death
Nine years on, Yasser Arafat’s death brings up more questions than answers. Speculation runs rampant as to the nature of his death, while the potential for a scientifically conclusive cause of death, let alone the identity of a possible perpetrator, fades away. By Marian Houk In “Killing Arafat,” a recent Al-Jazeera documentary on the mysterious…
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November 18, 2013
WATCH: Al Jazeera takes on the segregated bus debate
Al-Jazeera’s Inside Story covers the segregated bus debate and the question of apartheid in Israel. Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna is joined by Ben White, Mustafa Barghouti and Gregg Roman in what turns out to be probably the biggest shellacking of an Israeli spokesperson I have ever seen on a mainstream news network. To be fair,…
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Omar H. Rahman
March 9, 2013
Marginalized groups that Qatari PR would rather you not see
The American network CBS – via its flagship news magazine show, “60 Minutes” – gave the tiny peninsula Kingdom of Qatar a free ride in its report earlier this year exploring the small gulf nation. Correspondent Bob Simon, dubbed by the network itself as “the most honored journalist in international reporting,” delivered a public relations…
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Roee Ruttenberg
May 3, 2012
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