The decision by Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi to extend the ban on Al Jazeera has been met with widespread criticism, as international organisations condemn it as an attack on media freedom.
Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has announced an extension to the closure of the Qatari Al Jazeera television.
The Israeli minister claimed that the ban was “unanimously adopted by the government, based on updated opinions from all security sources, which state unequivocally that the channel's broadcasts are a real threat to the security of the state".The minister did not specify for how long the ban was extended. Israel Hayom newspaper, however, reported that the closure was extended for 45 days.
The law allows the communications minister to shut down foreign networks operating in Israel and confiscate their equipment if the country’s defence minister identifies that their broadcasts pose “an actual harm to the state’s security".Israeli officials have frequently criticised Al Jazeera, particularly for its extensive coverage of the Israeli offensive on Gaza.
More than 37,000 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and nearly 84,500 others injured, according to local health authorities.
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