from Daily Sabah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right Cabinet voted Sunday to close down the local offices of Al Jazeera, a media company owned by Qatar.
Netanyahu announced the decision on X, formerly Twitter, but details on the implications of the step on the channel, when it would go into effect, or whether the measure was permanent or temporary were not immediately clear.
There was no immediate comment from the channel headquarters in Doha, Qatar. An Al Jazeera correspondent on its Arabic service said the order would affect the broadcaster's operations in Israel and in the occupied East Jerusalem, where it has been doing live shots for months since the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion that sparked the Gaza conflict.
It would not, however, affect Al Jazeera's operations in the Palestinian territories, the correspondent said.
Israeli media said the vote allows Israel to block the channel from operating in the country for 45 days, according to the decision...
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