Israeli parliament passes law that could stop Al Jazeera broadcasting

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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday (April 1) to enact a ban on broadcasts in Israel from news channel Al Jazeera using authority lawmakers newly voted to grant hi

Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh attends the funeral of his son, Palestinian journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh, after Hamza was killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Jan 7, 2024 The potential ban is a fresh escalation in the running conflict between Israel's government and the Qatar-based channel that has intensified during Israel's war with Hamas militants in Gaza.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said the law underpinning Netanyahu's pledge grants Israel the power to close any foreign outlets operating within its borders. The following month it said another journalist for the channel, wounded in a separate strike, was a"deputy company commander" with Hamas.

His wife, two of their children and a grandson were killed in October bombardment of central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, while his eldest son was the Al Jazeera staff journalist killed in January when a strike targeted a car in Rafah.

 

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