By Le Figaro with AFP
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Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, for his part, affirmed on X that he “immediately signed the injunction against Al-Jazeera” which “comes into force immediately.”
The Israeli government has “decided unanimously” that the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera would be “closed in Israel”, announced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a tweet, without further details on the measures taken. Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, for his part, said on “immediately signed the injunction against Al-Jazeera” Who “comes into force immediately”. He adds that he ensured that Al-Jazeera “can no longer operate from Israel” and accuses the channel of “threaten security” from the country.
Hamas, for its part, described the Israeli government’s decision as “blatant violation of press freedom” aiming “to hide the truth” on the war in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s decision is “a measure of retaliation against the role (…) that Al-Jazeera plays in highlighting crimes” of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, said the Palestinian Islamist movement in a statement on Telegram, denouncing “the culmination of a war against journalists by Israel”whose “aim to hide the truth”.
