Israel on Sunday ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The extraordinary order is believed to be the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet operating in the country. Al Jazeera’s bureau chief for Israel and the Palestinian territories called the move a “very dangerous one” and said the channel’s legal team was working on a response.
Al Jazeera bureau chief calls order to close satellite channel’s offices in Israel ‘very dangerous’
Israel on Sunday ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The extraordinary order is believed to be the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet operating in the country. Al Jazeera’s bureau chief for Israel and the Palestinian territories called the move a “very dangerous one” and said the channel’s legal team was working on a response.