Israel to bar Al Jazeera for stirring hate
ISRAEL SAID Sunday it plans to ban Qatar’s flagship Al Jazeera network from operating in the country over allegations it incites violence.
Communications Minister Ayoob Kara said he plans to revoke the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists, effectively preventing them from working in Israel.
Kara said he has asked cable and satellite networks to block Al Jazeera transmissions and is seeking legislation to ban them altogether.
The minister, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, gave no timetable.
Al Jazeera condemned the measures as “undemocratic” and said that it will take legal action.
Funded by the Qatari government, the network had already been targeted by Arab nations isolating Qatar as part of a monthslong political dispute.