'Israel Has No Right': Al Jazeera Managing Editor Slams Israel's Raid & Closing of West Bank Bureau

Israel stepped up its censorship of Al Jazeera on Sunday as soldiers raided the Qatar-based news network's Ramallah offices in the occupied West Bank and ordered a 45-day closure of the bureau. This comes after the Netanyahu government banned the network inside of Israel in May under a new media law giving authorities broad power to censor foreign outlets deemed to be security threats. "It was a show of force, a show of intimidation to show journalists around the globe that what's happening in Gaza and the West Bank isn't allowed to be reported," Al Jazeera managing editor Mohamed Moawad tells Democracy Now! Israeli forces have killed as many as 160 journalists in Gaza over the last year, including several who work for Al Jazeera. In 2022, an Israeli sniper killed the network's acclaimed Palestinian American correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank.

[jillianmalak]

When you dont want witnesses to your abominable dirty crimes 😡🤬👹

[tinakoehl]

God did not give you anything if you killed his children to get it.😢😢😢

[sarahg]

Tearing down the picture of Shireen is just insult to injury. Edit: thanks Adam, for the correct spelling.

[ShivaniGrail]

Freedom of speech is a fundamental principle.
Thank you Al Jazerra
Stay strong- the world is watching 👀

[rickelectric]

Don't they know they are the only democracy in the Middle-East? LoL

[RogerDosithee-ry]

No love and freedom in this crazy world

[noorpath]

To avoid any other problems, Israel needs to cancel the practice of administrative detention (renewable 6 months of detention without any charges). Their opponent will consider those detainees as hostages because there is no charge against them.

[ksoko]

I used to run to my brother when a child, to handle my fights, i always knew he would stand for me even if i was in the wrong. I remember the day he told me enough is enough, fight your own fights. I no longer depend on other people to fight for me if needed. Israel needs to learn this lesson

[dyandrasari]

Still USA goverment send billion dolar tax money and support arming israel

[nextechsolutions]

Palestine is one long heartbreak since 1948.

[bernaguvenc]

Evil may run but thanks to AlJazeera reporters💙🧡, their war crimes comes to us everyday, evil won't be able to hide their heinous crimes‼️

[MA-skfg]

Remember, we are living in a jungle where the most agressive creatures impose their laws on the weakest .

[Lynne-ro]

How can Iseral censore journalism...HOW

[SpecialEditions-ufyo]

This is not Democracy, the basic freedom of speech. They do not represent the democracy we espouse in the United States. We need to call out this type of action.

[KelsJune]

Funny Aljazeera is complaining when Qatar, its mother nation does not allow for free speech nor religious freedom

[noorpath]

The documentary movie about Netanyahu “the bibi files” played at “the Toronto film festival” September 10, 2024. The film details the corruption cases that resulted in him being indicted for charges of breach of trust, bribery, and fraud in 2019. The cases also implicate his wife Sara and son Yair. Those cases have dragged through the court system without resolution.

[faniarethas]

We thank you Al-Jazeera for your objective work. We listen to you every day! Keep up the excellent work! 🙏

[marjorielemons]

Replay GM @Amy Goodman 🙏🏾💖💖💖 and @Democracy Now stay safe

[noorpath]

“Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" book written by 39th President of USA Jimmy Carter.
The ultimate purpose of his book is to present facts about the Middle East that are largely unknown in America, to help restart peace talks that can lead to permanent peace.
The former president Carter argues that the obstacle to permanent peace in the Middle East is related to the belief of some Israelis that they have the right to confiscate and colonize Palestinian land and try to justify the sustained subjugation and persecution of increasingly hopeless and aggravated Palestinians.

[sayedibrahimameermeea]

😂😂😂😂😂 The only democracy of the region ?