Broadcaster paralyzed
Israel closes Al Jazeera office in the West Bank
According to the Qatari TV station Al Jazeera, Israeli soldiers have stormed the company's offices in the occupied West Bank and ordered their temporary closure.
Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers entered the building early on Sunday morning and imposed a 45-day closure, it said. They did not give a reason for this decision.
Risk to state security?
The Israeli government had already used an emergency law in May to shut down the broadcaster's operations in Israel. The so-called Al Jazeera law allows Israel's government to close foreign TV stations if they are classified as a risk to state security.
Video: TV station already severely restricted in May
"Criminal act"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had described the Arab broadcaster as a "mouthpiece" of the Islamist Hamas, which had harmed Israel's security. Al Jazeera rejected the accusations and spoke of a "criminal act".
The Palestinian Journalists' Association strongly condemned the temporary closure of the Al Jazeera office in Ramallah. Israel's military order was arbitrary and a further impairment of journalistic work, exposing crimes against the Palestinian people.
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