Israeli minister announces closure of 'Hamas mouthpiece' Al Jazeera
Israel's Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi says the country has ordered the seizure of Al Jazeera's broadcasting equipment after the government decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel in the country, with which it has had a long-running feud. Karhi accuses Al Jazeera, several of whose journalists have been killed and wounded as a result of Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza, of being the Palestinian militant group's "mouthpiece". Al Jazeera has fiercely condemned Israel's decision as "criminal" and accused it of systematically targeting its employees in the Gaza Strip.
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00:00The government has now unanimously approved the closure of the Hamas incitement whistleblower
00:04in Israel, the Jazeera channel.
00:05The IDFs have been silenced for the moment.
00:06We are taking them to action.
00:07The Hamas whistleblower, whoever is inciting against the State of Israel, whoever is harming
00:08the security of Israel and the soldiers and fighters of the IDF, will not broadcast here
00:09any more than Israel, and his assistance is forbidden.