Israeli govt. renews ban on Al Mayadeen Media Network
On Sunday, the Israeli government renewed ban on Al Mayadeen Media Network, including the seizure of its equipment and blockade of its websites. The measure was in force after Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu along with the Knesset, approved the proposal of the Head of Communications, Shlomo Karai.
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00:00On Sunday, the Israeli government renewed ban on Al-Mayadeen media network, including
00:05the seizure of its equipment and blockade of its websites.
00:08The measure was enforced after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with the Knesset,
00:13approved the proposal of the head of communications, Shlomo Karai.
00:18Earlier, Israeli authorities had labelled Al-Mayadeen as a threat to the security of
00:22Israel and described its journalists as terrorists.
00:25The occupied regime went against the network that it has been covering since the Al-Aqsa
00:31flood until nowadays, not only the Israeli genocide in Gaza, but also Israeli attacks
00:37on the West Bank and occupied Al-Quds.
00:40Therefore, reporters from Al-Mayadeen had been persecuted and even killed, as the media
00:45network supports Lebanese Hezbollah and the Hamas-Palestinian resistance movement.
00:55After the Israeli decision became known, the pan-Arab news network Al-Mayadeen reported
01:00in a communique.
01:01The decision of the Israeli government and its president evidences the structural choice
01:06of the Israeli occupation in confronting the press.
01:09The Israeli occupation reveals its hostile face towards free professional media committed
01:15to human issues.
01:16Al-Mayadeen will not submit to blackmail or pressure, no matter the size or scope of its
01:22influence.
01:23The media calls on free Arabs and the world to express their rejection of the systematic
01:28and ongoing policies of the Israeli occupation against the press.