David M. Weinberg
Israel Hayom, Feb. 18, 2024
“Al-Jazeera was shown to be a platform for global jihad, for antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and for naked support of anti-Israel terrorism.”
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network is an evil empire. It glorifies Hamas, including its “heroic” massacres of Oct. 7 and ongoing “resistance” against Israel, and all forms of Iranian proxy terrorism against Israel. It aids Hamas by reporting on IDF troop movements in Gaza and on IDF forces concentrated along the Gaza border. It is actively drumming-up Ramadan terrorism against Israelis too.
There are ways of blocking Al-Jazeera‘s broadcasts from Israel and the territories and its reception in Israel and the territories, but Israel needs to gum-up the gumption to do so despite Qatar’s protected status as a mediator between Israel and Hamas in the hostage matter.
Cutting Al-Jazeera down to size on the international scene is long overdue too. The network hosts the most virile antisemitic, radical Islamic preachers who poison the minds of millions against Israel and the West.
Closing down Al-Jazeera‘s operations in Israel by stripping its reporters of their press credentials has been on the agenda ever since then-Communications Minister Ayoob Kara raised the matter in 2017, after Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the UAE took steps to shutter Al-Jazeera offices and block its websites.