The community vowed to proceed reporting on Israeli assaults on Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Financial institution.
Israeli occupying forces raided the places of work of the Al Jazeera media community in Ramallah, the occupied West Financial institution, within the early hours of Sunday and ordered its instant closure.
This follows a call by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cupboard in Could 2024 to close down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel.
The community strongly condemns and condemns this legal act by the Israeli occupying forces.
Al Jazeera rejects the cruel actions and baseless accusations leveled by the Israeli authorities to justify these unlawful assaults. Al Jazeera reaffirms its unwavering dedication to persevering with to cowl the conflict in Gaza, the continued occupation of the Palestinian territories and the escalation of regional tensions.
The raid on the places of work and the confiscation of kit was not solely an assault on Al Jazeera, however an affront to press freedom and journalistic rules. These oppressive measures are clearly meant to forestall the world from witnessing the truth of the scenario within the occupied territories, the continued conflict in Gaza and its devastating affect on harmless civilians.
Regardless of these egregious makes an attempt to silence Al Jazeera’s voices and minimize off Al Jazeera’s entry to the world’s reporting, the community stays steadfast in its mission: to report truthfully, even in probably the most difficult and harmful conditions the reality. Al Jazeera is not going to be intimidated or hindered by efforts to suppress its reporting.
Israel’s continued suppression of press freedom is a blatant try and cowl up its actions within the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Financial institution, in violation of worldwide and humanitarian regulation. Israel’s direct concentrating on and killing of journalists, in addition to arrests, intimidation and threats, is not going to deter Al Jazeera’s dedication to its reporting.
Al Jazeera urges all organizations advocating for media freedom and human rights, in addition to different related entities, to sentence Israel’s repeated assaults on journalists and media and to demand that those that search to bury the reality beneath the rubble of conflict be held accountable.
The community holds Netanyahu’s authorities accountable for the protection of its journalists and can pursue all obtainable authorized channels by way of worldwide authorized our bodies to guard its rights and the data rights of journalists and the general public.
