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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by dkjaudyeqooe on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:27PM (#40267992)
The only justification would be if they are broadcasting government secrets.

Clearly they're not doing that, just criticizing the government.

The obvious next step is outlawing any speech criticizing the government (or rather 'speech that is a threat to national security'), then you've got the same laws as in Russia.

Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by YZF on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:42PM (#40268154)
There's plenty of Israeli media attacking the government day in and out. Haaretz, Yedioth, etc.

They were not closed because they're "criticizing the government". They were closed because they're acting on behalf of a foreign agent and spreading propaganda (I think the actual language "is harmed national security"). Qatar is not a free country, it funds Al-Jazeera, it hosts the Hamas leadership.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-jazeera/

"Mixed for factual reporting due to failed fact checks that were not corrected and misleading extreme editorial bias that favors Qatar."

Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by deciplex on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:36PM (#40268098)
Israel is also responsible for 3/4 of all journalist deaths in the last year.