Media Censorship Intensifies in Occupied Palestine; Al Jazeera Ban Extended
According too the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency, informed sources told Al jazeera that Israel has renewed the prohibition on the network’s office activities in Ramallah for another two months.
A few months ago, Israeli forces raided Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah, located in the West Bank.
Israeli authorities notified the network’s officials that they had decided to extend the ban on Al Jazeera’s operations for one more month.
Last April, Tel Aviv announced a one-month extension of its suspension of Al Jazeera’s activities.
israel aims to block coverage of Palestinian news-especially developments in Gaza-by implementing such measures. In September last year, Israeli forces raided the Al Jazeera office again, shutting it down and confiscating all equipment found there.
