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field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">In a deceptive and slanderous move, the Israeli Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unanimously voted to shut down Al Jazeera's offices in Israel. They also chose to withdraw crew accreditations, as well as banning media service providers from transmitting its broadcasts and blocking Al Jazeera Media Network websites.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">Ironically as the world marked World Press Freedom Day; the Israeli government closed Al Jazeera’s offices, preventing the public from accessing its content, disregarding the universally recognised fundamentals of freedom of expression.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and denounces this criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right to access of information. Al Jazeera affirms its right to continue to provide news and information to its global audiences.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">Israel's ongoing suppression of the free press, seen as an effort to conceal its actions in the Gaza Strip, stands in contravention of international and humanitarian law. <span>Israel’s direct targeting and killing of journalists, arrests, intimidation and threats will not deter Al Jazeera from its commitment to cover, whilst more than 140 Palestinian journalists have been killed since the beginning of the war on Gaza.</span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">The Network vehemently rejects the allegations presented by Israeli authorities suggesting professional media standards have been violated. It reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the values embodied by its Code of Ethics.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">Al Jazeera urges all media freedom, human rights, and other concerned organisations, to condemn the repeated attacks on journalists and the press by Israel, and to hold those responsible to account. The Network will pursue all available legal channels through international legal institutions in its quest to protect both its rights and journalists, as well as the public's right to information.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <section class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockpress-block-1 clearfix" id="block-views-block-press-block-1"> <h2 class="block-title"><span>PRESS RELEASES</span></h2> <div class="form-group"><div class="grid-blocks view view-press view-id-press view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-95b16f36e4ff5685b4559da06f1af699400f0ea361032c116a1a6eb799ca88c2"> <div class="view-content"> <div data-drupal-views-infinite-scroll-content-wrapper class="views-infinite-scroll-content-wrapper clearfix form-group"> <div class="views-view-grid horizontal cols-4 clearfix"> <div class="row views-row clearfix row-1"> <div class="card award col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12"><div class="field-content img-block"> <a 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hreflang="en">Al Jazeera condemns in the strongest terms the arrest of Mohamad Atrash by the Palestinian Authority and calls for his immediate release</a></h5><div class="links btn-group dropdown"> </div> </div> <div class="card award col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12"><div class="field-content img-block"> <a href="/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-deplores-palestinian-authority%E2%80%99s-decision-close-its-office-west-bank-and" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/press/public/press/2025/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_8.png?itok=6-VNn7aj" width="400" height="265" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div><h5 class="field-content"><a href="/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-deplores-palestinian-authority%E2%80%99s-decision-close-its-office-west-bank-and" hreflang="en">Al Jazeera deplores the Palestinian Authority’s decision to close its office in the West Bank and considers it in line with the occupation’s actions against its staff</a></h5><div class="links btn-group dropdown"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row views-row clearfix row-2"> <div class="card award col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12"><div class="field-content img-block"> <a href="/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-launches-global-true-crime-video-podcast" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/press/public/press/2024/1a3c29f8-c048-47ab-9acf-351837ac7aa7%20%282%29.jpg?itok=A8TJrxuN" width="400" height="265" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div><h5 class="field-content"><a href="/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-launches-global-true-crime-video-podcast" hreflang="en">Al Jazeera launches global true crime video podcast</a></h5><div class="links btn-group dropdown"> </div> </div> <div class="card award col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12"><div class="field-content img-block"> <a href="/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-condemns-fatahs-incitement-campaign-against-it-and-holds-palestinian" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" 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