Nadene Goldfoot
"Al Jazeera English (AJE; is a 24-hour English-language news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partially funded by the government of Doha, Qatar. " It's the spokespeople for the Arab communities giving English speakers their viewpoints.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) officially announced its decision to suspend Al Jazeera’s broadcasts and freeze the network’s operations in PA-controlled territories. The PA accused the channel of violating Palestinian laws by broadcasting "provocative content" characterized by "deception, incitement to rebellion, sabotage and interference in internal Palestinian affairs."
Al Jazeera introduced an English-language division in 2006. It is the first global English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East." I've used them a few times as a reference source when they've had more pertinent information than our own major sources have had.
Al Jazeera is known for its in-depth and frontline reporting particularly in conflict zones such as the Arab Spring, the Gaza–Israel conflict and others. Al Jazeera's coverage of the Arab Spring won the network numerous awards, including the Peabody Award. It positions itself as an alternative media platform to the dominance of Western media outlets like CNN and BBC, focusing on narrative reporting where subjects present their own stories.
Al Jazeera English and Iran's state-run Press TV were the only international English-language television broadcasters with journalists reporting from inside both Gaza and Israel during the 2008–2009 Israel-Gaza conflict. Foreign press access to Gaza has been limited via either Egypt or Israel. However, Al Jazeera's reporters Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros were already inside Gaza when the conflict began.
Many of Hamas's top leaders have been killed since the group's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, dealing it a severe blow.
The Palestinian Authority, officially known as the Palestinian National Authority or the State of Palestine- as yet an unofficial claim, is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a consequence of the 1993–1995 Oslo Accords.
The Palestinian Authority controlled the Gaza Strip prior to the Palestinian elections of 2006 and the subsequent Gaza conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties, when it lost control to Hamas; the PA continues to claim the Gaza Strip, although Hamas exercises de facto control.
Since January 2013, following United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19, the Palestinian Authority has used the name "State of Palestine" on official documents, without prejudice to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) role as "representative of the Palestinian people". So, there is this competition as to who will rule; PLO or PA.
Hamas terrorists condemned the PA’s decision, calling it "a blatant violation of press freedom" and accusing the PA of silencing dissent. [Can't make this stuff up!]
Al Jazeera has been banned three times by the Iraqi government, most recently in 2016 where officials accused it of "inciting violence and sectarianism." Iraqi authorities had long perceived Al-Jazeera's media coverage as hostile to Iraq's Shi’ite majority (which follows Iran's Shi'ite community) and too friendly toward the Islamic State. In 2013, the broadcaster was accused by many Iraqi government supporters of backing Arab spring protests in the country.
On December 29, 2013, Egyptian security forces arrested three Al Jazeera English journalists—Australian Peter Greste, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed—at Cairo's Marriott Hotel, accusing them of reporting news damaging to national security.
On 4 May 2024, the Israeli government shut down Al Jazeera in Israel and authorized the seizure of its equipment, after passage of a new law giving the prime minister and communications minister the authority to order the temporary closure of foreign networks operating in the country on national security grounds. On 22 September 2024, Israeli army authorities closed down Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in Central West Bank (Judea/Samaria) north of Jerusalem in what they called "occupied Palestine". The Board of Directors of the Foreign Press Association reacted: "Restricting foreign reporters and closing news channels signals a shift away from democratic values."
Al Jazeera journalist, Hossam Shabat, has been injured while reporting on an Israeli attack that hit a house in Gaza City. There have been reports of their reporters having been killed while on a story, being in the way of the fighting, usually, hit accidently. It's dangerous work.
We remember On 1 February 2002, Jewish-American journalist, Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal was decapitated by Al-Qaeda terrorists, nine days after being kidnapped by the group. Journalists would receive an email with photos of Pearl with a gun to his head and holding up a newspaper. The terrorist group demanded the release of Pakistani terrorists held at the Guantanamo prison camp and the release of a halted U.S. shipment of F-16 fighter jets to the Pakistani government in exchange for Pearl.
Weeks later, on 21 February 2002, the terrorists released a video entitled “The Slaughter of the Spy-Journalist, the Jew Daniel Pearl,” in which Pearl addresses the camera mere moments before his decapitation. “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish,” declares Pearl, adding, “Back in the town of Bnei Brak, there is a street named after my great-grandfather Chaim Pearl, who is one of the founders of the town.”
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English
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