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Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following rising tensions (apnews.com)

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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 20 points 6 months ago

I don't think it's about being smug. It's about pointing out the important fact that none of this is new except the scale. Divide by 100-1000 and this is just daily life in Palestine.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 6 months ago

So Israel’s been shutting down other newspapers before?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No; they just arrest activists and journalists (sometimes but not always have their lackies at the PA do it). Actually shuttering a newspaper is a first AFAIK.