Web desk: Palestinian Authority has suspended Al Jazeera from broadcasting and operating in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian authority on Wednesday suspended Al Jazeera broadcasts across the Palestine territories, accusing the Qatar based channel of “interference” in Palestine’s internal affairs. The suspension order came after Al Jazeera covered clashes between Palestinian security forces and resistance fighters in Jenin in the West Bank.
“The specialised ministerial committee, comprising the ministries of culture, interior and communications, has decided to suspend broadcasts and freeze all activities of Al Jazeera satellite channel and its office in Palestine,” the official Wafa news agency said.
“The decision also includes temporarily freezing the work of all journalists, employees, crews and affiliated channels until their legal status is rectified due to Al Jazeera’s violations of the laws and regulations in force in Palestine,” the report said.
“This decision comes in response to Al Jazeera’s insistence on broadcasting inciting content and reports characterised by misinformation, incitement, sedition and interference in Palestinian internal affairs,” it added.
An Al Jazeera employee contacted by AFP confirmed that the network’s office in Ramallah had received a suspension order on Wednesday.
