Israeli right-wing activists scuffle with Palestinian freelance journalist Saif Kwasmi on June 5, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march which commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Credit Hazem Bader/AFP)
On Sunday, Feb 22, the Israeli Defense Ministry issued a decree banning five Palestinian online media outlets: Al Asima News, M3raj Network, al-Quds al-Bawsala, Maydan al-Quds and Quds Plus. The outlets primarily cover occupied East Jerusalem, though they did not maintain offices there.Israel accused them of having ties to Hamas and inciting hatred, without providing evidence, according to The New Arab. “Defense Minister Israel Katz signed a decree designating these platforms as terrorist organizations,” Israel’s Channel 12 reported. In today's news Israel committed two-thirds of record press killings in 2025: CPJ “We are very concerned about the consequences of this decision for press freedom,” Shireen al-Khatib, director of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), said in an interview with Al Jazeera on...
On Sunday, Feb 22, the Israeli Defense Ministry issued a decree banning five Palestinian online media outlets: Al Asima News, M3raj Network, al-Quds al-Bawsala, Maydan al-Quds and Quds Plus. The outlets primarily cover occupied East Jerusalem, though they did not maintain offices there.Israel accused them of having ties to Hamas and inciting hatred, without providing evidence, according to The New Arab. “Defense Minister Israel Katz signed a decree designating these platforms as terrorist organizations,” Israel’s Channel 12 reported. In today's news Israel committed two-thirds of record press killings in 2025: CPJ “We are very concerned about the consequences of this decision for press freedom,” Shireen al-Khatib, director of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), said in an interview with Al...
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