The Associated Press ( AP ) was accused of breaking a recent ban against Qatari-backed Al Jazeera, which has a pro-Palestine stance when the Israeli government seized some of its equipment on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera was shut down by the Israeli government for its role in spreading anti-Israel propaganda, and for the work of several of its contractors in Israeli evil organizations, according to a report from Breitbart News earlier this month.
The Times of Israel reported:
The Associated Press is accused of breaking a new advertising laws by providing pictures to Al Jazeera by Israeli officials who seize a camera and radio equipment in southern Israel.
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The AP denounced the action, claiming that thousands of clients receive live movie feeds from the US media company. The Qatari satellite network is one of them.
The White House and the Jewish opposition both criticized the decision.
Israeli criticism Leader Yair Lapid:” The forfeiture of the products of the AP, the nation’s largest media company, by secretary of Communications Shlomo Karhi’s folks, is an action of madness. This is not Al Jazeera, this is an American media outlet that has won 53 Pulitzer…
— Barak Ravid ( @BarakRavid ) May 21, 2024
MEDIANING: White House spokesman Karine Jean Pierre stated in a statement that the Biden administration is concerned by studies that the Israeli government had taken the AP’s products. She argued that editors must possess the ability and the right to perform their jobs.
— Barak Ravid ( @BarakRavid ) May 21, 2024
Israel’s communications ministry posted on X ( formerly Twitter ) that the AP had been given a warning, and that the camera that was seized had been used to track Israeli troop movements, with the footage then sent to Al Jazeera.
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