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Related: About this forumWhy Israel decided to shut down Al Jazeera AP Explains
AP journalist Jon Gambrell explains the situation surrounding Israel's order to bar Al Jazeera from working in the country amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. #aljazeera #israel #qatar
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Why Israel decided to shut down Al Jazeera AP Explains (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
May 6
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MOMFUDSKI
(6,428 posts)1. Does a democracy shut down
The Press? This is our ally?
JustAnotherGen
(32,362 posts)2. Egypt and China
Have had issues with them too. Didn't Egypt list them as a National Security risk area years ago?
TeamProg
(6,630 posts)5. Neither of which are democracies, yes? nt
House of Roberts
(5,289 posts)6. Egypt is a military dictatorship,
funded by the other half of the Camp David Accords, in party to our aid to Israel. Anything coming from Egypt is as suspect as anything coming out of Communist Dictatorship China.
TeamProg
(6,630 posts)3. Fascism at work here. nt