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Israel raids, orders closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah office

Israeli occupation forces raided Al Jazeera’s office in the o cupped West Bank city of Ramallah and ordered it to shut down for 45 days. Heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers forcefully entered the news network’s office and handed the closure order to the network’s West Bank bureau chief, Walid Al-Omari, early today. Al-Omari said the Israeli military’s closure order accused the network of “incitement to and support of terrorism”. They […]

22 September 2024

International

Moroccans protest Gaza war, normalisation with Israel

Thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Casablanca, Rabat, and Tangier last night to protest Israel’s war in Gaza and condemn Morocco’s normalisation with Israel. “We came to say ‘no’ to the barbaric massacres Israel is committing against Palestinians, to the destruction in Gaza… and to the silence of the Arab states,” protest organiser Mohammed Riahi told AFP news agency in Casablanca. Morocco, which normalised ties with Israel in […]

6 April 2024

International

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas expresses its condemnation after Israel passes a law that bans Al Jazeera journalists

By Kouthar Sambo The Palestinian resistance group Hamas expressed its condemnation of the law that was passed by Israeli lawmakers on Monday. This comes after Israel passed a law that puts a ban on Al Jazeera, therefore allowing the government to end all Al Jazeera broadcasting in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Knesset on Monday, the country's legislative body, to pass a bill known as the "Al […]

2 April 2024

International

Al Jazeera journalist loses numerous family members amid the ongoing attacks in the Gaza Strip

By Kouthar Sambo The ongoing attacks by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have led to the tragic loss of numerous family members of an Al Jazeera journalist. This comes after Al Jazeerah’s station chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh, lost his wife, son, and daughter, while the rest of his family is buried under the rubble in the Nuseirat camp in the center of Gaza. Speaking on VOC's Drive Time show […]

26 October 2023

International

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, spews huge clouds of ash

A volcano on Indonesia’s densely populated island of Java has erupted, spewing a huge column of ash into the air and prompting nearly 2,000 people to evacuate from villages in the area. Following the eruption of the Semeru volcano, Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday 1,979 people had been moved to 11 shelters and authorities had distributed masks to residents. There were no immediate reports of any casualties […]

5 December 2022

International News

Al Jazeera reveals new details on 1996 coup attempt against Qatar

An exclusive Al Jazeera documentary has uncovered evidence of the involvement of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain in supporting a foiled coup attempt to overthrow the Qatari government in 1996. Airing for the first time on Sunday, the first episode of the investigative documentary incorporates interviews with leaders of the coup attempt who testify of the role of these countries played in plotting the overthrow. It […]

5 March 2018

International News

Al Jazeera demands Egypt release reporter held for year

As its journalist Mahmoud Hussein marks one year of being detained by Egypt, Al Jazeera Media Network has upped a call for the 51-year-old's release. In a statement released on Wednesday, exactly one year after Hussein was held, the Qatar-based network condemned repeated renewals of his detention - the tenth and latest of which came on December 14. He has still not been formally charged, but is accused of "incitement […]

21 December 2017

News

Yvonne Ridley on Muslim women and human rights

By Yaseen Kippie While South Africans feel the country is in bleak state given the current political upheaval and weak economy, world renowned speaker Yvonne Ridley calls our country a place of optimism, and an example for the Middle East. Ridley is a British journalist, who was captured by the Taliban in 2001, and later converted to Islam. Her study of Islam was a condition for her offer to the Taliban […]

18 October 2017

International News

Amnesty: Israel’s ban on Al Jazeera a ‘brazen attack’

Israel's decision to shut down Al Jazeera's operations in Jerusalem sends a "chilling message that Israeli authorities will not tolerate critical coverage", Amnesty International has said. "This is a brazen attack on media freedom in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories," Magdalena Mughrabi, Amnesty's deputy Middle East and North Africa director, said in a statement on Monday. The sharp criticism came a day after Ayoub Kara, Israel's communications minister, proposed […]

8 August 2017

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