What was that about the only democracy in the Middle East? And what about freedom of media? No freedom of media who don't comply to "our" rules, especially not those worthless Arabs, that are breaking our media clamp downs.
Source:International Middle East Media Center by Ghassan Bannoura
The Israeli Foreign Ministry decided to place restrictions on the Qatari based Al Jazeera Channel office staff in areas controlled by Israel, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
The decision by Israeli is part of a government response to closing the Israeli trade office by the Qatari government in Doha last month.
Qatar closed the office to protest the Israeli offensive on Gaza which started on December 27th, and lasted for 22 days. 1,340 Palestinian were killed by the Israeli air, sea, and ground bombardment.
According to the sources, the restriction will be implemented in three steps and will be carried out in Israeli areas and Palestinian Authority controlled areas. First, Israel will not renew the visas of Al Jazeera staff that do not hold Israeli documents.
Second, the reporters of Al Jazeera will not be allowed to speak to Israeli MP's, and will only be given access to three government spokespeople that will include the Israeli PM's office, the Israeli Army and the Foreign Ministry.
Third, Al Jazeera reporters will have reduced accessibility to government and military bodies, and will not be allowed into briefings or press conferences.
Al Jazeera is the largest Arab satellite News Channel, and the only Arab channel that has an English TV and web service. The Jerusalem office of Al Jazeera told IMEMC that their office has not received an official notice by the Israeli government regarding the new restrictions.
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