The competent Palestinian court issued a decision today, Sunday, to block the websites of Al Jazeera Media Network, based on a request from the Attorney General.

According to the decision, the decision was based on “investigations by the judicial police, which monitored the network’s continued broadcasting of media discourse that includes incitement that threatens civil peace and harms national unity, which poses a direct threat to societal stability and the public interest, which is a clear violation of the provisions of Palestinian law.”

Following the judicial decision, the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy issued a circular to local radio and television stations not to rebroadcast or transmit any of the websites or satellite channels linked to the Al Jazeera Media Network.