Today, Friday, the Israeli government approved emergency regulations aimed at closing media outlets and satellite channels, claiming that they “target state security.” As a result, the government approved closing the offices of the “Al Jazeera” network and preventing it from broadcasting from Israel.

A statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Communications stated that, according to the instructions of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karai, and with the support of the Mossad, the Shin Bet, and the Ministry of Security, and the approval of the government’s judicial advisor, Gali Beharav Meara, the government approved, today, the suspension of the work of the “Al Jazeera” network. During the war on Gaza.

The statement claimed that the closure of the "Al Jazeera" network comes in the wake of "providing evidence that it helps the enemy, broadcasts propaganda in the service of Hamas in Arabic and English to its viewers around the world, and also transmits sensitive information to our enemies."

The closure of the "Al Jazeera" network will be proposed during the upcoming meeting of the Israeli mini-ministerial council for political and security affairs (the cabinet), and after the cabinet's approval, Karai will sign the "order to stop broadcasting" from Israel, which will go into effect immediately.

The statement quoted Karai as saying, “Israel is at war. We will not, in any way, allow the broadcast of reports that harm the security of the state. The regulations that the government is now approving will allow us to close channels, confiscate equipment, and withdraw the journalist’s card from those who target the security of the state during the war.”

Karai claimed that "Al Jazeera's reports and correspondents constitute an incitement broadcast against Israel, serving Hamas and terrorist organizations through propaganda reports and encouragement of violence against Israel, and thus targeting the security of the state."