[[{"content_id":"81775","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Israel to boycott Al-Jazeera TV station","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2008-03-12 16:10:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"Zionist regime will impose an official embargo of the Qatar based Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel over the coming days, over what it has called the station's unfair portrayal of the Israel operation in the Gaza Strip last two weeks.\r\n \r\n"The Foreign Ministry has held discussions on the matter, and decided to embargo the station," Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Majali Wahabe was quoted by Israeli Army Radio as saying.\r\n \r\nHe added that these reports are untrustworthy and they hurt us, and they arouse people to " terrorist activities."\r\n \r\nThe Foreign Ministry plans send an official letter to Qatar requesting it investigate the matter, according to the radio.\r\n \r\nIsraeli officials have until now desisted to meet with station representatives and its senior reporters have not been permitted to enter government offices in  Beit Ul Moqaddas, Israeli daily "haaretz" said.\r\n \r\nZionist regime claims that the television station has incited the Palestinian public with its reports and cooperated with Hamas over the latest period of military escalation in the Gaza Strip, the radio said.\r\n\r\n\r\nAl Jazeera's Palestine bureau chief Walid al-Umari, said the ban is part of a campaign against the channel.He said: "A state that respects the freedom of expression or claims that it is democratic should not limit the movement of press teams."I dare any Israeli official to bring up what they call incitement or lies reported by Al Jazeera. What we reported were real facts on the ground," he added.\r\n\r\n \r\nArab MK slams boycott of Al-Jazeera \r\n \r\nKnesset Member Jamal Zahalka (National Democratic Assembly) said the Foreign Ministry's decision to boycott the Al-Jazeera television network was a "dangerous attempt to intimidate media outlets. \r\n \r\n"The Israeli government wants the media to conceal information regarding its crimes in Gaza, but the pictures don’t lie," he said, "the boycott is another symptom of the government's moral bankruptcy."\r\n ","content_html":"

Zionist regime will impose an official embargo of the Qatar based Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel over the coming days, over what it has called the station's unfair portrayal of the Israel operation in the Gaza Strip last two weeks.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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<\/span><\/span>"The Foreign Ministry has held discussions on the matter, and decided to embargo the station," Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Majali Wahabe was quoted by Israeli Army Radio as saying.<\/font><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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He added that these reports are untrustworthy and they hurt us, and they arouse people to " terrorist activities."<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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The Foreign Ministry plans send an official letter to Qatar<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> requesting it investigate the matter, according to the radio.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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Israeli officials have until now desisted to meet with station representatives and its senior reporters have not been permitted to enter government offices in  <\/span>Beit Ul Moqaddas, Israeli daily "haaretz" said.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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Zionist regime claims that the television station has incited the Palestinian public with its reports and cooperated with Hamas over the latest period of military escalation in the Gaza Strip, the radio said.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Al Jazeera's Palestine<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> bureau chief Walid al-Umari, said the ban is part of a campaign against the channel.

He said: "A state that respects the freedom of expression or claims that it is democratic should not limit the movement of press teams.

"I dare any Israeli official to bring up what they call incitement or lies reported by Al Jazeera. What we reported were real facts on the ground," he added.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/span>\r\n

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Arab MK slams boycott of Al-Jazeera <\/span><\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka (National Democratic Assembly) said the Foreign Ministry's decision to boycott the Al-Jazeera television network was a "dangerous attempt to intimidate media outlets. <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n

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<\/span><\/span>"The Israeli government wants the media to conceal information regarding its crimes in Gaza<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>, but the pictures don’t lie," he said, "the boycott is another symptom of the government's moral bankruptcy."<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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