Israel continues crack down on journalists with Al Jazeera raid in West Bank

Israel continues crack down on journalists with Al Jazeera raid in West Bank The Israeli government outraged press freedom advocates when it occupied and forcibly shuttered news broadcaster Al Jazeera’s headquarters in the West Bank, representing the latest escalation of violence in the occupied territory that has often gone overlooked amid the country’s campaign in Gaza. “Israel said it carried out Saturday’s raid on Al Jazeera’s bureau in the West Bank after concluding that the news network’s offices there were ‘being used to incite terror,’” reported Bloomberg. “An ‘up-to-date intelligence assessment’ determined that ‘the channel’s broadcasts endanger the security and public order,’ the Israel Defense Forces said.” Staffers at the Ramallah bureau broadcast the initial moments live of the tense confrontation with heavily armed Israeli forces, who ejected workers, confiscated cameras and other equipment and declared the office closed for 45 days. “Al Jazeera rejects the draconian ... Source: Geopolitics Live