[News] Israeli cabinet approves decision to shut down Al Mayadeen Network

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Israeli cabinet approves decision to shut down Al Mayadeen Network
Al Mayadeen English - November 13, 2023
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Israeli media reports that the Israeli war cabinet approved regulations to
ban foreign broadcasters, including Al Mayadeen Network, in occupied
Palestine.

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   Israeli cabinet approves ban on Al Mayadeen Network

The Israeli war cabinet approved regulations that would allow the
occupation government to ban and shut down *Al Mayadeen Media Network*,
which comprises a foreign channel as per the emergency regulations
descriptions and broadcasts in "Israel" in three languages: Arabic,
English, and Spanish.

According to the decision, *Al Mayadeen* is said to "harm national
security."

In accordance with the emergency regulations enacted by the occupation
government to prevent any foreign broadcast corporation from compromising
"national security" and after the Minister of Security was convinced of the
actual threat to "national security", the war cabinet approved early this
morning the proposal by the Minister of Communications to shut down *Al
Mayadeen Media Network. *

The occupation's war cabinet has issued an order to block *Al Mayadeen*'s
online operations in occupied Palestine, and an order to seize its
broadcasting equipment will be issued later today.

Among the decisions taken is issuing an order addressing all Internet
service providers to prevent all users of the services from accessing the
following websites "that were found, after examination by the Ministry of
Information, to be Internet sites through which *Al Mayadeen* channel
broadcasts":

Almayadeen.net
English.almayadeen.net
Espanol.almayadeen.net

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   The Israeli cabinet's decision to ban *Al Mayadeen*

Al Mayadeen threatens Israeli public image: Israeli Communications Minister

According to the Israeli Minister of Communications, the ban on *Al
Mayadeen* is part of the measures taken by the Israeli regime in its "war
in the public consciousness."

“Israel is at war. On land, in the air, at sea in cyberspace, in the
electromagnetic spectrum, and in [the public] consciousness,” the Israeli
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said.
Gallant calls for security, economic measures against Al Mayadeen employees

Israeli Security Minister, Yoav Gallant, called *Al Mayadeen* employees
"terrorists masquerading as journalists" and called for measures against
them.

"Israel will not allow *Al Mayadeen* to broadcast its dangerous propaganda
which attempts, during the war, to undermine its [Israel's] security
interests and serve the goals of the enemy," he said, adding that the
measures taken against the network are "necessary actions against
supporters of terrorism who pretend to be journalists."

"I have recommended taking action against the channel and implementing
criminal and economic measures against its members [those who work for
it]," Gallant said.
'Ban is a decoration of honor for Al Mayadeen'

In rejection of the crackdown on free speech and the freedom of the press,
many Lebanese and Arab figures expressed their solidarity with *Al Mayadeen*
.

Notably, former Lebanese President Emile Lahoud affirmed that the Israeli
decision to ban *Al Mayadeen* is a great honor for the media network.

Lebanese Minister of Labor, Mustafa Bayram, emphasized that* Al
Mayadeen *should
take pride in exposing the enemy and in triumphing in the war of images,
terminology, truth, and resistance.

Furthermore, the editor-in-chief of the Yemeni *Al-Thawra* newspaper,
Abdul-Rahman al-Ahnoumi, believed that this decision reveals the crisis the
entity is grappling with, stressing that it is an additional badge of honor
for *Al Mayadeen*.

The President of the Arab International Center for Communication and
Solidarity, Maan Bashour, confirmed that the meeting of the Israeli cabinet
to discuss the ban on *Al Mayadeen* is a testimony to its competence and
effectiveness.

Kamal al-Khair, the head of the National Center in northern Lebanon,
pointed out that this blatant attack on *Al Mayadeen* proves to the world
that it speaks the truth.

Waleed Muhammad Ali, the coordinator of the Capable Together network, noted
that the Israeli war cabinet is trying to snuff out the voice of *Al
Mayadeen*, which contributed to exposing the occupation's lies.

In this context, the editor-in-chief of the electronic newspaper *Rai Al
Youm*, Abdel Bari Atwan, stated, "The terrorist campaign that aims to
silence *Al Mayadeen* is a badge of honor only earned by the honorable."

Head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, Omar Nazzal, affirmed, "We
will not allow the silencing of the free voice."

*Read more: PJS Head: We will stand with Al Mayadeen, its employees
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pjs-head--we-will-stand-with-al-mayadeen--it-s-employees>*

The decision comes after Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi
pushed for the Lebanese *Al Mayadeen Network* and other foreign
broadcasters in "Israel" to be shut down.

This comes after Israeli media reported on Sunday that the Israeli war
cabinet will discuss the cessation of *Al Mayadeen Network*
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-cabinet-discusses-banning-al-mayadeen-tv-in-occupied>
in
the occupied territories.

Earlier, *Al Mayadeen*'s correspondent reported that the first leaks from
the cabinet meeting indicated an approach toward banning the *Al Mayadeen*
*Network* in occupied Palestine.

Our correspondent revealed that there were reports of potential raids on *Al
Mayadeen*'s bureaus, the seizure of equipment, and the detainment of
reporters for interrogation.

Moreover, a few days ago, Israeli media reported that all the occupation’s
security agencies, including the Mossad, the Shin Bet, the Israeli Army,
and others, “made a recommendation to stop broadcasting *Al Mayadeen*”
inside the occupied territories.

Meanwhile, the director of *Al Mayadeen*’s bureau in occupied Palestine, Nasser
al-Laham
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-raid-house-of-al-mayadeens-office-director-in-occupied-p>,
stressed that *Al Mayadeen* “will continue to broadcast what is happening,
whatever the cabinet's decision is."

*Read more: Israeli journalist, settlers ambush, threaten Al Mayadeen's
reporter
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-journalist--settlers-ambush--threaten-al-mayadeen-s>*
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