Posts Tagged ‘jazeera’

‘I’m no Putin fan, but one must accept facts’: Veteran journo walks out of Al-Jazeera panel (VIDEO)

The Friday installment of Mehdi Hasan’s UpFront program on Al Jazeera English was devoted to Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US election and the upcoming election in Russia, which incumbent President Vladimir Putin is predicted to win, according to polls. The second part featured a 15-minute panel of experts, including Pozner, fellow journalist Evgenia […]

We’ll be waiting a long time for Al Jazeera’s undercover investigation of Israel lobby

A year ago Al Jazeera stunned Britain’s political establishment with a four-part series on the Israel lobby, based on months of investigation that entailed planting an undercover reporter in pro-Israel meetings. “How Israel penetrates different levels of British democracy,” Al Jazeera announced the series; and in the most damning episode, an Israeli embassy operative offered a […]

Vindicated in UK, Al Jazeera to reveal secrets of US Israel lobby

Asa Winstanley Lobby Watch 9 October 2017 Jewish Labour Movment director and former Israeli embassy officer Ella Rose filmed by an undercover reporter. Israel lobby complaints about an Al Jazeera documentary were rejected on all counts by the UK’s broadcasting regulator on Monday. Ofcom ruled that January’s four-part investigation The Lobby was factually accurate, correctly observed rules […]

An Al Jazeera Reporter Went Undercover with the Pro-Israel Lobby In Washington

Britain’s broadcasting regulator on Monday concluded that Al Jazeera did not violate any rules in its controversial undercover investigation exposing the Israeli embassy’s campaign to target British citizens critical of Israel, a campaign that included attempts to destroy the careers of pro-Palestinian British politicians. The move by the communications regulator, known as […]

Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia at government’s request

Snapchat said it blocked access to AJ’s Discover Publisher Channel at the request of authorities because it allegedly violated Saudi laws. Qatar burns almost $40bn of reserves to live through blockade – Moody’s Al Jazeera, a Qatari-backed broadcaster, was one of the points of contention in the ongoing dispute between Qatar on one side and […]

Netanyahu uses Arab puppet to try to shut down ‘Al Jazeera’

“I will shut down Al Jazeera, period, no matter what it costs me,” said Ayoub Kara, Israel’s communications minister,  as the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. “If they wanted to open their mouths, they can do it at the dentist”, Kara added. Israel’s assault on the Qatar-based network has been going on for some time now and has […]

Israel revokes Al Jazeera correspondent’s press credentials claiming the network is ‘inciting and agitating to violence’

On Wednesday, Israel’s government agency responsible for assigning journalist credentials revoked the press card of a senior correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, citing the reporter as a member of the Palestinian “resistance.” Elias Karram, 40, from Nazareth, has worked for Al Jazeera in Israel as a television journalist since 2011. According to a statement from […]

What Is Behind Israel’s Attempt To Ban Al Jazeera?

The present attempt by the government of Israel to close down Al Jazeera’s offices in Jerusalem reflects a potentially far-reaching shift in the perceived power and role of critical media, not just in the Israeli occupation of Palestine, but across the Arab world and larger Middle East and North Africa. The move is particularly odd since Al Jazeera and Israel have long had a symbiotic, […]

After Israel tries to ban Al Jazeera critics say the country is ‘taking its cues from Arab dictators’

On Sunday Israel’s minister of communication Ayoub Kara said he is banning Al Jazeera from broadcasting, shutting its Jerusalem bureau, and revoking press credentials for reporters with the Doha-based network. Kara charged the media outlet is a “tool for the Islamic State” and created biased content when covering recent demonstrations regarding the al-Aqsa mosque. But, […]

Israel to close Al Jazeera, mouthpiece of Palestine’s cause

Israeli Communication Minister Ayoob Kara said on Sunday that Israel is preparing to close Al Jazeera’s office in Jerusalem. Kara said he had requested that the government press office revoke press credentials of Al Jazeera’s journalists. He said that he would join the Gulf countries, adding: “These countries say the channel [Al Jazeera] is a tool of Daesh, […]

Netanyahu threatens to kick Al Jazeera out of Israel for ‘inciting’ Al-Aqsa Mosque protests

     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jerusalem office of the Qatari-owned network Al Jazeera of fueling ongoing unrest at the Temple Mount and threatened to draw up legislation that would allow him to shut it down. In a Facebook post Wednesday, the Israeli PM wrote that he has long sought to shut […]

Wikileaks: Crown Prince of UAE asked Americans to bomb Al Jazeera headquarters

A Qatari employee of Al Jazeera Arabic language TV news channel walks past the logo of Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar. (AP/Kamran Jebreili) The Crown Prince of the UAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan asked the Americans to bomb the headquarters of Al Jazeera during the US war on Afghanistan, Arabi21.com revealed yesterday. According to the document bin Zayed spoke […]

UAE Asked US to Bomb Al Jazeera, Says 2003 Cable

By Alex MacDonald Diplomatic cable, published by Wikileaks, refers to Mohammed bin Zayed asking for Qatari channel to be targeted By Alex MacDonald June 28, 2017 “Information Clearing House” – Abu Dhabi’s crown prince asked the US to bomb Al Jazeera as America was planning its invasion of Iraq, according to a diplomatic cable detailing his […]

UAE Crown Prince Asked US To Bomb Al Jazeera: Wikileaks

A diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks reveals that Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan asked the U.S. to bomb the Al Jazeera TV network in Qatar before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) met with US diplomat Richard Haas two months before the war to discuss curtailing […]

UAE crown prince ‘asked US to bomb Al Jazeera,’ leaked 2003 cable reveals

     The crown prince of Abu Dhabi allegedly asked the US to bomb the offices of Al Jazeera prior to the invasion of Afghanistan, according to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The document details a conversation between US diplomat Richard Haass and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed – referred to as ‘MBZ’ – in the […]

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain ban Al-Jazeera as gulf blockade tightens on Qatar

“All channels from the Al Jazeera Media Network must be removed” and replaced with “official Saudi television ones,” the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage said in a statement, as posted by The New Arab. “Any facility acting in violation of the aforesaid Circular will be held liable and be penalized with a fine […]

Al Jazeera removes controversial cartoon that outraged saudis

IFP- Saudi social media users were outraged after Qatar’s Al Jazeera channel posted a cartoon denigrating the Saudi king, but the cartoon was later removed in a move to prevent the deepening of a row between Qatar and fellow Persian Gulf Cooperation Council members. A cartoon recently posted on the Doha-based Al Jazeera’s Twitter feed […]

Al-Jazeera Caught Filming Fake Aftermath Of Attack In Syria

An Al-Jazeera production team were caught filming staged videos depicting the aftermath of shelling and airstrikes in Syria last week.  According to Russian news agency Tass, locals reported seeing camera operators shooing ficticious scenes in the supposed aftermath of an attack. “According to some sources among local civilians and from opposition units, special ‘video teams’ […]

Moment of suicide blast that killed 1, injured 13 in Turkey’s Bursa caught on video

The blast occurred as a funeral prayer was about to take place at the Grand Mosque of Bursa.  Photos and videos from the scene showed the blast site near the mosque cordoned off by police. Extensive damage to nearby buildings is seen on the footage. The Turkish health minister said that at least 13 people […]

Refugee Gangs Sexually Assault Teenage Girls At Swedish Festival Two Years In A Row

From: dailycaller.com Sexual assaults by gangs of refugees similar to the events in Cologne, Germany on New Years Eve happened two years in a row at a music festival in Stockholm, Sweden. Police allegedly kept the events quiet in attempts to avoid public debate on immigration. The assaults took place at […]

Fracking Operations Shut Down In Alberta Following Earthquake

A hydraulic fracturing operation in Alberta has been shut down indefinitely after an earthquake hit the area Tuesday. The energy company has stopped operating in a part of Alberta that is subject to heavy hydraulic fracking after the province’s energy regulator reported the area’s largest earthquake in more than a year. The magnitude 4.8 quake […]

Halo surrounds sun in Timaru, New Zealand

     Plenty of Timaru residents braved the afternoon sun’s intense brightness on Friday to take pictures of an unusual halo around it. It may have looked sinister, but the MetService confirmed it was completely natural. Meteorologist Lisa Murray said the unusual phenomenon occurred in high, thin cirrus clouds. “The clouds contain millions of tiny ice […]

WikiLeaks: Al Jazeera chief linked to US

Ahlul Bayt News Agency Sept 13, 2011 A recent cable released by WikiLeaks reveals that the managing director of the al-Jazeera network has had relations with the US government officials. According to the cable released on August 30, the US government has previously had a say in what content to appear on the al-Jazeera website. […]

Al Jazeera slanders Kucinich in an effort to delegitimize his opposition to the unauthorized war in Libya

Madison RuppertActivist Post Friday, September 2, 2011 The prolific propaganda house out of Qatar known as al Jazeera is at it again, this time claiming that an internal Libyan document offers proof of how Dennis Kucinich was attempting to build up a defense for Gaddafi’s second son, Saif al-Islam. Their coverage of this also emphasizes that Kucinich […]

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