Top Israeli spy bodies recommend ban on Al Mayadeen over Gaza coverage

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
6 Nov 2023 17:17
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The Israeli government had approved last October emergency regulations that authorize the closing of broadcasting stations "that affect the security of Israel."

Top Israeli spy bodies recommend a ban on Al Mayadeen over Gaza coverage

Israeli media reported on Monday that the occupation army and the entity's top intelligence agencies, namely Mossad and Shin Bet, among others, have recommended banning access to Al Mayadeen within the Israeli-occupied Palestinian land amid the ongoing criminal massacres in Gaza entering their second month.

The recommendation for the "cessation of the broadcast of Al Mayadeen channel within Israel" comes as the Israelis backed and supported by the United States, are increasing censorship on media outlets exposing its war crimes and genocidal actions in the blockaded and besieged Strip.

"It is expected that the Minister of Communications will ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to propose a decision to halt the activities of the channel ... inside Israel at the next cabinet meeting," Israeli media said.

Earlier today, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in occupied Al-Quds Hanaa Mahameed was ambushed by the Israeli Channel 12 correspondent and a group of extremist settlers after luring her into a post office through a call, suggesting that she had mail to be received.

Upon her entry into the post office, she was attacked and harassed by the Zionist group, all while they recorded the physical assaults against the journalist.

Mahameed said in a video post that they went on to prevent her from using her vehicle to escape while making explicit threats.

#AlMayadeen's correspondent in occupied #AlQuds, Hanaa Mahameed, was lured into a post office branch and ambushed by a group of Israeli far-right journalists and a channel 12 correspondent, where she was surrounded and accused of publishing fake news about the IOF's practices.… pic.twitter.com/ZEy4nMrzT9
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 6, 2023

In a decision pushed forward by the regime's top security bodies, the Israeli government had approved last October emergency regulations that authorize the closing of broadcasting stations "that affect the security of Israel."

The Israeli regime has cut off the internet and telecom services from Gaza a number of times since the aggression on the Strip started, most recently being Sunday night, with the longest blackout lasting 24 hours.

Palestinian media outlets and the health ministry reported that during the latest outage, the Israeli military conducted the most violent attack on Gaza since October 7, pointing out that massacres were committed amid complete isolation.

The ministry added that the overnight air strikes resulted in the martyrdom of tens of civilians across Gaza with no means of reaching them. Furthermore, the Palestinian Red Crescent declared on Sunday night that, due to the internet and communication services going out, it had lost contact with all its teams and staff operating in Gaza.