{"id":55672,"date":"2024-05-21T21:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/israel-briefly-seizes-camera-from-a-p-citing-use-of-its-images-by-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T21:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:02:47","slug":"israel-briefly-seizes-camera-from-a-p-citing-use-of-its-images-by-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/israel-briefly-seizes-camera-from-a-p-citing-use-of-its-images-by-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Briefly Seizes Camera From A.P., Citing Use of Its Images by Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The A.P. reported that it adheres to Israel\u2019s military censorship rules, including restrictions on broadcasting troop movements that could put soldiers at risk, and that the feed largely showed smoke rising over Gaza. It said officials hadn\u2019t previously flagged the positioning of its camera in southern Israel as problematic, but they had noted that its images had appeared live on Al Jazeera. <\/p>\n

It also reported that Israeli authorities had conveyed a verbal order last week to shut down the live feed, but it did not comply.<\/p>\n

As a prominent wire service, The A.P. makes its content available to subscribers around the world.<\/p>\n

Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel\u2019s parliamentary opposition, blasted the Communications Ministry for confiscating The A.P.\u2019s equipment, calling the move \u201cinsanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not Al Jazeera. This is an American media outlet that has won\u201d dozens of Pulitzer Prizes, he said. \u201cThis government is acting as if it decided to ensure at all costs that Israel will be ostracized all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Easton said Israeli authorities should return The A.P.\u2019s equipment so that it could restore the live feed and \u201ccontinue to provide this important visual journalism to thousands of media outlets around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Communications Ministry said it would continue to undertake \u201cenforcement measures as needed to limit broadcasts that harm the security of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Israel, Al Jazeera\u2019s Arabic-language coverage has frequently come under criticism for amplifying Hamas\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and other Israeli officials have called the network a \u201cmouthpiece\u201d for Hamas, which led the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel from Gaza that set off the war. That day, Al Jazeera repeatedly reported statements from Hamas officials calling for a violent uprising in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera has said that Israel\u2019s decision to shutter its operations in the country violated \u201cthe basic right to access of information.\u201d It has asserted that it hadn\u2019t violated professional news media standards.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Press Association, which represents Israeli and Palestinian journalists working for international news organizations, called the seizure of The A.P.\u2019s equipment an \u201coutrageous\u201d decision that prevents The A.P. from \u201cproviding crucial images of northern Gaza to all other media outlets around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael\u2019s move today is a slippery slope,\u201d it said in a statement<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cIsrael could block other international news agencies from providing live footage of Gaza. It also could allow Israel to block media coverage of virtually any news event on vague security grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the new foreign news media law, if the prime minister deems a foreign news media outlet to \u201cconcretely undermine\u201d Israel\u2019s national security, the government can temporarily close its offices, confiscate its equipment, remove it from Israeli cable and satellite television providers and block access to any of the channel\u2019s online platforms hosted on servers in Israel or owned by Israeli entities.<\/p>\n

Johnatan Reiss and Gaya Gupta contributed reporting to this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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