Last week, Israel shut down the local offices of Al Jazeera, following a unanimous cabinet vote, because they are a threat to national security, in a move dubbed “a dark day for the media” and “a dark day for democracy” by the Foreign Press Association.
Now, thanks to Twitter/X user NioBerg, we are reminded just how nefarious Al Jizz is:
Thank you, Al Jazeera, very cool pic.twitter.com/Fjrg7oMoEE
— Nioh Berg ♛ ✡︎ אסתר (@NiohBerg) May 13, 2024
A fact-check of this reveals this is absolutely legitimate. It is the English translation of this 2018 Al Jizz report in Arabic:
Besides showing their unbridled antisemitism, it shows how underhanded they are; these words never appeared on their English language website for obvious reasons.
Of course, we already knew about their antisemitism, but timely reminders are always a good thing.
By the way, when I try to access the Al Jazeera websites from Israel, they do not load, but when I use a VPN to mimic being elsewhere in the world, they do. So it seems Israel has kicked them out not just physically but also virtually.
Either way, good riddance!
