The Israeli cabinet has voted to unanimously shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in the country. That’s according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on X. It is not clear when this decision will take effect. Earlier in April – the Israeli parliament approved a law that allows the government to ban broadcast channels it considers a threat to national security. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan is our correspondent in occupied East Jerusalem and pre-emptively recorded his final message, in case of a potential ban. Akiva Eldar is a Political Analyst and Contributor to Haaretz. He joins us from Tel Aviv to discuss the latest updates.
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