Al Jazeera says Israel to shut its office

CAIRO: Israel will close the office of Al Jazeera in Jerusalem, the Qatari news television network said. “Israel to shut Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem and revoke credentials of its journalists,” the broadcaster said on Twitter, adding that the shutdown would include its Arabic and English channels.

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Al Jazeera of inciting violence in a conflict over a Jerusalem holy site. Netanyahu said he had appealed several times to law enforcement authorities demanding the closure of Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem office. Al Jazeera, a main conduit for news from Israel to the Arab and Muslim world, extensively covered tensions in Jerusalem over Israeli security measures at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound.

Al Jazeera has been repeatedly accused of bias by Israeli authorities. — Agencies