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Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following rising tensions (apnews.com)

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[-] bear@slrpnk.net 49 points 2 months ago

When people recognize they were wrong about something, as smugly satisfying as it may be it's not actually helpful to tell them that they should have been correct sooner.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 20 points 2 months ago

I don't think it's about being smug. It's about pointing out the important fact that none of this is new except the scale. Divide by 100-1000 and this is just daily life in Palestine.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago

So Israel’s been shutting down other newspapers before?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No; they just arrest activists and journalists (sometimes but not always have their lackies at the PA do it). Actually shuttering a newspaper is a first AFAIK.