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August 7, 2017

Human Rights Groups Denounce Israel's Plan to Shut Down Al Jazeera
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Journalists and human rights groups are denouncing Israel's plan to shut
down Al Jazeera's office in Jerusalem and revoke the press credentials
of Al Jazeera's journalists in Israel. The Committee to Protect
Journalists called the shutdown undemocratic and said, "Censoring Al
Jazeera or closing its offices will not bring stability to the region,
but it would put Israel firmly in the camp of some of the region's worst
enemies of press freedom."


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