Israel: Authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order passed

Israel has eventually ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday (May. 5).

The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites, is believed to be the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet operating in the country.

Al Jazeera went off Israel’s main cable and satellite providers in the hours after the order. 

The network has reported the Israeli-Hamas war nonstop since the militants’ initial cross-border…