Isaac Scharf

In this May 4, 2011 file photo, a Palestinian barber gives a customer a haircut as a TV set shows a demonstration in Egypt, on the Al Jazeera channel, at a barber shop in Jerusalem’s Old city. Israel’s communications minister said, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, that he wants to shut down pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera in the country. Ayoob Kara, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, said he wants the news network’s press cards revoked and has asked cable providers to block their transmissions. - AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File

Joining Arab states, Israel says it plans to ban Al-Jazeera

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

JERUSALEM >> Israel said Sunday it plans to ban Qatar’s flagship Al-Jazeera news network from operating in the country over allegations it incites violence, joining Arab nations that have shut...

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