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Related: About this forumIsraeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law
https://apnews.com/article/live-transmission-israel-associated-press-57e8f662907334ba3599156276381190Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law
Updated 8:03 AM PDT, May 21, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.
The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP and other news organizations. The AP denounced the move.
The Associated Press decries in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli government to shut down our longstanding live feed showing a view into Gaza and seize AP equipment, said Lauren Easton, vice president of corporate communications at the news organization. The shutdown was not based on the content of the feed but rather an abusive use by the Israeli government of the countrys new foreign broadcaster law. We urge the Israeli authorities to return our equipment and enable us to reinstate our live feed immediately so we can continue to provide this important visual journalism to thousands of media outlets around the world.
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Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law (Original Post)
cbabe
May 2024
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Bibi does not want the world to know that the IDF is essentially razing everything in Gaza.
Lonestarblue
May 2024
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Lonestarblue
(11,979 posts)1. Bibi does not want the world to know that the IDF is essentially razing everything in Gaza.
The Times had photos last week of northern Gaza with a corridor the IDF has builtand nothing but brown land on either side. The most obvious purpose is to clear the land to make it uninhabitable and for future Israeli developments.
Orrex
(64,291 posts)2. This is probably Hamas' fault or something
Or maybe the cameras are antisemitic.