“War” between Israel and the Associated Press: “Black” on the broadcast from Gaza

The Associated Press announced today that its live feed from Gaza was cut off by Israel, which accuses it of violating a law that allowed Israeli authorities to shut down Qatar's Al-Jazeera television network on its soil. “The Associated Press denounces in the strongest terms the Israeli government's action to shut down our live broadcast” that showed Gaza and “the seizure of our equipment,” the news agency said in a press release, attributing the decision to “abusive use by the Israeli government of the law passed in early April, which allows the banning of foreign media that harm the security of the state from being broadcast in Israel. The well-known American agency said that the authorities confiscated his camera and equipment for the broadcast. At the same time, in its report on the events, the agency specifies that the Qatari network is included among the thousands of customers of the videos sent live by the AP. […]
Source: News Beast

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