Israeli journalist Amit Segal writes on October 06 in his blog It’s Noon in Israel:
“My Israeli Channel 12 colleague Ehud Yaari explained that ‘Qatar is carrying out a purge at Al Jazeera. The director is gone, the deputy is gone, and this comes together with a gradual softening of the network’s editorial line. For example, Al Jazeera now—instead of praising and boasting about the actions of Hamas’ military wing—is focusing more on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.’
“Why? ‘This is apparently part of understandings between them and the United States, under which Al Jazeera will reduce the amount of incitement [sic] it spreads throughout the Middle East,’ Yaari explained.
“Wanting more information, I asked an intelligence official for their thoughts. Here’s what they told me.
“’Yesterday I read several times that Hamas is very unhappy with the changes at Al Jazeera.’ The two even had ‘an apology call,’ according to the official, during which they ‘agreed upon’ the fact that ‘Trump and Netanyahu forced the Qataris to change direction.’
“But did the official buy this narrative? ‘I thought they were fantasizing,’ they said, ‘but then I happened to see this, and I also went to Al Jazeera’s homepage, which really doesn’t look the same as it did a week ago (back then—dozens of articles about Gaza and against Israel. Now, you can see for yourself—a neutral main headline, another fairly neutral one about the flotilla, and that’s it).’
“The bottom line? ‘If this is a real shift, it’s a huge game changer,’ they said.”
Amit Sega “is an Israeli journalist and television personality. He serves as chief political analyst for Israel’s leading news outlet, Channel 12 News, and the country’s most-read newspaper, Israel Hayom. Segal also anchors Israel’s highly-watched “Meet the Press” show on Channel 12.”
This isn’t the first time Qatar has been pressured to censor Al Jazeera. An Al Jazeera documentary about the Israel lobby in the U.S. was censored when Jewish Americans such as Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz pressured Qatar to block it.
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