The United Nations and the United States government showed their support this Monday Freedom of the presshours after the Israeli parliament approved a new law allowing closure of foreign media and this will be used to directly attack the Qatari television network. Al Jazeera

“This is something alarming. Any restriction on the right of journalists to work anywhere in the world is a cause for concern. deep concern. And we are observing, frankly, a negative trend in this sense all over the world,” said UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric at a press conference.

In turn, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller expressed support for the initiative. independent press andn all over the world because of “its importance”, using as an example journalistic coverage Al Jazeera war in the Gaza Strip.

“We support an independent free press anywhere in the world and believe that the work that an independent free press does is important around the world, and much of what we know about what happened in the Gaza Strip It’s because of the reporters who do their jobs there, including reporters from Al Jazeera“, he added.

At the same time, he emphasized his position, despite the fact that “they don’t always” match “the lighting” network and said he and other US officials were interviewed Al Jazeera.

The channel condemned Israel’s veto on its broadcast and criticized the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling them “a dangerous and absurd lie.”

Netanyahu previously stated that “The terrorist channel Al Jazeera will no longer broadcast from Israel.” and demonstrated its intention to “immediately act in accordance with the new law to stop the channel’s activities.”

(Europe Press)