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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/world/middleeast/al-jazeera-israel-criticism-ban.html
Governments across the Mideast Say Al Jazeera Gives Voice to Terrorists
(New York Times) Ephrat Livni - Al Jazeera was founded in 1996 with funding from the government of Qatar. The network has come under criticism from Israel and the Palestinian Authority, both of which have banned it, accusing Al Jazeera of supporting Hamas. In 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain all banned Al Jazeera. Critics of the network throughout the region say it amplifies the voices of militant groups. Experts who track the network say its coverage and commentary echo many of Hamas's claims and increases support for its actions. "The fact that it just gives the primary platform to Hamas, Hamas officials, Hamas spokesmen, et cetera, the fact that it cuts off any voices that are critical of Hamas - it has basically made it such that on Al Jazeera, Hamas is really the spokesman for the Palestinian people," Ghaith al-Omari, a Palestinian affairs analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said last year.