Why is Israel arming illegal settlers?
As settler attacks reach record levels, the government has distributed more than 100,000 assault rifles to Israelis.

As settler attacks reach record levels, the government has distributed more than 100,000 assault rifles to Israelis.

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The Palestinian presenter delivered the network’s first-ever bulletin when it went on air in 1996.
Director of Digital News Content Global Jamal Elshayyal joins The Take to discuss Al Jazeera’s next era of journalism.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, former Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s son, and his number 2, was killed by “four masked men”.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.
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Al Jazeera’s journalists have faced unprecedented risk in covering Israel’s two years of war on Gaza.
After Israel’s attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City, Palestinians say press vests now feel like a target.

Before his murder by Israeli forces in Gaza, Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif wrote a final message to be shared with
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel’s assassination of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.

Al Jazeera employees held a moment of silence to honour its five staff members assassinated in an Israeli strike in Gaza
Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.