Regardless, in a democracy, internet censorship is a slippery slope, and for that reason, I am against it in most cases.
Regardless, in a democracy, internet censorship is a slippery slope, and for that reason, I am against it in most cases.
See e.g. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/11/middleeast/qatar-hamas-fu...
However, this does not change the fact that now there is an active war between Hamas and Israel most Israelis dislike Al Jazeera because they perceive to be part of the propaganda wing of Hamas with Qatar's support.
Of course it does? Most people are not going to go out of their way for it unless they have specific reasons to do so. What's on/available by default matters. (Ask any UX specialist.)
Making it slightly more difficult to consume outright propaganda by not having it front and center; that seems to me to be a very much acceptable move for democratic and free states to make in the context of information warfare.
Al Jazeera has more journalists on the ground in Gaza than anyone else. They're some of the only independent media there (because Israel has blocked international media from entering, but Al Jazeera already has people there). If you want to know what's going on in Gaza, you watch Al Jazeera.