This morning the Foreign Ministry announced it was going to launch a boycott of Al-Jazeera for biased reporting. Herb Keinon of the Jerusalem Post broke this story last week already, but the Ministry announced today that it was going to take steps. In any case, by this afternoon, it seems as if the ministry has backtracked on its earlier announcement, and will now be “looking into” steps it can take against the largest, most influential media outlet in the Arab world.

The following analysis is divided into two sections outlining the issues both for and against Israel’s decision to boycott Al-Jazeera. Continue reading →