Al Jazeera news channel shut down in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his cabinet had voted unanimously to close Qatari television network Al Jazeera's operations in Israel.  Israeli authorities did not stipulate when the decision might take effect. The cabinet vote came after Israel's parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security during the war against Hamas in Gaza. (Reuters/AP)