Al Jazeera’s offices in the occupied West Bank were raided on Sunday and ordered to close for 45 days, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported. Armed and masked Israeli soldiers entered the Ramallah office and handed the closure order to the network’s West Bank bureau chief Walid al-Omari early on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported. In May, the Israeli government shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, following the passing of a media law – widely referred to as the “Al Jazeera law” – that gives the government powers to ban foreign broadcasters if they are deemed a risk to state security. Al Jazeer…