An Israeli court has authorized an extension of the state-ordered closure of the Arab TV station Al-Jazeera for a further 45 days, according to media reports on Thursday. The district court in Tel Aviv considered it proven that there is a close connection between the Qatari broadcaster and the Islamist Hamas, according to Israeli media reports Thursday. The court decided in favour of an application by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. Around a week ago, the judges had already confirmed the government’s closure of the broadcaster for 35 days. They considered it proven that the medium posed …