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An Israeli court has extended the state-ordered temporary closure of the Arab TV channel Al-Jazeera by a further 45 days, according to local media reports. A district court with jurisdiction over the issue considered it proven that the network posed a real threat to the state of Israel, noting that it had called for terrorist attacks in the past. The government had already closed Al-Jazeera, whose headquarters are based in the Gulf Emirate of Qatar, by decree at the beginning of May. Courts confirmed the legality of the decree and last extended its validity by 45 days in mid-June. Following th…

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