Oct 25, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
"Blinken told American Jewish leaders on Monday that when he was in
Doha on Oct. 13 he asked the Qatari government to change its public posture
towards Hamas," the report said on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he asked Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to "tone down Al Jazeera's rhetoric about the war in Gaza," according to a report.
Blinken's
request came Monday during a meeting with American Jewish community leaders,
Axios reported, citing three people who attended.
"Blinken
told American Jewish leaders on Monday that when he was in Doha on Oct. 13 he
asked the Qatari government to change its public posture towards Hamas,"
it said.
One source
cited in the report said Blinken asked the Qataris to "turn down the
volume on Al Jazeera's coverage because it is full of anti-Israel
incitement."
It said
Blinken "appeared to be talking about Al Jazeera Arabic, not Al Jazeera
English."
Anadolu
reached out to the State Department to ask for confirmation on the report but
has not received a response.
The Qatari
Foreign Ministry has yet to comment on the report.
The wife
and two children of Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Wael
al-Dahdouh, were killed in an Israeli airstrike Wednesday, shortly after the
Axios report, according to the Doha-based television station.
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