Egypt’s Parliament calls for suing Al Jazeera

CAIRO – 23 June 2017: Doha-based Al Jazeera satellite network and other provocative channels must shut down and hold them on trial, General Yehia Kedwani said on Friday.

Kedwani, who serves as Parliament’s defense committee chief, told Egypt Today that plots and terror crimes committed by Al Jazeera channels have been exposed recently by many former employees such as Mohamed Fahmi.

Concerned institutions in many countries must hold Al Jazeera and similar channels accountable for their schemes against ruling regimes in many Arab countries, Kedwani noted.
He reaffirmed that he would submit an official request to the Parliament seeking holding an international conference to expose terrorist financiers most notably Qatar and Turkey, which embrace pro-terrorism satellite channels.

Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy held a news conference titled “Al Jazeera on Trial” on Thursday in Washington to disclose facts about the Qatari Al Jazeera’s illegal editorial policy.

Since May, Qatar’s relations with several Arab states have been strained over a leaked statement attributed to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, criticizing Gulf foreign policy with Iran, describing it as “unwise.”

The Qatari crisis was escalated when Egypt and a coalition of Arab states in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced a coordinated diplomatic break with Qatar, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

The Arab countries, in dispute with Qatar, accused the peninsular country of funding Islamist terrorists, in part, via the Doha-based Al Jazeera satellite channel.