Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s successful vist to Qatar, where the news network is based, puts Al-Jazeera in a very uncomfortable spot. Haaretz explains why:
Meanwhile, the network omitted any reference to Monday’s meeting at the Qatar conference between Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa. It did, however, report on Livni’s meeting with her counterpart from Oman.
Qatar’s national television network aired photos of the meeting between Livni and the Qatari head of state.
While in Doha, Livni shook hands with Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. In addition to running Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bankrolled Al-Jazeera‘s launch to an estimated tune of $150 million. (Livni met with Al-Jazeera‘s management.)
So what is Al-Jazeera to do if its principal patrons are warming to Israel? Haaretz adds:
The Qatar-based television network Al-Jazeera has agreed to discuss its coverage of the Israeli-Arab conflict with Israel, after Israel decided to embargo the media outlet, claiming its reports were biased.
Related reading: Israel Blacklists Al-Jazeera
