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Netanyahu labels Al Jazeera a “toxic media outlet”

Al Jazeera reported the Israeli Prime Minister’s characterisation but provided no details about when or where he made the remark.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Al Jazeera a “toxic media outlet”, the network reported.

The report, published by Al Jazeera on 25 September, provides no details about when or where Netanyahu made the remark, or what he said around it.

The supplied account contains no further quotation or independent corroboration of the characterisation. It remains Netanyahu’s assessment of the network.

Separate Al Jazeera reporting about delegations walking out of or missing Netanyahu’s UN General Assembly address does not establish a connection to his comment about the network.

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