Ramallah
The ruling is the result of a lawsuit initiated by Rabbi Leo Dee targeting Ramallah’s “pay for slay” financial reward system for terrorists and their families.
Aziz Salha, among those who murdered Israeli reservists Vadim Norzhic and Yosef Avrahami, was released as part of the 2011 Gilad Shalit exchange deal.
The closure order charged the Qatari channel with incitement to and support of terrorism.
“Whoever acts against us, we will act against it. We will continue to maintain the status and national honor of the State of Israel,” said Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
The move is in response to Oslo recognizing a Palestinian state and other anti-Israel actions.
The assailant was shot and killed after lightly wounding the officer.
The victim, in his 70s, had reportedly entered Qalandiya to refuel his car.
She was charged with “exceeding authority to the point of harming the state’s security.”
The US treasury secretary spoke a day after her Israeli counterpart moved to halt revenue transfers to Ramallah.
In addition to prime minister Mohammad Mustafa, the cabinet will include 22 other ministers, most of them new faces.
Oslo said more unfrozen funds will be paid to Ramallah in the coming days.
