半岛电视台（Al Jazeera）拒绝了以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在联合国大会上的攻击性言论。
Al Jazeera has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack against the network during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
在周五发布的声明中，半岛电视台表示“坚决拒绝”内塔尼亚胡的言论，并称这些言论是以色列长期针对该电视台及其记者的“最新例证”。
In a statement on Friday, Al Jazeera Media Network said it “categorically rejects” Netanyahu’s remarks, regarding them as the latest example of Israel’s “sustained campaign against Al Jazeera and its journalists”.
内塔尼亚胡在周四的联合国大会上攻击了那些批评以色列在加沙实施种族灭绝行为以及在被占领的西岸地区进行暴行的声音，同时特别提到了半岛电视台。他称半岛电视台是“世界上具有煽动性的媒体机构”，企图“洗脑年轻人，让他们仇恨以色列”。
In his address at the UNGA on Thursday, where he attacked critics of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and pogroms in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu singled out Al Jazeera. He called the network one of the world’s “toxic media outlets” that intends to “brainwash young minds to hate Israel”. Al Jazeera said Netanyahu wanted to stop the outlet from “reporting facts from the ground, documenting events, providing context and ensuring that a range of voices and perspectives are heard”.
半岛电视台指出，内塔尼亚胡的言论旨在阻止该电视台“报道实地发生的事件、记录事实、提供相关背景信息，并确保各种声音和观点都能被听到”。
Further rejecting Netanyahu’s verbal assault, Al Jazeera said the fact that “such rhetoric was delivered from the podium of the United Nations is a matter of particular concern, given the threat such rhetoric poses to the safety of Al Jazeera journalists working in the field”.
声明还强调：“这种言论竟然出自联合国的讲台，这令人深感担忧，因为这类言论对在加沙工作的半岛电视台记者的安全构成了严重威胁。”
Further rejecting Netanyahu’s verbal assault, Al Jazeera said the fact that “such rhetoric was delivered from the podium of the United Nations is a matter of particular concern, given the threat such rhetoric poses to the safety of Al Jazeera journalists working in the field”.
半岛电视台补充说：“在以色列的种族灭绝行径中，已有超过270名记者在加沙遇难，其中至少有部分人是为半岛电视台工作的。”
“This rhetoric cannot be separated from the heavy toll borne by Al Jazeera’s journalists in Gaza,” the network’s statement added. More than 270 journalists have been killed in Gaza during Israel’s genocidal onslaught. At least of the victims had been reporting for Al Jazeera.
该电视台还表示：“许多记者和摄像师在履行职责时不幸丧生；部分人在遭到攻击前还遭受了煽动和诽谤。”
Al Jazeera said the network “has lost a number of journalists and camera operators while they were carrying out their work. Some were subjected to campaigns of incitement and vilification before being targeted”.
根据巴勒斯坦记者协会的数据，在加沙遇难的7.3万多人中，至少有706人是巴勒斯坦记者的家属。以色列曾多次打压半岛电视台，并对卡塔尔施加压力。
Of the more than 73,000 people killed in Gaza, at least 706 are family members of journalists of Palestinian journalists, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
两年前，以色列内阁投票决定关闭该国的半岛电视台（Al Jazeera），立即下令关闭其办事处并禁止该电视台的广播。这一决定是在以色列议会通过一项法律之后作出的，该法律允许政府暂时关闭那些被认定为“对国家安全构成威胁”的外国媒体机构。
Israel has repeatedly cracked down on Al Jazeera and used pressure campaigns against Qatar. Two years ago, Israel’s cabinet voted to shut down Al Jazeera in the country, immediately ordering the closure of its offices and a ban on the network’s broadcasts. This came after Israel’s Knesset passed a law allowing the government to temporarily close down foreign media outlets it deemed a “threat to security”.
半岛电视台在周五表示：“这些措施并非仅仅针对半岛电视台本身；它们同时也侵犯了每个人获取真实信息和独立新闻报道的权利。”
“These measures do not target Al Jazeera alone; they also undermine the right of every person to access truthful information and independent journalistic coverage,” Al Jazeera said on Friday.
该电视台还强调：“新闻工作的职责是向世界提供事实与背景信息，同时尊重个人评估信息来源并形成自己观点的权利与能力。”
It added that “the role of journalism is to provide the world with facts and context, while respecting the right and ability of individuals to assess sources and form their own opinions.”