What led up to Israel shuttering Al Jazeera

Doha, Qatar — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his government had "unanimously" decided to shut down the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel, one of the few outlets which still has an operational bureau in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera, which went off-air in Israel shortly after the announcement, condemned the move as a "criminal act." Here are five things to know about the Arab media giant, with which Netanyahu's administration has had a long-running feud that...