Occupied Jerusalem, ALRAY - Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) Director Nitzan Chen, decided Wednesday to revoke the GPO card of senior Al Jazeera Jerusalem correspondent Elias Karram, pending a hearing, claiming he is involved in resistance actions, Hebrew sites reported Thursday.

The Israeli GPO interpret Karram speech to Muslim Brotherhood television channel, "Dar al-Iman", in a 26 May 2016 as involving in resistance action. 

the contents of the interview were delivered to the GPO this week, along with additional material, by Communications Minister Ayoob Kara and Ofir Gendelman, the Israeli Prime Minister's Spokesman for the Arab Media, Karram said "As a Palestinian journalist in an occupied area or in a conflict zone, media work is an integral part of the resistance and its educational political activity. The journalist fulfills his role in the opposition with the pen, voice or camera because he is part of this people and he carries out resistance in his unique way."

It should be noted that Communications Minister Kara recently contacted GPO Director Chen and requested that the press cards of Al Jazeera personnel in Israel be revoked on the grounds that the network was inciting and agitating to violence in a way that harmed the security of the state.

Elias Karram (40), an Israeli citizen from Nazareth, has carried a GPO card on behalf of Al Jazeera since 2011. At the hearing, he will be requested to explain whether or not he is part of the Palestinian people's resistance to the 'Zionist occupation', as he stated in the interview, and if so, how this affects his work as a journalist according to universal ethics.