 In response, Israel's Government Press Office (GPO) threatened to boycott the satellite channel unless it apologized.A few days later, Al Jazeera's director general, Khanfar Wadah, issued a statement admitting parts of the program had violated the station's Code of Ethics, and ordered the channel's programming director to try to prevent a recurrence.On 24 November 2008, Kuntar visited Syria, where he met with President Bashar Assad.