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| Israel puts Palestinian TV station on terror blacklist |
| 2018-07-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", says designation of al-Quds channel is itself 'terror'; Arab MKs condemn move as violating freedom of speech Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman officially designated the al-Quds television network a terrorist organization, his office said Monday, accusing the Leb-based outlet of being an arm of Hamas. "According to up-to-date, reliable, cross-checked and diverse intelligence, the al-Quds station is a propaganda wing of Hamas, representing a central platform for distributing the terrorist organization’s messages," the defense minister’s office said in a statement. The idea to declare the outlet a terrorist organization was proposed by the Shin Bet security service and the Defense Ministry’s department for fighting terrorist with economic tools, Liberman’s office said. Coinciding with the move, news hounds and cameramen from the channel based in Israel, as well as employees of a local production company that works with the network, were questioned by police on Monday and told to cease operations, according to the Haaretz daily. The Israeli military in recent years has shuttered a number of television and radio stations operating in the West Bank over suspected incitement and ties to terror groups. Israeli leaders have spoken out repeatedly about the threat of incitement in Paleostinian media, while Paleostinian television programs are cited in Shin Bet interrogations of snuffies as sources of inspiration. |
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