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France leads Europe with ban on Hamas TV
France became the first European government on Wednesday to order the French-owned satellite station Eutelsat to stop its broadcast of the Hamas Al-Aksa program because of violations against European anti-hate laws. Al-Aksa programs "incite hatred or violence for reasons of religion or nationality," said French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero.
Well done. Next the BBC and that French station that broadcast the Pallywood fakes.
Al-Aksa TV has produced a children's show with a warlike Mickey Mouse character urging children to wage holy war against the US and Israel. In March, the US Treasury Department designated Al-Aksa a "global terrorist entity."

Alexander Ritzmann, a senior terrorism analyst from the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD), which played a key role in convincing French authorities to shut down Al-Aksa's operation, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that the ban on Al-Aksa "is the first important step. The next step is to cease Al-Aksa broadcasts from Arabsat (Arab Satellite Communications Organization).

"There can be no doubt: These broadcasts radicalize its viewers and put European citizens -- particularly of a young age -- at risk," said Ritzmann. "Al-Aksa TV continues to be available in Europe via Arabsat, whose largest shareholder is the government of Saudi Arabia. European governments and citizens should also demand that Arabsat drop Al-Aksa TV from its offering."

The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM), a broad-based group monitoring terrorist-funded media, welcomed the French decision.

Said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which founded the coalition in 2004: "Taking Al-Aksa TV off the air demonstrates that incitement to violence and support of terrorism will not be tolerated in Europe."
Posted by: Fred 2010-06-11
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