Posted on 08/23/2004 6:56:03 AM PDT by yonif
The highest court in France has prevented a move by French officials to ban Hizbullah’s television station, giving the terror group two months to demonstrate that its Al-Manar broadcasts are not anti-Semitic.
Haitham Manna, who heads France’s Arab Human Rights Commission, told Islam Online that the court decision was “a triumph over the pressures practiced by the Zionist lobby against the Arab channel.”
The State Council (France’s highest administrative tribunal) gave Al-Manar until October 1 to declare its commitment to a charter of journalistic ethics, according to Islam Online.
Manna, who is also a member of the Commission in Solidarity with Al-Manar, said the channel would easily manage to maintain its legal existence in France and Europe. He said that the ruling of the French court actually is a tactful rejection of the charges against Al-Manar. Manna added that the French court’s decision is the result of pressure exerted by the Lebanese government and several “friendly French associations.”
The Al-Manar case reached the State Council after several French Jewish organizations reacted with outrage to an anti-Semitic series aired on Al-Manar.
The commitment to close Al-Manar was made by French officials to President Moshe Katzav while he was France on an official visit last February. Israel provided French leaders with virulently anti-Semitic recordings from Al-Manar television, including scenes promoting the ancient blood libel accusing Jews of killing non-Jewish children to use their blood for religious purposes.
Hizbullah terrorist officials expressed criticism over French efforts to close down Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV because of its anti-Semitic nature, insisting the station is merely “anti-Israel, not anti-Semitic.”
Anti-Semitic incidents and attacks in France continue to climb while relations between Paris and Jerusalem are increasingly strained.
The Frogs allow a terrorist org whose mission it is to destroy Israel a television station and then are shocked and outraged by the rise in antisemitism?
But they promise to be good from now on.
France surrenders again alert.
Hey, wasn't France blasted right here on FR a few weeks ago just because the government intended to shut down the station ? I just love it when it's "damned if you do, damned if you don't".
I have no idea, but I can assure you that it wasn't me. Freepers don't all share the same viewpoint, as I'm sure you know by now.
SO YONIF when surrender statement by the French be happening
What happen court got scare I THINK SO
Nope, I know it wasn't you, but I do remember a debate between Freepers about that. I must say I was a little dumbfounded when I read that shutting down a Hizbollah station or making sure the Islamic veil is not allowed in schools and hospitals could be seen as a wrong move.
So it was a little funny (in a cynical way) to get flamed for not shutting it down on this thread.
What was their reasoning?
IIRC, the fact that it was an action by the Government was likened to State-sponsored dictatorship or something like that. I sometimes wonder whether a reason is really needed ! lol
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