Voice of Palestine
The voice of Palestine ( Arabic صوت فلسطين, DMG Ṣaut Filasṭīn ) is a Palestinian radio broadcaster. The Voice of Palestine is operated by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and is based in Ramallah . The full program went on air on October 17, 1998.
After two Israeli soldiers were lynched by a Palestinian crowd in Ramallah at the beginning of the second Intifada in October 2000, the PBC broadcast the Friday sermon of Sheikh Ahmad Abu Halabiya, chairman of the Fatwa Council of the Palestinian Authority, in the Halabiya on October 13, 2000 Defended lynchings and called for all Jews to be killed wherever they were found. Israel therefore blamed the PBC for the ensuing wave of escalation. An Israeli Air Force helicopter fired at transmitters for the Voice of Palestine .
In January 2002, Israel justified an attack by ground troops of the Israeli armed forces on the station by calling for violence. They first evacuated the five-story transmitter building and then set it on fire with several explosive devices. Previously, six people were killed and 30 injured in a Palestinian attack on a family reunion in Israel.
Web links
- PBC homepage (Arabic)
- “The 'voice of Palestine' is still silent. Jericho's difficult road to radio broadcasting. ” Berliner Zeitung , June 17, 1994.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the PBC from 2008 (Arabic) ( Memento from January 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ William A. Omre Jr .: A Parallel Mideast Battle: Is It News or Incitement? New York Times October 24, 2000.
- ^ Wording of the address by Ahmad Abu Halabiya , MEMRI Special Dispatch No.138 of October 13, 2000.
- ^ "Retaliatory Strike: Israel Destroys Arafat's Radio Station" , Spiegel Online , January 19, 2002.