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Al-Manar: Hizbullah TV, 24/7. By: Avi Jorisch. Al-Manar (the beacon) is the official television station of the Lebanon-based Hizbullah, the Iranian-supported Shi’ite movement that appears on every U.S. terrorism list. Many political movements and organizations in the Arab world publish in print, and some even have clandestine radio stations.
AUB Fined for ‘Unintentionally’ Helping ‘Hezbollah’ Linked Groups. March 25, 2017. Asharq Al-Awsat. The American University of Beirut (AUB) has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit over charges it assisted three organizations linked to “Hezbollah,” which is designated as a terrorist group by the US. The university, which ...
For example, in October and November 2005, Al-Manar television and the Lebanese National News Agency reported twenty-eight public meetings, speeches, or media events. His need to remain hidden is a blow to someone who depends on frequent public exposure, and it reinforces the perception of Hezbollah’s vulnerability to assassination and sabotage.
Images of masked terrorists standing behind Western hostages in Iraq and Saudi Arabia have become all too common on Arabic satellite stations such as Al-Jazeera and Al-Manar. Islamist websites such as Muntadiyat al-Mahdi [1] go further, streaming video of their murder.
That is why, if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament, our deputies will reject it. Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle." And, in a Feb. 2, 2005, appearance on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV satellite network, Nasrallah said: "Israel is our enemy.
The power of television is tremendous across the Middle East. Arabic satellite stations like the Qatar-based Al Jazeera, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar, and Iran’s Al-Alam deluge their audiences with images of American defeat: the 1983 U.S. withdrawal from Beirut, and the flight from Mogadishu a decade later.
Journalist Andrew Gilligan noted: “Al-Muntada has close links to British mosques accused of radicalising young people into Isil, including al-Manar in Cardiff, attended by Nasser Muthana and Reyaad Khan, the first Britons to appear in an [Islamic State] propaganda video. Both mosques have also organised events with Mohammed al-Arifi, the now ...
Next, Abukhalil reveals more of his personal antipathy for Dr. Phares when the darling of al Jazeera and Iran-funded al Manar is frustrated that Dr. Phares “became a regular on Arabic news channels, mostly on Lebanese right-wing news channels, but also on channels controlled by the Saudis.” The man doesn’t have his math right.
Examples of the latter type include the (Shia) Hezbollah-affiliated channel Al-Manar in Lebanon and the (Sunni) Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza. According to Freedom House rankings, freedom of the press in Qatar and Turkey is rated “very poor” and is non-existent in Iran.
The pro-Hizballah newspaper Al-Safir recently gained exclusive access to elements of the extensive infrastructure Hizballah has constructed south of the Litani River since 2006. The movement’s al-Manar TV station ran an (apparently doctored) piece of footage this week purporting to show Hizballah supporters filming a Merkava tank at Har Dov.