French PM says “al-Manar” to be taken off the air

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http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=11903


French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced over the weekend that his government intends to take the Hezbollah-affiliated “al-Manar” television station off the air.

According to Raffarin, “France will not stand any harm to the values of the republic”. He said his government would immediately vote on the proposal to shut down all racist or anti-Semitic television stations. “We plan on dealing with this immediately and without delay”, he added.

The station received a permit to broadcast in France only two weeks ago. However, one of its commentators already managed to stir uproar when he accused Israel of spreading AIDS throughout the Arab World.

In addition, Raffarin instructed the French minister of culture and media to call on the next convention of the EU Ministerial Council to “find suitable answers to the anti-Semitism on European television, which has recently spread across Europe”.

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