By Khaled Abu Toameh
American and European taxpayers are now being asked to fund a new TV station that will broadcast from Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinians that is controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
The new satellite station is intended to serve as a mouthpiece for Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction.
At a recent meeting of Fatah leaders in Ramallah, they decided to establish their own TV station to “counter” Hamas propaganda. Hamas has at least two TV stations that operate out of the Gaza Strip. This is in addition to a number of radio stations, and media Web sites.
The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority, which is completely dependant on American and European financial aid, has already approached a number of countries to seek their support for setting up the TV station.
Fatah says that the station is badly needed in light of what appears to be a rise in Hamas’s popularity among the Palestinians. It hopes that the new station will help Fatah regain the confidence of the Palestinians in the continued (and bloody) power struggle with Hamas. Read more ...
American and European taxpayers are now being asked to fund a new TV station that will broadcast from Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinians that is controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
The new satellite station is intended to serve as a mouthpiece for Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction.
At a recent meeting of Fatah leaders in Ramallah, they decided to establish their own TV station to “counter” Hamas propaganda. Hamas has at least two TV stations that operate out of the Gaza Strip. This is in addition to a number of radio stations, and media Web sites.
The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority, which is completely dependant on American and European financial aid, has already approached a number of countries to seek their support for setting up the TV station.
Fatah says that the station is badly needed in light of what appears to be a rise in Hamas’s popularity among the Palestinians. It hopes that the new station will help Fatah regain the confidence of the Palestinians in the continued (and bloody) power struggle with Hamas. Read more ...
Source: Hudson Institute
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