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June 29, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/593534.html

Al Arabiya Satellite TV Starts Reporting from Gush Katif

(Ha'aretz) Nir Hasson - A television crew from the Dubai-based Arab satellite station Al Arabiya visited the Gush Katif settlements in Gaza on Tuesday to cover the run-up to the disengagement. Al Arabiya, founded in 2003, is considered Al Jazeera's leading rival. When it broke the unwritten rules of the Arab media by interviewing Israeli politicians and army officers, "the other stations criticized us, and then followed suit," said one of its local producers. Al Arabiya is also the only station in the Arab world that does not call suicide bombers "martyrs." Al Arabiya reporter Ziad Halaby interviewed Eran Sternberg, spokesman for the Gush Katif Regional Council. When Halaby asked whether he believed the disengagement could be stopped, Sternberg replied: "As a believer, I must make a 100% effort. As for the results - Allahu akhbar" (Arabic for "God is great").

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