Palestinian Media Rally Support for Hizballah

[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - Dozens of private television and radio stations on the West Bank and Gaza have begun broadcasting most of the programs aired on Hizballah's Al-Manar TV. The stations also air songs praising Nasrallah and calling on Arab and Muslim armies to destroy Israel. In some Palestinian communities, posters of Nasrallah and Hizballah's yellow flags outnumber those of Palestinian "martyrs." "Nasrallah has become an important symbol for the Palestinians," said a Bethlehem-based journalist. "Some people have even begun referring to him as one of the great Muslim warriors in modern history."


2006-08-01 01:00:00

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