There is a very simple reason for this….TV Stations have the ability to rally the masses. It’s a form of communication; Palestinian TV stations would be able to show on a daily basis what Israel is doing….they’ll be able to show the inherent hypocrisy that is the Israeli positions and unlawful bulldozing of Palestinian homes etc. Read more about America’s favorite apartheid state HERE.
“They came at 2:00 am (0000 GMT) and took around 30 computers and all the transmitters. The station is totally shut down,” Watan’s editor in chief, Ali Daraghmeh, told AFP.
“One of our guards tried to stop the army, but they told him they had official orders to close the station.”
Haroun Abu Arra, director of Quds Educational TV, said troops raided his station shortly afterwards.
“At 3:00 am (0100 GMT), the Israeli army entered the television station’s office and took all the transmitters, and the station is now unable to broadcast,” he said.
via Israel troops ‘raid West Bank TV stations’ | The Raw Story.
They just don’t want you to see these types of situations….and they don’t want the Palestinians to mobilize around it…
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