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Wed, Nov 12, 2010 | The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Palestinian satellite channel Filastin Al-Yawm logo in the colors of the Palestinian flag and all parts of Israel included in the logo.

New Palestinian Islamic Jihad Satellite Channel Broadcasting From Lebanon

On November 4, 2010 a new satellite TV channel called Filastin Al-Yawm broadcast its first trial programs. They included news read by a female newscaster wearing a headscarf (hijab) and various short propaganda movies with anti-Israel themes. The channel broadcasts from Beirut via the Egyptian Nilesat satellite and inter-Arab Arabsat satellite, in which Saudi Arabi is the dominant partner.^[1]

To date the channel has not formally affiliated itself with any organization. Its broadcasts were reviewed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s website and by various forums, according to some of which it was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad communications channel. Hamas’ daily Felesteen also reported on the new channel (Felesteen, November 3, 2010). It said that its launching had been announced in November 2009 and that it was supposed to begin broadcasting from London in February 2010. It also reported that it was not possible to broadcast from there and for that reason it moved to Lebanon. In a different Felesteen article, Hamas-affiliated Mustafa Sawaf congratulated the new channel, saying that it was “an important event in the Palestinian media arena and especially in the resistance [i.e., terrorist organization] media” (Hamas’ daily Felesteen, November 3, 2010).^[2]

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[1] 2Napal.com.

[2] Read also the August 18, 2010, post “Hezbollah and Hamas Television.”