Australian Arabic Council chairman Roland Jabbour put his foot in his mouth defending Al-Manar TV broadcasts down under. Jabbour told The Age:
He said he would not call Jews the offspring of apes and pigs, but that in the context of “the crimes of the state of Israel” it was reasonable for al-Manar to do so and to portray Israeli rabbis as killing Christian children to use their blood in Passover meals.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV recently wrapped up a deal to rent an Indonesian satellite to broadcast to Australia, China, and Southeast Asia. Australia seeks to block the broadcasts.
