Al-Arabiya yanks Israeli off air

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is boycotting Al-Arabiya after the network yanked an Israeli official off the air -- at…

By August 22, 2005

AlarabiyaIsrael’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is boycotting Al-Arabiya after the network yanked an Israeli official off the air — at the request of another Arab being interviewed. Haaretz reports:

The incident took place during an interview program when one of interviewees, Hassan al-Juni, a Lebanese expert on international law, protested the fact he was being interviewed side by side with a spokesman from Jerusalem., the Foreign Ministry’s Arab media department deputy manager Lior Ben Dor.

The show’s producers took Ben Dor off-air immediately after al-Juni’s request.

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