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Hamas Launches New Satellite TV Channel

Hamas launched Al-Quds TV, its second satellite TV channel. And it's broadcasting with a little help from Egypt. The IICC explains: The channel broadcasts via two Arab communications satellites: Nilesat —an Egyptian -owned satellite company broadcasting…

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Hamas launched Al-Quds TV, its second satellite TV channel. And it's broadcasting with a little help from Egypt. The IICC explains:

The channel broadcasts via two Arab communications satellites: Nilesat —an Egyptian -owned satellite company broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa, and Arabsat, an inter-Arab satellite company a third of whose shares are owned by Saudi Arabia. It broadcasts to the Middle East and North Africa. The satellite broadcasts can also be viewed in several south European countries where local Arab communities live. The Al-Quds channel's offices are located in Lebanon, even though they claim to be broadcasting "from the heart of Jerusalem".

You'd think the Egyptians wouldn't be keen to help Hamas.

But unfortunately, when it comes to channels like Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas' first channel) and Al-Zawraa TV (run by Al-Qaida), Cairo's powers-that-be have their own agenda. Nilesat eventually pulled the plug on Al-Zawraa, more likely due to US pressure.

Of course, Arabsat's no better.

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