Porn run on seized TV channels, say residents

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[krodriguesdc]

Porn run on seized TV channels, say residents

April 1 2002

Israeli troops who have taken over three Palestinian television stations in Ramallah are broadcasting pornographic movies and programs in Hebrew, irate residents say.

Soldiers occupied the offices of three local television and radio stations on Saturday morning,

and started broadcasting the porn clips intermittently on Saturday afternoon on the Al-Watan, Ammwaj, and Al-Sharaq channels, the residents said.

"I have six children at home; they have nowhere to go with what is going on here and can't even watch TV," Reema, a Palestinian mother, said.

"It's not healthy really. I think the Israelis want to mess with our young men's heads."

Anita, a mother of three, complained about "the deliberate psychological damage caused by these broadcasts".

"I am furious. These are the people who are shooting at us that also play this disgusting trick on us," she said from her house in east Jerusalem, where the channels are also available.

"Luckily, there is no electricity in half of Ramallah."

A fourth local station, whose premises were not seized by the army, ran a message across its screen letting people know it was the Israelis who were behind the graphic scenes.

The Israeli military denied that it had anything to do with the pornographic programming and instead blamed the Palestinian leaders.

Agence France-Presse

[krodriguesdc]

this is old news I know, but just when you think you've heard it all - this pops up...

[isthisnickcool]

And what do the Arabs, Jordanians, etc. (aka "Palastinians) consider pornographic? Showing images of Israelis that have not been blown to bits?

[Tauzero]

Maybe some of these soldiers got the same training as our heroes of Waco.

[pepperhead]

Sound like a improvement over the Mickey Mouse Suicide Bombers Club they used to show.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Good idea. I like it.

[Cu Roi]

Baywatch is considered hardcore in that part of the world. I wouldn't be surprised if the IDF actually did this...the best way to keep the Jihad crowd at home and out of combat is to put some half-naked Western women on the boob tube.

[etcetera]

I thought this was debunked already. An earlier post said that the story is a fabrication...

[Born to Conserve]

Is Howard Stern an IDF reservist?

[isthisnickcool]

Baywatch is considered hardcore in that part of the world.

Does not surprise me.

I remember when I was a kid my uncle had worked for ARAMCO as a pipe fitter. He did a lot of work in the middle east for many years. He used to talk about how crazy they were and that "most of the men were queers". How they held hands and kissed each other and how they were told how to wipe their butts, etc. He said that we had no business doing business with them because none of them could tell the truth and that someday they would be trouble for us.

I guess he was right. RIP uncle Bob....

[steve-b]

the best way to keep the Jihad crowd at home and out of combat is to put some half-naked Western women on the boob tube

THWACK!

[krodriguesdc]

Is Howard Stern an IDF reservist?

:)

[ChadGore]

Love it !

[dennisw]

Yes a major crime against the heroic Palestinian people.

[nothingnew]

This story is a crock.....(anyone got a live stream link?)

FMCDH!

[Tom Jefferson]

This is an old report and was proven to be a lie (surprise).

Israel has not run any porn on Palestinian TV. Another lie propagated by the Arabs who know how to manipulate the press.

[smithson]

They get the Spice channel for free!?!

[colorado tanker]

Well, you never know. Maybe they broke into Arafat's private collection.

[gfactor]

How they held hands and kissed each other

at least in turkey, this is not a sign of homosexuality. its like football players patting each others butts.

[neutrino]

Perhaps a film clip about the life and times of their prophet Mo'hamed (Less'hameds smarter brother) was shown? They might have included the exciting scene where Mo mounts the mare Lightning, just before penetrating into paradise... (Hey, I don't make this stuff up! The horse was named El Burak, which means lightning. All islamic legend, relating to the dumb of the rock.)