Ramallah pornography controversy
The Ramallah pornography controversy occurred on 30 March 2002 as part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during the Second Intifada,[1] as Israel Defense Forces occupied the town of Ramallah in the Palestinian Authority as part of Operation Defensive Shield. Palestinian residents, speaking to the Agence France-Presse stated that Israeli soldiers took over three of the four Palestinian television stations, including Al-Watan, Ammwaj, and Al-Sharaq and began broadcasting hardcore pornography from a pornographic TV station in Europe[2] at 3:30pm to Palestinian homes in the West Bank.[1][3] and that the broadcasting equipment for the station was destroyed.[3] Israeli Army spokespersons denied the reports.[4]
The AFP reported that the incident caused outrage among Palestinian residents, as families were stuck in their homes with their children because of the armed conflict outside and the Israeli enforcement of a 24-hour curfew.[2] Some Palestinians described the incident as "not healthy", that "the Israelis want to mess with our young men's heads,"[1] and as a "the deliberate psychological damage caused by these broadcasts."[1] Rita Giacaman, a professor of public health at the Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, West Bank, wrote that "on the second day of this onslaught, I turned on to watch Watan Television’s reporting of what was happening around us and was shocked to find a pornographic film instead."[5]
The reports were denied by a spokesman of the Israeli Defence Forces and Emmanuel Nachshon, speaking for the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that he was not aware of Israeli involvement in "shameful" broadcasts.[1] In a report entitled "Lies and Disinformation as a Palestinian Weapon," the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the claim that Israel made pornographic broadcasts, "was found to be baseless."[6] Although the Journal of Palestine Studies of the University of California included in a list of incidents in Arab conflict with Israel the assertion that "takes over al-Watan TV, airs pornography (reports confirmed by the U.S. consulate)," this assertion was cited to a article in the New York Times that stated, "A United States consulate employee who was in Ramallah confirmed that the programs were on the air. The Israeli Army said soldiers interrupted the station's broadcasting but had not substituted pornography for the usual programming."[4][7] and the incident was mentioned in a report by the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.[8]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Porn upsets Palestinians". Agence France-Presse. Retrieved on 30 March 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ben-Yehuda 2005, p. 112.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seib 2007, p. 206,
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bennet, James (31 March 2002). "MIDEAST TURMOIL: THE FIGHTING; AS ISRAELI TROOPS TIGHTEN GRIP, BUSH SAYS ARAFAT MUST DO MORE TO AVERT NEW TERROR ATTACKS". New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ "Rita Giacaman "From Ramallah"". London Review of Books. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ↑ "Lies and Disinformation as a Palestinian Weapon". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 10 April 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ "Chronology" (PDF). University of California. Retrieved on August 2002.
- ↑ Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (March 31, 2003). "Israel and the occupied territories". U. S. Department of State.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Retrieved on 31 March 2003.
Bibliography[edit]
- Seib, Philip (2007). New Media and the New Middle East. Springer. ISBN 0-230-60560-5. Search this book on
- Ben-Yehuda, Nachman (2005). "'Remember Amalek!' Vengeance, Zealotry, and Group Destruction in the Bible According to Philo, Pseudo-Philo, and Josephus". Journal of Palestine Studies. Institute for Palestine Studies. 34 (4).
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