BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website Gaza, 25 July: Palestine TV started broadcasting again this evening from the Gaza Strip, after a hiatus of more than a month since the Hamas movement took control of the strip. Journalist Hassan Kashef stated: "The voice …

BBC Monitoring Analysis by Steve Metcalf of BBC Monitoring on 25 July     Another channel has entered Lebanon's competitive and politicized television market, two months ahead of presidential elections. OTV, the channel of Christian opposition leader Michel Awn, finally launched limited transmissions on 20 July.     Starting with broadcasts for several hours …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 21 July     Opposition leader Michel Awn has launched his own television channel, OTV, hoping to set "new standards of objectivity" at a time when Lebanon is facing its most serious political crisis in years.     OTV, …

BBC Monitoring Baghdad Al-Iraqiyah Television in Arabic within its 1700 gmt newscast on 21 July carries the following announcer-read report:     "Major General Ahmad Abu-Raghif, director of the Internal Affairs Directorate at the Ministry of Interior, has said that the rumours spread by some media outlets about him are a desperate …

BBC Monitoring Text of press release by Amnesty International (AI) on 20 July     Amnesty International condemns the broadcast by Iranian television of "interviews" with two dual, US-Iran nationals, Haleh Esfandiyari, 67 (f) and Kian Tajbakhsh, 45 (m), who have been detained in Tehran's Evin prison since 8 and 11 May, …

BBC Monitoring  Baghdad Al-Iraqiyah Television in Arabic is observed to highlight the following political and security developments within its 1700 gmt newscast on 18 July:     Al-Maliki meets Wasit delegation, criticizes media outlets      - "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Wednesday accused Arab studies centres and media institutions of hatching plots against …

BBC Monitoring Text of report from Syrian newspaper Al-Watan website on 19 July     Information Minister Muhsin Bilal yesterday issued a verbal decision to remove Al-Watan newspaper from the market after more than four hours of circulation (from 0700 to about 1130).     For the sake of clarification, we tell all those …

BBC Monitoring  Text of report by Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya TV on 18 July     [Announcer-read report over video]     Parties affiliated with Hezbollah and its media outlets have been launching a campaign against Al-Arabiya TV Channel. This campaign is characterized by being far from the truth from all sides and by …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 18 July     [Report by Rory Kress: "'Palestine Times' to Resume Publishing"]     The Palestine Times, which closed down in May due to financial problems, plans to resume publishing in August, according to its founder and editor-in-chief, …

BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Moroccan news agency MAP     Rabat, 17 July: The public prosecutor in Casablanca ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to open a preliminary investigation into the publication of a report, last Saturday [14 July], by El-Watan weekly magazine. The report was headlined "the secret reports behind …