Mideast Wire On March 18, the Palestinian-owned Al-Quds al-Arabi daily carried the following opinion piece by Toufiq al-Rabahi: “Thank God we lived to see the day when Israel decided to boycott an Arab television channel and not the other way around. Now we are waiting to see the day when …

The Arab Satellite Charter is not an attempt to create an Arab version of the FCC, but rather a move to control the minds and thoughts of Arab viewers, mostly on political issues, writes Daoud Kuttab.

Mideast Wire On March 11, the Saudi-owned website Elaph carried the following report by Sultan al-Qahtani: "In terms of time, it was only a few minutes that -in a brief statement -Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin-Abd-al-Aziz appeared on the screen of the Al-Jazeera satellite television channel that is often accused …

Mideast Wire On March 13, the Palestinian-owned Al-Quds al-Arabi daily carried the following lead editorial: “A senior Israeli official announced yesterday his government’s decision to boycott Al-Jazeera satellite channel because it was biased in favor of the Palestinians in its coverage of the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip. This …

Principles for Regulating Satellite Broadcasting Transmission In the Arab World. Unofficial English translation.

The Arab League Satellite Broadcasting Charter is not so much different than the charters of many of the world’s broadcasting networks, such as NHK, BBC, and others, argues Hussein Y.Amin.

The Arab Satellite Charter is a potent mix of over-regulation and unclear direction where the vocabulary of modernization collides with the rhetoric of tradition, and the realities of political change conflict with the desire to preserve the status quo, write Monroe Price.

Mideast Wire On March 11, the Hamas-backed newspaper Filistin reported: "The ministry of information has denounced the campaign that a number of Palestinian sides have been waging against the Al-Jazeera Satellite Television Channel, deeming this as an old and not new onslaught that does not represent the Palestinian national and …

Mideast Wire On March 6, the Saudi-owned news website Elaph reported: “Akram al-Jindi, member of the Syrian People's Assembly and owner of "Sham Channel" which was closed in Syria after which he was forced to transmit from Cairo, launched a sharp attack on Syrian officials and said the corruption circles …

Mideast Wire On March 5, the Qatari newspaper Al-Sharq carried the following report by Lubna Sha’lan: “The news satellite channel Al-Jazeera has apologized to all its viewers for utterances by the guest of last Tuesday's "The Opposite Direction" programme, which disgraced the religion of Islam and divine beliefs. The channel …