The recommendations also commit Arab satellite channels to refrain from
broadcasts that incite violence and extremism and call for a pledge by
European satellite channels not to air material sensitive to Arabs and
Muslims.
Arab ministers to forge media policy to counter Israeli designs in Jerusalem
[23/01/2010 17:07]
http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=1&Section=1&Artical=163345
Cairo, Jan.23 (Petra - Jordan news agency) -- Arab Information Ministers
hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss proposals to forge a common media
strategy to counter Israeli plans to Judaize Jerusalem and demolish Al-Aqsa
Mosque Compound.
The Arab Information Ministers' Council will discuss setting up an Arab
media commission and US Congress legislation that calls for punitive
measures against satellite providers who contact entities accused of fueling
terrorism and anti-American incitement.
The meeting will also discuss recommendations by the council's standing
committee, including a proposal to form a panel of legal and media experts
and media people to finalise a study by the Arab League Secretary General on
setting up a new body, the Arab Media Commission.
The recommendations censured the US Congress legislation as meddling in the
internal affairs of concerned sovereign nations, arguing that those
countries should address their own media issues in accordance with their
national legislations.
The proposals also underscored Arab states' determination to pursue the
fight against extremism, violence, terror and incitement since they
themselves are victims of terror and called for drawing a distinction
between terrorism and the right to resisting occupation.
They also call for Arab diplomacy with the U.S administration to shed light
on the negative impact of imposing a U.S embargo on Arab satellite channel
providers and to coordinate such moves with the main satellite operators
Arabsat, Nilesat and Noursat.
The recommendations also commit Arab satellite channels to refrain from
broadcasts that incite violence and extremism and call for a pledge by
European satellite channels not to air material sensitive to Arabs and
Muslims.
Jordan's delegation to the meeting, which will be held at Arab League
Headquarters in Cairo, will be headed by the kingdom's Ambassador to Egypt
Hani Mulqi, and Director-General of the Jordan News Agency (Petra) Ramadan
Rawashdeh.
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