Arab Information Ministers: Arab Media Should Focus on Serving Palestinian
Cause Date : 23/6/2008 Time : 12:10
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CAIRO, June 23, 2008,(WAFA - PLO news agency)-Arab information ministers
stressed that the Arab media bodies should focus on combating terror and
serving the Palestinian cause in its broadcasting programs.

At the end of the session of the Arab League information ministers council
at the headquarters of the Cairo-based pan-Arab body, the participants
called on Arab programs to focus on celebrating selecting east Jerusalem as
the capital of Arab culture for 2009 and highlighting Israel's digging works
in the vicinity of al-Aqsa mosque, an old historic Islamic shrine in
southern Palestinian territories.

The Arab information ministers called for repairing the Palestinian radio
and TV stations shelled by Israel, underlining the Israeli occupation of the
Golan Heights and offering media support to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and
Somalia.

They also decided to form a team of experts to screen fake concepts from
Arab media and endorsed the bylaws of an Arab e-media committee. The AL
general secretariat will take all needed measures for the committee to come
into force.

The Ministers also announced that the Arab States Broadcasting Union was
tasked with considering the establishment of a multilingual Arab satellite
TV channel.