Al-Aqsa Television, a Gaza-based television station, has had its broadcasts to Europe shut off, Eutelsat satellite firm said on Friday. Paris-based Eutelsat said its client Noorsat, the operator which handles the broadcasting of Al-Aqsa TV to parts of Europe and throughout the Middle East, cut the satellite signal on Thursday.
Reacting to the move, Al-Aqsa director Hazem al-Charawi said that "the legal battle has just started and we are determined to pursue it." He told a news conference in Gaza City late on Thursday that the shutdown of its broadcasts to Europe amounted to "another layer of the Gaza blockade imposed by the Zionist lobby with France's help."
Charawi also pledged to expand broadcasts in Latin America by striking deals with Arab satellites that beam to that part of the world "in order to make the (Israeli) occupier and his crimes known" to the world.
[Source: Al-Manar TV]
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