Last Update: 28/12/2003 15:22

By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent


The government on Sunday approved a bill legalizing Arutz 7 radio
broadcasts, the settlers' radio station. Industry and Trade Minister Ehud
Olmert raised the issue in coordination with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.


The bill, formulated over the past few months, states that the government
will be able to establish a designated radio channel that will cater for
different sectors in society, such as new immigrants and religious Jews.

The High Court of Justice in March 2002 ruled unanimously that the amendment
to the Bezeq Law that enabled Arutz 7 , the right-wing pirate radio station,
to broadcast, is illegal since it violates the Basic Law on Freedom of
Occupation.

Minister from all parties supported the bill, except for Shinui ministers,
most of whom abstained. Interior Minister Avraham Poraz was the only
minister who objected to the bill proposal. "Legalizing Arutz 7 will be a
trophy for delinquency and for those who have broken the law for years,"
Poraz said, and added that when he was chairman of the Knesset Economics
Committee, he offered Arutz 7 managers several solution, which they turned
down.

Shas chairman Eli Yishai congratulated the government decision, but attacked
the government ministry for discriminating against other religious-oriented
radio channels and called on the Communications Ministry to take action
regarding these channels.

Labor MK Ophir Pines vowed that the opposition would make every effort to
prevent the Knesset from passing the law, which would legalize a radio
channel that has been operation illegally for seven years.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/376852.html

In article , "Mike Terry"
writes:


The bill, formulated over the past few months, states that the government
will be able to establish a designated radio channel that will cater for
different sectors in society,

such as new immigrants and religious Jews.

-

-New Immigrants? Who would immigrate to Israel ?
- Anyway..
What times & frequencies are these broadcasts on

"Diverd4777" wrote in message
...
In article , "Mike Terry"
writes:


The bill, formulated over the past few months, states that the government
will be able to establish a designated radio channel that will cater for
different sectors in society,

such as new immigrants and religious Jews.

-

-New Immigrants? Who would immigrate to Israel ?

Thugs, thieves, and human refuse from other societies

- Anyway..
What times & frequencies are these broadcasts on


No need.

16:40 Dec 28, '03


Contrary to headlines on other Israeli media outlets, the Cabinet did not
"legalize Arutz-7" today (Sunday). It rather approved legislation, which
must still be passed in the Knesset, to grant national radio station
licenses for designated public sectors. Arutz-7 will be eligible to take
part in the public tenders for the new stations. Only Interior Minister
Avraham Poraz of Shinui objected to the proposal, saying that it was unfair
to the existing regional radio stations.

The proposal, raised by Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Communications
Minister, stipulates that three special-interest radio stations will be
established for "various special public sectors." The press release issued
today by the Ministry of Communications does not mention Arutz-7 or any
other station, but rather states that the stations will be of "unique
characteristics, such as language or culture, or one that is chiefly aimed
for a particular sector within the populace... The government will determine
the types of stations, giving consideration to the needs of the population
sectors, and will provide expression for various sectors that today do not
have such in the existing media."

Arutz-7 hopes both that one of the designated stations will be for "Judea,
Samaria and Gaza" or the like, and that it will win the tender for that
slot.

Arutz-7 stopped broadcasting two months ago after ten of its broadcasters
and directors were found guilty of operating an unlicensed radio station.
The conviction was handed down despite the fact that the station had spent
millions of dollars on purchasing and operating a ship from which to
broadcast outside of Israel's territorial waters. In addition, its hundreds
of thousands of listeners were an indication of the public's acute need for
its broadcasts.

The "Arutz-7 Ten" will be sentenced tomorrow (Monday) in the Jerusalem
Magistrates Court. The prosecution has asked for active jail terms for up to
four of the defendants, as well as hundreds of thousands of shekels' worth o
f fines for each of several of them. No one has ever been jailed in Israel
for operating a radio station without a license.

Women in Green and other grass-roots organizations will be demonstrating
outside the Jerusalem Magistrates Courthouse in the Russian Compound in
downtown Jerusalem tomorrow at 1:30 PM on behalf of Arutz-7. The organizers
wrote to the defendants, "You are our courageous heroes, and we thank you
for supplying us with the relevant news and commentary for the past 15
years. You have given us responsible free speech, and supplied us with the
kind of views and Jewish orientation of our tradition and heritage that
resulted in pride in ourselves and love of our country."

http://www.arutz7.net/news.php3?id=55218

So?


"Mike Terry" wrote in message
...
Last Update: 28/12/2003 15:22

By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent


The government on Sunday approved a bill legalizing Arutz 7 radio
broadcasts, the settlers' radio station. Industry and Trade Minister Ehud
Olmert raised the issue in coordination with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.


The bill, formulated over the past few months, states that the government
will be able to establish a designated radio channel that will cater for
different sectors in society, such as new immigrants and religious Jews.

The High Court of Justice in March 2002 ruled unanimously that the
amendment
to the Bezeq Law that enabled Arutz 7 , the right-wing pirate radio
station,
to broadcast, is illegal since it violates the Basic Law on Freedom of
Occupation.

Minister from all parties supported the bill, except for Shinui ministers,
most of whom abstained. Interior Minister Avraham Poraz was the only
minister who objected to the bill proposal. "Legalizing Arutz 7 will be a
trophy for delinquency and for those who have broken the law for years,"
Poraz said, and added that when he was chairman of the Knesset Economics
Committee, he offered Arutz 7 managers several solution, which they turned
down.

Shas chairman Eli Yishai congratulated the government decision, but
attacked
the government ministry for discriminating against other
religious-oriented
radio channels and called on the Communications Ministry to take action
regarding these channels.

Labor MK Ophir Pines vowed that the opposition would make every effort to
prevent the Knesset from passing the law, which would legalize a radio
channel that has been operation illegally for seven years.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/376852.html

Tony wrote:
"Diverd4777" wrote in message


-New Immigrants? Who would immigrate to Israel ?


Thugs, thieves, and human refuse from other societies


So I assume you've signed up for an Ulpan?

In article ,
says...

In article , "Mike Terry"
writes:


The bill, formulated over the past few months, states that the government
will be able to establish a designated radio channel that will cater for
different sectors in society,

such as new immigrants and religious Jews.

-

-New Immigrants? Who would immigrate to Israel ?

Actually, quite a few people. Jews from Russia,
many of the former Soviet republics, from Africa
and Asia immigrate to Israel regularly, trying
to find a place free of persecution where they
have a chance for a better life...

That they're willing to risk terrorist bombs to
do so gives some idea how bad things must be for
them back home...

- Anyway..
What times & frequencies are these broadcasts on

I don't think it's shortwave.

FW

Frank White wrote:

In article ,
says...

In article , "Mike Terry"
writes:


The bill, formulated over the past few months, states that the government
will be able to establish a designated radio channel that will cater for
different sectors in society,

such as new immigrants and religious Jews.

-

-New Immigrants? Who would immigrate to Israel ?

Actually, quite a few people. Jews from Russia,
many of the former Soviet republics, from Africa
and Asia immigrate to Israel regularly, trying
to find a place free of persecution where they
have a chance for a better life...

That they're willing to risk terrorist bombs to
do so gives some idea how bad things must be for
them back home...

Things are especially bad for Jews in the former Commie bloc-the lifting
of communist imposed morality unleashed a flood of Jew hate far beyond
anything Stalin did. They're even going to Germany, which shows you how
bad it is. On top of that, Israel's economy is in the tank and the only
people with any money to spend are soldiers (so much so that it's been
suggested that nightclubs are legitimate targets because they're full of
soldiers) yet they still come.

- Anyway..
What times & frequencies are these broadcasts on

I don't think it's shortwave.

Israel Radio has a couple freqs of Hebrew language programming for the
diaspora, and Galei Zahal (sp?) which broadcasts techno music to the
troops and is occasionally heard in NAm.


FW

In article , tommyknocker wrote:

Israel Radio has a couple freqs of Hebrew language programming for the
diaspora, and Galei Zahal (sp?) which broadcasts techno music to the
troops and is occasionally heard in NAm.

The IDF operates two stations: Galei Tzahal, known by it's Hebrew
acronym galatz, which is aimed at the troops, which in the U.S. would be
the after high school crowd.

Galatz is required by law to play mostly Israeli music, which would normally
leave them ignored by the soldiers. So they inveted GALGALATZ (Galei Tzhal
on wheels), which is supposed to be a mobile news and entertainment station
run by Galatz. Since it is "temporary", it is not subject to the law.

I've been here 7 years, and Galgalatz was on the air before I got here. :-)

Geoff.

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- Very Good point..

Terrorist bombs ahead of you;

- whatever you leave must be really dreadful. .

Have a freind who's cousin lives in Israel;
She was late getting the Bus to do Volunteer work at a Hospital;

- The bus she missed....









In article , (Frank White)
writes:


Actually, quite a few people. Jews from Russia,
many of the former Soviet republics, from Africa
and Asia immigrate to Israel regularly, trying
to find a place free of persecution where they
have a chance for a better life...

That they're willing to risk terrorist bombs to
do so gives some idea how bad things must be for
them back home...