[iwar] [fc:Hezbollah's.latest.weapon.in.propaganda.war]

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Date: 2001-12-30 19:55:38

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              Hezbollah's latest weapon in propaganda war
                        By Nicholas Blanford
                          Dawn, Dec. 30, 01

 BEIRUT: Nineteen months after Hezbollah's fighters succeeded in
driving Israeli forces out of southern Lebanon, the Lebanese
organization is employing a weapon of a different kind against the
Jewish state : a 24-hour satellite television station.

Each day, a familiar collage of images flashes across the screen to
the tune of martial music: men dressed in camouflage uniforms waving
their rifles in triumph, a funeral procession of chanting
Palestinians, Israeli soldiers aiming rifles at stone-throwing
Palestinian children. Often there is the distinctive voice of Sheikh
Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, vowing the destruction of the
"Zionist entity."

The station's name, Al Manar, means the beacon. Every day in the
occupied West Bank and Gaza, thousands of Palestinians tune in to Al
Manar to receive inspiration and guidance from Hezbollah. The
television station represents the only serious challenge to the
Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite station for popularity among the
Palestinians.

Al Manar's message is simple: "Jihad is the only way to salvation and
the experience of the Islamic and the Lebanese resistance is the best
proof," explains Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah's deputy leader. It is
a message that Hezbollah's leaders have repeated again and again since
the Palestinian intifada began 15 months ago. "Al Manar is an
important weapon for us," says Nayyef Krayyem, Al Manar's chairman.
"It's a political weapon, social weapon, and cultural weapon."

During Ramazan, Al Manar broadcast a historical drama on the life of
Ezzieddine al Qassem, an Arab guerrilla leader who fought British and
French rule in the 1920s and 1930s. Costing $100,000, "Ezzieddine
al-Qassem: A story of Jihad and Resistance" was Al Manar's most
ambitious project to date.

The mini-series also has a contemporary context. Ezzieddine al Qassem
is the name of the Palestinian Hamas Movement's military wing, and the
story of one man's attempt to oust colonial occupiers has a powerful
resonance for the besieged Palestinians.

The station produces around 70 per cent of its programmes, which
include talk shows, religious programmes, children's shows, and
dramas. "We abide by a general policy that our programmes should meet
Islamic standards," Krayyem says.

Al Manar's $10 million annual budget, has increased 10-fold since
1991, the year the station was launched. The funds come from
institutions and individuals as payment for commercials or donations.
But Krayyem admits that Al Manar's annual losses are huge. "Our
investors are not thinking of profits. Their motivation is political
and religious," he says, declining to identify them. Despite the
losses, the station is building newheadquarters here. -Dawn/LATS
Service (c) Christian Science Monitor.
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