Beatrice1000
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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: UN -WHO gives awards to Hezbollah media... |
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The UN’s WHO (1/5 of funding comes from the U.S.) gives awards to Hezbollah media – and the US continues to host them on the internet despite declaring them a terrorist organization. Are we short-staffed …or not watching, or what...:
| Quote: | “How the World Health Organization Makes Terrorism Respectable”
by Avi Jarisch, 3/15/05 (The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies)
(excerpts/emphasis mine)
While many associate the World Health Organization (WHO) with projects to improve healthcare in developing countries, the millions who watch Arabic television can now link the WHO to terrorism. In a development that went almost unreported in the English-language media, a WHO-organized panel in Lebanon awarded prizes in December 2004 to television and radio stations controlled by the Hezbollah terrorist group,.......
The WHO is mandated to achieve "the highest possible level of health" for all people. To achieve this goal, it has an $880 million annual budget, of which up to a fifth comes from the United States. ......
In Lebanon, these health education Oscars went to terrorist media that encourage suicide bombing. A Lebanese media panel supervised by the WHO decided that the best anti-smoking educational program was "Shadows and Visions," which is aimed at juveniles but which was broadcast by Hezbollah's television channel, al-Manar (The Beacon). Also feted by the WHO-supervised panel was the Hezbollah radio station, Al-Nur (The Light) for its nutritional show "Your food is your medicine."
The prizes may appear trivial, but that's the point. By giving health promotion awards to terrorist media, the WHO trivializes their evil output. The WHO, and its local Lebanese partners, a committee of local media representatives, have sent the message that terrorist media are respectable.
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So while al-Manar makes the odd health information commercial that please the WHO, its output is mostly Hezbollah incitement to violence. The channel, which is under Hezbollah editorial control, mixes staple broadcasting to attract viewers -- including news, dramas, sports programs, children's programming and soap operas -- with a clear call to terrorism. Speaking on al-Manar the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah declared recently, "those who love death defeated those who fear death . . .The weapon of loving martyrdom, sacrifices, and readiness for death is one that nobody can take away." On al-Manar, the message is homicide, not health.
Those who dismiss al-Manar,* and its parent Hezbollah, as Lebanese patriots who only oppose Israel will find little support from al-Manar's output. Al-Manar viewers are instructed that "the main source of terrorism in this world…is the United States of America…America is a beast in all meanings of the word. A beast that is hungry for power and hungry for blood."
…… thanks to WHO, and by extension its UN superiors, terrorist media have been given an international seal of approval. The message: smoking may be bad for your health, but suicide bombing is good for your soul. |
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About WHO (at their website):
“The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
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*Couple articles about al-Manar:
“How Terrorist Propaganda Kills,” by Rachel Ehrenfeld, FrontPageMag, 12/10/04
...... Equally disturbing is the Europeans’ blasé attitude towards the virulently anti-American and anti-Israeli broadcasts of the Iranian-sponsored and controlled TV network, Al-Manar. This Hizbollah mouthpiece spews anti-American incitement and propaganda, which has increased dramatically since the Iraq War. Al-Manar, through its programs, also serves as a fundraising vehicle for both the Islamic Jihad and HAMAS organizations in the Palestinian territories. …...
What is most surprising, however, is that California-based Telestar, the world’s largest global satellite corporation, facilitates the broadcasting of Al-Manar into North America and Canada. It is surprising because the Patriot Act defines the facilitation of communication for terrorist purposes as a terrorist act. Providing satellite broadcasting and internet services to terrorist groups meets that criterion. ……
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“U.S. Ostrich Policy and the Internet,” by Rachel Ehrenfeld, FrontPageMag, 1/20/05
“.…the Iranian sponsored Hizballah is allowed to spread its hate propaganda in the U.S. through American hosting websites.
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There is one thing the U.S can do. It can stop the 22 Hizballah websites that are hosted, registered and maintained by Companies in the U.S. On December 17, 2004, the Department of State designated Al-Manar, the Hezbollah satellite TV station broadcasting from Lebanon, as a terrorist organization and banned its broadcasting in the US. Yet, more than a month later, it continues to broadcast on the Internet.
In a new survey by Haganah, a U.S Internet monitoring organization, 25 active Hizballah websites were identified; “one is hosted in the UK, two are hosted in Iran and the remaining 22 sites are hosted by Companies in the United States”. ……
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