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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2008 |
Contact: Josh Rogin
Phone: (202) 225-3001 |
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Wexler Urges Bush to Add Hamas Media Outlet "Al-Aqsa" to Global Terrorist List
41 Members of Congress Denounce Hamas' Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel, Violent Television Programming
(Washington, DC) Today, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, with 40 members of Congress, sent a letter to President George W. Bush urging him to designate Al-Aqsa, the television channel owned and operated by Hamas, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity.
The letter to President Bush highlights the dangerous role Al-Aqsa is playing in inciting violence and teaching future generations of Palestinian children to embrace extremism and hatred over moderation and peace. Wexler and his colleagues also denounce Al-Aqsa for promoting terrorism and inciting violence against Americans, Israelis and Jews and routinely encouraging anti-Semitism. Finally, the letter urges President Bush to make every diplomatic effort to remove Al-Aqsa from satellite broadcasts on Saudi-based Arabsat, Egypt-owned Nilesat, and French-owned Eutelsat.
“It is clear that Al-Aqsa television serves as the chief mass media tool for Hamas to carry out fundraising, recruitment and its agenda of hatred, anti-Semitism, and terrorism,” said Congressman Wexler. “The Bush Administration previously designated Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV as a global terrorist entity for its violent and extremist propaganda, and this same designation is absolutely warranted for Al-Aqsa TV. It is unconscionable that Hamas is using Al-Aqsa to incite violence and teach future generations of Palestinian children to embrace extremism and hatred over moderation and peace.”
Since its launch on January 7, 2006, Al-Aqsa TV has been used by Hamas to glorify suicide bombing, hatred, extremism, and anti-Semitism. Among the disturbing programming is a children’s show “Tomorrow’s Pioneers,” which is aired to breed new terrorists through hatred for Israel, Western nations, President Abbas, and moderate Palestinians. Al-Aqsa also broadcasts a Bugs Bunny look-alike character used to indoctrinate children by inciting them toward hatred and violence by telling them that he “will finish off the Jews and eat them” and a Mickey Mouse look-alike that teaches terrorist doctrines to children.
Congressman Wexler was joined on his letter by Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-AS), Luis G. Fortuno (R-PR), Bill Foster (D-IL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Steve Israel (D-NY), Peter T. King (R-NY), Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL), Ron Klein (D-FL), John Linder (R-GA), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), John M. McHugh (R-NY), Mike Pence (R-IN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Jon C. Porter (R-NV), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ), Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), John B. Shadegg (R-AZ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Anthony D. Weiner (D-NY) and Joe Wilson (R-SC).
A full copy of the letter is available for download here.
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Congressman Wexler is Chairman of the Europe Subcommittee and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Judiciary Committee; and he also sits on the Financial Services Committee.
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