What kind of influence are the new Arab media and the highly popular TV stations in Arabic having on the Arab population and the spread of hatred against the Israelis in particular, and Jews and Zionists in general?
I would suggest an alternative outlook on these developments. The Arab world, before the new media and TV stations came into being, managed quite well to spread and propagate hatred against Israel. The new TV stations, such as al-Jazeera, whatever else they disseminate, disseminate INFORMATION. That cannot be a bad thing. To the contrary, it is in Israel’s interest that the broadest possible Arab audience have at its disposal the information, the facts, the news in real time, upon which to make its own assessments rather than be fed tendentious information from government sources.
