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Last update - 00:00 07/04/2008
Police close English radio aimed at Israeli-Palestinian coexistence
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: israel, palestinians 

Police on Monday closed the Jerusalem studio of Ram FM, an English-language West Bank radio station that plays Western music in a stated mission to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.

"We instructed the police to close the station in Jerusalem because they were broadcasting without a permit," said a Communications Ministry official. "They interfere with airwaves and endanger airport signals," he added.

The station replied in a statement that it had not broken the law.
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Police shut down the transmitter and closed the studio, taking staff for questioning and hauling away equipment in Monday's raid, but the station remained on the air via its West Bank frequency 93.6.

Owned by a South African Jewish businessman, it is modeled after a South African station that provided a venue for reconciliation after apartheid. The station's tens of thousands of listeners include Palestinians, settlers and foreign diplomats, a portion of whom participate in its talkback segments.

There are numerous pirate radio stations broadcasting throughout Israel. They are often blamed for dangerous disruptions in airport air traffic communications and interference in regular radio broadcasts.

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      1.   Why didn`t they put the name of the station in the article? 19:54  |  d.dor 07/04/08
      2.   to # 1 20:14  |  you missed 07/04/08
      3.   RAM FM - 93.6 FM - ramfm.net 20:32  |  JustMe 07/04/08
      4.   What a load of......English is a dirty word 21:33  |  Donna 07/04/08
      5.   Wrong & misleading title Haaretz! 22:57  |  Zionist 07/04/08
      6.   Ram fm 23:12  |  Clive Roper 07/04/08
      7.   Hmm, Chinese tricks in Israel 23:42  |  Mark B. 07/04/08
      8.   Israel should support RAMFM; I am sure the police could do better 00:14  |  Ofira Roll 08/04/08
      9.   Gagging the masses. 00:36  |  Maureen Ann 08/04/08
      10.   they shared office space with al-jazeera 01:13  |  henry 08/04/08
      11.   One little radio station can intefere with airport signals 01:34  |  Brian 08/04/08
      12.   #11 Brian. But Israel is so technology savvy, isn`t she? 02:29  |  Maureen Ann 08/04/08
      13.   Maureen Ann - how does it work in Oz? 03:18  |  natan 08/04/08
      14.   Brian with a Brain 03:21  |  natan 08/04/08
      15.   Breakfast Show to Work 07:16  |  Nomi 08/04/08
      16.   Ha`aretz Supported Closing Arutz 7 07:23  |  Ben Israel 08/04/08
      17.   Please rename this article! Agree w/#5. 08:12  |  Michael Safyan 08/04/08
      18.   The closure was purely political 08:33  |  SJ 08/04/08
      19.   RamFM 08:45  |  Susan 08/04/08
      20.   Gov closes down all private stations. 08:49  |  Susan 08/04/08
      21.   They closed religious stations, so they should close this too 09:46  |  jon 08/04/08
      22.   still on air 12:26  |  Stan 08/04/08
      23.   studio vs. transmitter 12:54  |  Jonathan 08/04/08
      24.   yeah right 13:00  |  Maria 08/04/08
      25.   political raid 13:07  |  Stan 08/04/08
      26.   Rule political air waves of non officially approved contents. 13:40  |  H.H.M 08/04/08
      27.   to Jon #21 15:12  |  Susan 08/04/08
      28.   Another step closer to communism... 16:12  |  axe 08/04/08
      29.   good riddance to bad rubbish 17:55  |  bobah phat 08/04/08
      30.   After all, it`s a racist society... 18:59  |  Tarek 08/04/08
      31.   Mugabe rules OK in Israel/Pal 22:59  |  Strangelove 08/04/08
      32.   Ram fm - answer to Strangelove 23:27  |  Clive Roper 08/04/08
      33.   Should be most legal, logical, etc. Much needed 23:28  |  Hani 08/04/08
      34.   RAM-FM loud & clear in TA 00:59  |  Tamar 09/04/08
      35.   house arrest?! 01:05  |  Tamar 09/04/08
      36.   WHAT BRANCH OF THE GESTAPO OR THE 18:51  |  AARON 11/08/08
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