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Last update - 19:38 08/04/2008 Police release 7 peace radio staffers after night in detention By The Associated Press Tags: israel, palestinians  Seven employees of Jewish-owned RAM-FM radio were released from detention Tuesday, a day after Israel Police closed down the station's Jerusalem office, seizing its transmission equipment. The Foreign Press Association branch in Israel and the Palestinian territories condemned the police for holding the journalists overnight and demanded their immediate release. Owned by Jewish South African businessman Issy Kirsh, RAM-FM is an English-language station whose mission statement is to encourage Israeli-Palestinian dialog. The station has headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, as well as a Jerusalem office with a local transmitter on another frequency. Advertisement The Communications Ministry said it ordered police to shut down the transmitter and close the studio as part of a crackdown on stations broadcasting without a permit. Numerous pirate stations broadcast throughout Israel, often causing dangerous disruptions in Ben-Gurion International Airport's air traffic communications and interfering with regular radio broadcasts. "Notwithstanding the merits of the charges brought by the Ministry of Communications against RAM-FM, the FPA strongly deplores their continued detention in police custody and calls on those holding them to pursue the matter through routine channels rather than through this absurd imprisonment, now approaching a full 24 hours in jail," a statement by the FPA said. The employees were released later in the day. Raf Gangat, the station's media consultant and morning show host, said those detained included his wife Maysoun Gangat, who is the station manager, news director Mark Klusener and two reporters. Related articles: Police close English radio aimed at Israeli-Palestinian coexistence New English-language station seeks to air peace through radio waves Ramallah station, Ram FM, goes online Radio disruptions at B-G airport caused by W. Bank pirate station Bookmark to del.icio.us   Falk's folly Israel will refuse entry to the UN's Richard Falk for equating Israel to Nazi Germany. Peace when? After 30 years, the public has adopted Peace Now's views, but peace is still elusive.   1.   diealone or dialogue? 01:38  |  Dennie 09/04/08

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