[cr-india] Israel Moves Against Pirates

[Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]]

http://www.radioworld.com/pages/s.0102/t.7500.html

 Israel Moves Against Pirates

7.27.2007 	

After pirate radio stations interfered with operations at Ben-Gurion
International Airport three times in June and July, Israeli
Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz announced plans for an effort to
keep unlicensed operators off the airwaves.

According to an article in The Jerusalem Post, Mofaz said after a
meeting of the Interministerial Committee for Addressing the
Phenomenon of Pirate Radio Stations the official had devised "a plan
to wipe out the infrastructure of what he called 'aerial terror.'"

The interministerial committee includes representatives from the
Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, the Ministry of Justice, the
Israeli Airports Authority and the Israel Police Investigations and
Intelligence Division.

To help end pirate broadcasting, the government aims to coordinate
efforts on a national level, including tightening laws against
supporting such broadcasts. Under the proposal, funders, advertisers,
broadcasters, managers and others supporting illegal stations in any
way would face sanctions.

The Israeli Defense Forces and other security organizations would also
be asked to help track down and identify unlicensed transmitters.
Unlicensed radio stations operate across Israel and the West Bank.

The plan must be approved by the government.

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