Torture TV
The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
Terrorist TV in Eurabia
While much has been made about the anti-American bias of Arabic-language television networks like al-Jazeera in recent years, policymakers have largely ignored the incitement and violent propagan...
Op-eds
Coalition Against Terrorist Media Praises French Decision to Ban Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV
Coalition Against Terrorist Media Praises French Decision to Ban Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV...
Press Releases
Countering The Threat From Terrorist Media
The Long War against radical Islam is a war of ideas as much as a war of arms. Yet, for much of the past decade, the incitement and violent propaganda emanating from satellite television stations...
Op-eds
Iran’s Revolution: Year 2
IN 1985 — when no case officer could even dream of widespread pro-democracy demonstrations in Tehran like those that occurred a year ago this week — I first arrived on the Iran desk i...
Op-eds
France Leads Europe With Ban on Hamas TV
France became the first European government on Wednesday to order the French-owned satellite station Eutelsat to stop its broadcast of the Hamas Al-Aksa program because of violations against Euro...
Op-eds
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Welcomes French Warning Against Hamas TV
Washington, D.C. (December 17, 2009) - The Coalition Against Terrorist Media, a project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, praised France’s audiovisual authority for warning the...
Press Releases
Jihad TV in Europe
Thanks to Arab satellite companies, Hezbollah's al-Manar and Hamas's al-Aqsa TV stations can still beam their incitement and hatred into European living rooms, radicalizing Muslim immig...
Op-eds
European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) Applauds Germany’s Ban of Hezbollah’s Al- Manar TV
European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) Applauds Germany’s Ban of Hezbollah’s Al- Manar TV Ban order says Al-Manar supports, advocates and calls for th...
Press Releases
CATM Praises Thaicom for Ceasing to Broadcast Hezbollah’s Terror TV
Washington, Jan 15, 2008 - CATM Praises Thaicom for Ceasing to Broadcast Hezbollah's Terror TV...
Press Releases
Terrorist TV in Eurabia
While much has been made about the anti-American bias of Arabic-language television networks like al-Jazeera in recent years, policymakers have largely ignored the incitement and violent propaganda emanating from satellite television stations that are owned and operated by Middle East terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hizbullah. These terrorist channels have played an important role in the radicalization of Europe's Muslim populations. Yet, few steps have been taken to prevent these channels from disseminating jihadist propaganda.
Memos
Hamas’s Murderous “Mickey Mouse” Broadcast Globally by Three Satellite Providers
With terrorist group Hamas refusing to back down from its use of a Mickey Mouse-like character who teaches children to hate and murder, the Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM), a project of...
Press Releases
Hezbollah’s German Helpers
Co-Authored with Alexander Ritzmann Hezbollah arrived in the European Union back in the 1980s, along with refugees from the civil war in Lebanon. Despite its deadly tra...
Op-eds
Coalition Against Terrorist Media Calls on Egypt, Saudi Arabia to Stop Broadcasting Terrorist Televi
Washington, Feb 28, 2007 Following Egypt’s decision to pull an Iraqi television station accused of supporting terrorism from its NileSat satellite system, the Coalition Against Ter...
Press Releases
FDD and EFD Address the Aspen Institute-Berlin on the Dangers of Radical Islamic Media to Europe
Mark Dubowitz, FDD's chief operating officer and director of its Coalition Against Terrorist Media, and Roberta Bonazzi and Alexander Ritzmann, executive director and research fellow respectively of the Brussels-based European Foundation for Democracy (EFD), addressed the Aspen Institute-Berlin and briefed senior German government officials and media on the influence of Iranian propaganda and the dangers of radical Islamic media to Germany and Europe.
Press Releases
In Gaza, Terror Trumps Press Freedom
An explosion ripped through the Gaza office of pan-Arab news broadcaster al-Arabiya on Jan. 22. The bombing caused severe property damage, but luckily no injuries, as the station had recently shu...
Op-eds
Hamas’ Must-See TV
Hamas may not have funds to pay the salaries of civil servants and improve social services for Palestinians. But resources to fund its propaganda efforts? That, evidently, is not a problem. This...
Op-eds
No se pierda la tele de Hamás
Puede que Hamás no tenga dinero para pagar el sueldo a sus funcionarios y para mejorar los servicios sociales de los palestinos. Pero ¿fondos para pagar sus esfuerzos propagand&iacu...
Op-eds
Watching al-Manar
The long war against radical Islam is a war of ideas as much as a war of arms. For decades, America, Israel, and other democracies have ignored the incitement and violent propaganda emanating fro...
Op-eds
What Saudis Preach
Nearly four years ago, Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed and author Stephen Schwartz conducted a study for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. They examined textbooks and other publications...