Pro-Hezbollah Lebanese satellite TV channel Al-Manar has been pulled off the air in Australia while the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) investigates whether it has broken new anti-terrorism laws
The ABA is investigating Al-Manar “for possibly funding terrorism,” the report said. Al-Manars director of foreign news Ibrihim Musawi, based in Beirut, denied the channel had been seeking donations for Hezbollah. “We do ask for donations, we do put an ad to help get donations for the Palestinian people and I believe this is something completely legal and legitimate – they are not terrorist organizations,” he said.
Al-Manar is available by subscription on Television and Radio Broadcasting Services (TARBS) World TV service, which was established in 1995 to provide television and radio services within Australia and internationally.