Alhurra - the Zionist 'Arab' news network http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=629022

Alhurra is nothing more than an Arabic-language extension of the US State Department's propaganda mill, the Voice of America.Alhurra (also known as al-Hurra) is a US-based satellite television network established in 2004, and which broadcasts in over 22 countries worldwide. Referring to Alhurra as a 'news network' constitutes the most egregious misuse of language; funded by the US Congress, Alhurra is nothing more than an Arabic-language extension of the US State Department's propaganda mill, the Voice of America. As is customary for such Orwellian propaganda mainstays, Alhurra is Arabic for "The Free One". Voice of America, the English language partner of Alhurra is operated by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an agency of the US

Alhurra was established in 2004 by Jewish Zionist Norman Pattiz(5), who used to sit on the board of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. From a family of Orthodox Jews, Pattiz has also been an active force in the Israel Policy Forum(6), a New York based American-Jewish organisation that lobbies for the solidification of Israel's hold on Occupied Palestine, in pushing for a two-state solution.The IPF, established in 1993 with the encouragement of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin, exists to(7) "serve as a strong American base of support for the kind of active and sustained U.S. diplomatic efforts needed to assist the State of Israel," and to(8) "ensure Israel's security and future as a Jewish, democratic state."