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<p><strong><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=464697" target="_blank">MAAN NEWS AGENCY MAR 2 2012</a></strong></p>
<p>BETHLEHEM (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Israeli raids on two Palestinian television stations on Wednesday has drawn international concern from media freedom groups and foreign governments who have contributed to the channels.</p>
<p>The US is trying to establish the reason for the raids, US State Dept. spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Thursday. US agencies have funded both Watan TV and Al-Quds Educational TV.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are trying to discuss the circumstances with the Israelis and figure out what the basis for this was,&#8221; Nuland said. &#8220;It seems that there was some kind of a long, brewing dispute, but we don’t have all the details.&#8221;</p>
<p>Israeli forces raided the two Palestinian television networks early Wednesday, calling them &#8220;pirate&#8221; broadcasters.</p>
<p>France on Thursday was urging &#8220;the Israeli authorities to return equipment confiscated immediately and allow the resumption of the activity of these two TV stations,&#8221; a spokesman said.</p>
<p>&#8220;These closures are of concern,&#8221; a foreign affairs minister said, because one of the channels had relations with the French government via Canal France International on a program for youth.</p>
<p>Reporters Without Borders, meanwhile, said it was &#8220;deeply shocked&#8221; by the raids.</p>
<p>“These arbitrary and illegal operations served yet again to intimidate Palestinian media and journalists, the victims of repeated attacks by the Israel Defence Forces,” the group said in a statement.</p>
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<td><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Hacking Palestine: A Digital Occupation </strong></span> &#8211;<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011117151559601957.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><strong> Al Jazeera</strong></span></a></span></span></td>
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