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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (412)	11/18/2001 1:01:47 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Israel orders Al Quds to stop carrying ads from Jihad, Hamas by Daniel Sobelman Courtesy of Ha'aretz Friday November 16 2001 Israel has warned the Palestinian daily Al Quds that if it does not discontinue Islamic Jihad and Hamas advertisements, authorities will shut down the newspaper. The newspaper's editors told Ha'aretz the warning was made on Wednesday. The newspaper has been carrying the advertisements, which are cleared by the military censor, for years, according to the editors. The newspaper, which is published in Jerusalem, is the Palestinian community's largest and most influential newspaper. The editors said that most of the material published in the paper, including articles and even crossword puzzles, are cleared by the censor before being run. They said the Jerusalem District Police gave the warning, the first one in several years, by telephone. "We're a newspaper like all other newspapers in Israel," said one senior editor. "And when we carry an advertisement it's for commercial reasons." The ads, say the editors, are usually either announcements of conferences and rallies or greetings. The police, however, believe otherwise. Jerusalem police spokesman Kobi Zarihan said last night that the decision to warn the newspaper came after a Hamas ad this week praised shaheeds (martyrs) and called for the public to follow in their footsteps. "We told Al Quds not to run any more ads by terror organizations," he said.