April 3, 2005
Get Prepared for a Media Blackout
A must read opinion piece from Arutz Sheva, Israel National News, on the blacking out of media coverage in Gaza and how it will happen.
"Daily, the press is reporting how the Israeli government is taking steps to silence the Jews, how they will not allow them to freely move about, how they are restricting the flow of information.
The Israeli army will allow only prior-screened reporters to join them in their destruction of the communities in Gaza. Does anyone believe these reporters will be allowed to obtain and distribute the news as it unfolds, in the normal course of events? Hardly. These reporters will be screened and their news censored. That is the whole idea of why they are "embedded" in the first place - so that they can be controlled.
"Radio, television and newspaper reporters will not be allowed to move from one community to another without permission," one article read. The article said the Jews would be able to send video out over their cellular phones, but without doubt, the government will block the phone networks.
One of the world's best jammers of cellular phones is produced in Tel Aviv. They are usually used during high-profile events to keep terrorists who use cell phones to detonate bombs from being able to do so. They can also be used to block all communications with the outside world, including satellite telephones and even those small two-way radios families often use. While they have been used in Judea, Samaria and Gaza against Arab terrorists, it is without doubt they will be used now against Jews.
[...] If you live in Judea, Samaria and Gaza and you wake up one morning and realize there are no phones, no electricity, no cell phone service, then that's how you will know what is occurring. If you are in the Diaspora, do not expect to hear much of what is occurring in Israel."
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