Hamas Bans Adult Websites in Gaza Strip

gonzo · 05-20-2008

Move made to 'protect Palestinian community from cultural pollution,' official says.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Islamic faction Hamas has instructed the main Palestinian telecommunications company to deny access to adult websites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said Monday.
Gaza's Ministry of Communications said in a statement that telecommunications company PALTEL has agreed to block Internet users in the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave from viewing adult websites starting this month.

"The aim of the move is to protect the Palestinian community from cultural pollution and to protect the young generations from the misuse of the Internet through viewing pornographic sites," Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nono said.
An Internet provider in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas seized in June after routing President Mahmoud Abbas' secular Fatah forces, estimated that about 400,000 Gazans surf the Web and almost half of them are between the ages of 18 and 35, according to Reuters.
Attacks on video stores and Internet cafés have risen over the past two years. Some of the attacks were clamed by radical Muslim groups who say such businesses conflict with Islamic principles.
Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria are among other Muslim countries that supervise access to several social, political and pornographic websites, Reuters reported.

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softball · 05-20-2008

I used to live in the middle east and porn was always a no no. What they used to do was run a movie like Snow white, and in the middle of it, they would run 10 minutes of porn, then back to Snow white. Everyone turned a blind eye. Hamas might be a little tougher. Then again, if you can pick up Israeli tv like most do, you see all kinds of naked girls.

05-20-2008	#1
gonzo Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta,Ga. Posts: 17,795 Blog Entries: 11	Hamas Bans Adult Websites in Gaza Strip *Move made to 'protect Palestinian community from cultural pollution,' official says.* GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Islamic faction Hamas has instructed the main Palestinian telecommunications company to deny access to adult websites in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas government official said Monday. Gaza's Ministry of Communications said in a statement that telecommunications company PALTEL has agreed to block Internet users in the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave from viewing adult websites starting this month. "The aim of the move is to protect the Palestinian community from cultural pollution and to protect the young generations from the misuse of the Internet through viewing pornographic sites," Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nono said. An Internet provider in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas seized in June after routing President Mahmoud Abbas' secular Fatah forces, estimated that about 400,000 Gazans surf the Web and almost half of them are between the ages of 18 and 35, according to Reuters. Attacks on video stores and Internet cafés have risen over the past two years. Some of the attacks were clamed by radical Muslim groups who say such businesses conflict with Islamic principles. Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria are among other Muslim countries that supervise access to several social, political and pornographic websites, Reuters reported. http://avn.com/internet/articles/30282.html __________________ We are putting the bastards of this world on notice; greed and corruption will always be met with "a voice made of ink and rage." "Never try and be like anyone else" - Hunter S. Thompson "The truth is the truth no matter how you try and package a lie" - Shellee Hale

05-20-2008	#2
softball Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,165	Re: Hamas Bans Adult Websites in Gaza Strip I used to live in the middle east and porn was always a no no. What they used to do was run a movie like Snow white, and in the middle of it, they would run 10 minutes of porn, then back to Snow white. Everyone turned a blind eye. Hamas might be a little tougher. Then again, if you can pick up Israeli tv like most do, you see all kinds of naked girls.