Police release 7 peace radio staffers after night in detention
Seven employees of Jewish-owned RAM-FM radio were released from detention Tuesday, a day after Israel Police closed down the station's Jerusalem office, seizing its transmission equipment.
The Foreign Press Association branch in Israel and the Palestinian territories condemned the police for holding the journalists overnight and demanded their immediate release.
Owned by Jewish South African businessman Issy Kirsh, RAM-FM is an English-language station whose mission statement is to encourage Israeli-Palestinian dialog. The station has headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, as well as a Jerusalem office with a local transmitter on another frequency.
The Communications Ministry said it ordered police to shut down the transmitter and close the studio as part of a crackdown on stations broadcasting without a permit.
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