Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio is a right wing Israeli radio station. Founded in 1988, it formerly broadcasted on the Israeli airwaves from a ship in the Mediterranean Sea outside of Israel's territorial waters until being shutdown by the Israeli government. Currently it only broadcasts over the Internet from its website which it has been running for about the last ten years. It was forced to broadcast from a ship because Israeli law doesn't permit unlicensed radio stations to broadcast from Israeli or Palestinian territory. To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ...

In February 1999, the Knesset passed a law legalising the operation of Arutz Sheva and absolving them of earlier illegal broadcasting, but this was appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court which ruled the law null and void in March, 2002. In October 2003, ten employees of Arutz Sheva were convicted of operating an illegal radio station during the period 1995-1998, both from offshore and from locations in the West Bank. Station director Ya'acov Katz was convicted on two counts of perjury for having lied about the location of the broadcasts. [1] The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ...

Arutz Sheva had a Hebrew frequency and a foreign language frequency (English, Russian, and French) and it still broadcasts in Hebrew, English, and Russian from the website. Written news exists in all four languages on the website as does Internet TV news in English and Hebrew. See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ...

Arutz Sheva means Channel Seven in Hebrew. Its main studios are located in Beit El, Samaria. It also operates another studio in Petah Tikva which is where Arutz Sheva TV is located as well as the printing press for its B'Sheva newspaper. Beit El is an Israeli settlement in the Binyamin region of the Northern West Bank (Samaria). ... Samaria, or Shomron (Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew Šoməron, Tiberian Hebrew Šōmərôn, Arabic سامريّون Sāmariyyūn (but commonly called in Arabic جبال نابلس Jibal Nablus), (in the New Testament Greek Σαμαρεία, in Russian Самария ) is a term used for the mountainous northern part of the area on the west bank of the Jordan... The Coat of Arms of Petah-Tikva Petah-Tikva (Hebrew פֶּתַח-תִּקְוָה opening of hope, Standard Hebrew Pétaḥ-Tiqva, also transliterated as Petach Tikva, Petah Tikvah, Petach Tikvah, Petaḥ Tiqwa or Petach Tiqwa) and nicknamed as Mother of Cities, is a city in the west of the Center District of Israel...

Israel National Radio

Israel National Radio is Arutz Sheva's Anglophone Internet radio station operating in its own studio across in the same building as the Hebrew studio in Bet El. It broadcasts primarily across the Internet, and affirms its purpose as to spread the word of Israel to Jews and Israel-sympathisers living in English speaking countries as well as Anglophones living in Israel, to be the archetypal "light unto the nations". An anglophone is someone who speaks English natively or by adoption. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Bethel (Hebrew for House of El) Bible Bethel (Israel) is a city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem. ...

The station is made up of news on the hour and half hour, and live and pre-recorded programs that repeat themselves throughout the day after the first airing. These shows include current affairs commentaries, general talk shows, music shows, and Torah shows. The station's slogan is "the only independent news-talk network in the Middle East". Torah (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or law. ...

Prior to the banning of Arutz 7's regular radio broadcasts, the station would air for 3 hours a day on Arutz 7's foreign language frequency which at other times was in Russian and French.

The main broadcasters on the station are Yishai Fleisher, his wife Malkah Fleisher, Tamar Yonah, Alex Traiman, and reknowned anti-missionary Rabbi Tovia Singer known as the "Chief Rabbi of Newstalk Radio". The other broadcasters do weekly shows while the latter broadcasters air multiple days a week. The weekly shows include The Activist Hour, The Beat which is a music program, Walter's World, Temple Talk which is hosted by Rabbi Chaim Richman, a rabbi who works for the Temple Institute and serves on the Sanhedrin, The Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor) Show, A Light Unto The Nations, The Jay Shapiro Show, Torah Tidbits Audio, and The Aliyah Revolution. All these shows remain archived for a week where they can be listend to on-demand or saved onto your hard drive. For the tractate in the Mishnah, see Sanhedrin (tractate). ... Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; ascent or going up) is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). ...

During shows, people can phone in on international toll-free numbers or chat with other listeners in the new virtual studio.

In terms of politics, the station is considered far right wing, and religious in its outlook, and is focused on Israeli nationalism. However it has a strong America-centric feel, with most of its presenters originating in America, and it maintains a genial approach. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York, New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Vice President Federal republic...

In the station's own words, "The station supports the unity of the Land of Israel and spent many hours devoted to protecting Gush Katif from Ariel Sharon's Disengagement Plan, which we refer to as the Expulsion Plan, and Yishai and Malkah Fleisher even moved to Gush Katif prior to the expulsion of its Jews to do live shows from there. The Fleishers themselves were forcibly removed from Gush Katif by the Israeli Army." This article concerns the concept of The Land of Israel (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל Eretz Yisrael) in Jewish and Christian thought throughout the history from its Biblical sources to the present day. ... Map of the Gaza Strip, showing the settlements of Gush Katif Gush Katif (also Gush Katiff, Hebrew: גוש קטיף, English: gush = side-piece, corner, or shoulder + katiff = mass of earth . ... For more detail of Sharons recent illness, see Illnesses of Ariel Sharon; for an overview, see Health problems. ...

External links

• Arutz Sheva Israel National News
• Israel National Radio.com
• Israel offshore radio -History of various offshore stations