Pirate radio in the Middle East
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Israel (from territorial waters)

All of the offshore stations broadcasting to Israel were operating from within Israeli territorial waters under a strange arrangement that attempted to prevent intrusion by terrorists on the one hand, while turning a blind eye to the illegality of the offshore broadcasting operations taking place on board the anchored ships. *1973 ::
Voice of Peace Voice of Peace ( he, קול השלום, ''Kol HaShalom'') was an offshore radio station that broadcast in the Middle East for 20 years from the former Dutch cargo vessel ''MV Peace'' (formally ''MV Cito''), anchored off the Israeli coast i ...
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and English aboard the MV ''Peace'' - created with the aim of promoting peace in the
Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
. The station was generally tolerated by the Israeli Government and it was intentionally sunk in international waters on November 28, 1993, following the signing of the
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which it was thought was validation of its mission. *1981 ::TV Odelia transmitting from the ship MV ''Odelia'' - anchored off the coast of
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
. *1988 ::
Arutz Sheva ''Arutz Sheva'' ( he, ערוץ 7, lit=''Channel 7''), also known in English as ''Israel National News'', is an Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism. It offers online news articles in Hebrew, English, and Russian as well as l ...
in Hebrew, English and other languages from the MV ''Hatzvi'' at anchorage off the coast of Tel Aviv. *1991 ::Radio One broadcasting from the MV ''Air'' anchored off
Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
. The station was eventually given a license in 1995 to broadcast from within Israel. *1993 ::Radio Hof aboard the MV ''Hof''. *1995 ::Radio Dan aboard the MV ''Kajun'', anchored off the coast of Tel Aviv.


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Israel (land based)

A number of pirate radio stations operated within Israel on the FM band in the mid 1990s. These included: In Tel Aviv area * Radio Active * Radio Center *
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* Radio Kol Ha'ir Other regions * Radio Briza, in Haifa area * Radio Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan * Kol Ha Mizrah, Northern Israel and Jerusalem.
Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...