Germany is guilty of preventing freedom of the media in the view of executives at Hizbullah’s Al-Manara TV. The comment was made in a statement reacting to Germany’s decision to ban the channel. Berlin maintains Al-Manar’s broadcasts violate the German constitution. The TV station broadcasts anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish propaganda, in addition to Lebanese and Arab nationalistic material. The channel has already been banned in several other countries, but is transmitted via satellite to much of the Arab and Muslim worlds.