"If only Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia"..... and yet they don't unite. Even during the World Cup there were a lot of Arab fans in the Middle East who would rather watch a free Israeli broadcast then pay to watch it on Al Jazeera. http://nypost.com/2014/07/09/arab-fans-watch-the-world-cup-on-israeli-tv... For Raaouf Sobhy, a cafe owner in Cairo’s upscale Heliopolis district, choosing which channel to watch was a simple decision.
“I hate Qatar more than Israel,” Sobhy said. “I don’t think Israel is harming us as much as Qatar.”
In south Lebanon near the frontier with Israel, some turn on the Israeli broadcast, even though Israeli TV channels have been banned since 2000, when Israel withdrew its troops following 18 years of occupation. Israel’s archenemy, the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, dominates south Lebanon and its fighters have fought on the Syrian government side. Qatar is not popular there, though, because of its support for Sunni rebels in Syria.
"If only Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia"..... and yet they don't unite. Even during the World Cup there were a lot of Arab fans in the Middle East who would rather watch a free Israeli broadcast then pay to watch it on Al Jazeera. http://nypost.com/2014/07/09/arab-fans-watch-the-world-cup-on-israeli-tv... For Raaouf Sobhy, a cafe owner in Cairo’s upscale Heliopolis district, choosing which channel to watch was a simple decision.
“I hate Qatar more than Israel,” Sobhy said. “I don’t think Israel is harming us as much as Qatar.”
In south Lebanon near the frontier with Israel, some turn on the Israeli broadcast, even though Israeli TV channels have been banned since 2000, when Israel withdrew its troops following 18 years of occupation. Israel’s archenemy, the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, dominates south Lebanon and its fighters have fought on the Syrian government side. Qatar is not popular there, though, because of its support for Sunni rebels in Syria.