Arutz Sheva Key Dates

Arutz Sheva - Key Dates

March 1988	A Jewish religious organisation, Gush Emunim approached Abie Nathan about the possibility of hiring the Voice of Peace's transmitters to broadcast an hour of programmes every week. After being refused by Nathan the group went on to purchase a ship of their own and planned the launch of their own offshore station later in the year.
21st October 1988	The new radio ship, Eretz Hatzvi (Land of the Gazelle) arrived off Tel Aviv in the early hours of the morning and test transmissions under the call sign Aruts Sheva (Channel Seven) started at 8.00am.
end of October 1988	The ship entered Haifa to have some adjustments made to the transmitter.
18th November 1988	The Hatzvi returned to her original anchorage and resumed test transmissions for Arutz Sheva
20th November 1988	Regular broadcasts of Arutz Sheva programmes started at 2.00pm.

1988

June 1989	Arutz Sheva, brought its ship, Hatzvi, closer to shore, anchoring near the MV Peace.
September 1989	Arutz Sheva acquired a new FM transmitter and increased its broadcasting time to 17 hours a day.

1989

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1991

1992

1993

June 1993

The Arutz Sheva ship, Hatzvi was given permission to anchor a mile offshore, near to Tel Aviv Marina. A public opinion poll also showed that the station had a listenership of over 300,000.

A second service, Arutz Sheva Bet, was also started about this time directed specifically at 'religious listeners'.

16/17th March 1988 Iraqi jets dropped a variety of chemical weapons on the Kurdish town of Halabja killing up to 7,000 residents.

19th October 1988 Britain banned broadcast interviews with IRA members.

15th November 1988

An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed at the Palestinian National Council meeting in Algiers.

27th June 1989

The foreign ministers of Hungary and Austria cut through barbed wire between their two countries, symbolically ending what little there was left to the "Iron Curtain" .