Apple, Google Remove Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV App

Google and Apple have both removed an application from their app stores used by Hizbullah to stream its al-Manar satellite network, media reports said.

The app which was on display on July 25 was removed from the iTune stores four days later and Google followed two days after removing the app from Google Play.

Reports said a spokesman for the Anti-Defamation League said that his organization sent Apple a letter last Friday when it became aware of the app. It was removed by Apple on Sunday.

Hizbullah-run al-Manar, broadcast the app on its TV and promotes the applications on its homepage, where it is possible to watch a live-stream of the station.

The U.S. Department of State included al-Manar TV station on its terrorism list in December 2004 and banned it in the United States. The station is also banned in France, Spain and Germany.