A Sampling of Arab TV Coverage of the Middle East Crisis

Israel's bombardment of Lebanon has entered its seventh day and the death toll continues to rise. More than 215 people have been killed - all but 14 of them are civilians. The country's infrastructure has been devastated and more than 400,000 people have been displaced. Hizbollah continues to fire rockets into Israel. At least 24 Israelis, including 12 civilians, have been killed. Meanwhile, the international community has no plan to stop the bloodshed and there has been little progress on the diplomatic front.

News networks across the United States have been closely following the story over the past week. But how was the news delivered in the Middle East? In the U.S., there's one place to find out: MOSAIC, a daily show on our partner network, Link TV, that compiles television news reports from more than 30 TV outlets throughout the Middle East. Last year, MOSAIC won one of journalism's highest honors, the Peabody Award. We play an edited excerpt of the last night's newscasts from across the Middle East.

* Jamal Dajani, Director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV that produces MOSAIC: World News from the Middle East. The program distills daily news reports from more than 30 Middle Eastern television outlets.

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