Posted on 01/26/2005 1:57:52 AM PST by JohnHuang2
A senior Israeli official said yesterday the Palestinian Authority, even under new President Mahmoud Abbas, is promoting genocide against Jews and has been running a propaganda campaign similar to that seen in Nazi Germany.
Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Natan Sharansky held a press conference to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, in which he blasted the PA for disseminating what he said was Nazi-like propaganda, and presented a report, "Kill a Jew – Go to Heaven," compiled by Palestinian Media Watch, an Israel-based media watchdog that monitors incitement in Palestinian society.
"As in Nazi Germany, there is an entire 'culture of hatred' in Palestinian society today, from textbooks to crossword puzzles, from day camps to TV music videos," Sharansky said. "Calling for the murder of Jews, as Jews, is the end result."
Report co-author Itamar Marcus, who directs Palestinian Media Watch, said Palestinian television has consistently promoted the message that "the Jews are an evil force, and [evil] is inherent to the Jews, and therefore they have to be killed." vThe report accuses the PA of constructing a "legal file," a virtual propaganda outline for incitement against Jews that uses as its template incitement from Nazi Germany. The file, the report said, consists of three phases: presenting Jews as subhuman and possessing evil qualities; convincing viewers the Jewish nation threatens the existence of Palestinians, Arabs, and the world in general; and concluding with the Palestinian version of the "final solution," the destruction of Israel and elimination of the Jews.
The incitement plan, said Marcus, is directed by the Palestinian Authority and carried out by the PA's religious, political and academic elite, and through the PA-controlled media.
At the request of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Abbas during the run up to the Palestinian elections Jan. 9 met with the head of the Palestinian Broadcasting Authority and reportedly asked him to filter television programs to prevent the broadcast of inciting material. Since then, Marcus said, the frequency of Palestinian programming calling for terrorism and the destruction of Israel has realized a slight decrease, but anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda has continued unabated.
Earlier this month, PA television blamed the Jews for causing the tsunami in southeast Asia, and preached the destruction of Israel and the U.S.
"The Muslim remembers how the Jews corrupted the land ... . They invest in the East Asian countries, which were destroyed [by the tsunami] because of the Jewish and American corruption and destruction," said Palestinian preacher Sheik Ibrahim Madiras Friday during his weekly sermon broadcast on PA television.
A week before that, Palestinian television featured a senior PA academic, Dr. Hassan Khater, founder of the Al Quds Encyclopedia, saying the killing of Jews is mandated by the prophet Mohammed.
Khater, quoting what he said was Islamic tradition, told viewers, "Mohammed said in his Hadith: 'The Hour [Day of Resurrection] will not arrive until you fight the Jews, [until a Jew will hide behind a rock or tree] and the rock and the tree will say: Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!'"
"The world was largely silent in the face of Nazi anti-Semitism in the 1930s, with tragic results. One hopes the international community will learn from the mistakes of the past and take meaningful steps in response to the promotion of anti-Semitism by Arab regimes today," Dr. Rafael Medoff, director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which focuses on how America and its allies responded to Nazism and the Holocaust, told WND.
Gosh no, I didn't. I do feel like a fool. But it did seem so believable, based on their views!
You are very talented my friend! Luckily, you enlightened me before I perpetuated an urban legend. Whew....
The only thing they understand is violence, and unfortunately, the only way to deal with them will be violence. End of story.
Reminds me of an old joke.
An old Jewish fellow gets on a bus, sees his friend reading an anti-Semitic newspaper.
"Morris, what's wrong with you, how can you read that junk."
Morris pointed to the headlines: "Jews are rich, all-powerful, control the world."
"I dunno Jake, somehow it makes me feel better."
Yet, Israel is ready to pull out of Gaza and West Bank. And even Syria knowing that the land for peace program is up and running is after Golan Heights.
What is happening to the Jews in Israel, the Hindus in India, The Buddhists, in Thailand, the Christians in the Sudan will take place here
THERE ARE 22 WARS taking place in the world -- all of them have one thing in common -- ISLAM is attacking its neighbors. THE WORLD IS AT WAR WITH ISLAM, sadly the main stream press is often but a fifth column. After all we must be nice to the people who slaughter people like Dan Pearl and Nick Berg -- after all we if we pointed out who murdered these people wouldn’t that be racist?
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