[Palestinian Authority] PA Cited for Anti-Semitic Works at Int’l Book Fair (Frankfurt, Germany)

INN ^ | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7:39 AM | Moshe Philips and Benyamin Korn

[Olog-hai]

International donors this week praised the leaders of the Palestinian Authority as moderate peace-seekers who can be trusted with billions of dollars in aid for Gaza—at the very same time the PA was being named “second worst offender” for distributing anti-Semitic publications at Europe's largest book fair.

The European branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, headed by Dr. Shimon Samuels, this week released its list of those who circulated anti-Semitic books and magazines at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest annual gathering of publishers in Europe.

Qatar was cited as the “Worst Offender of 2014.” But the Qataris had stiff competition this year from a publishing house that operates from the PA-controlled city of Nablus (Shechem). The Palestinian “Bait al-Almaqdes Centre” was named “Runner Up” by the Wiesenthal Center. …

[Frank_2001]

Good thing that title was clarified. I would be disgusted to think that Pennsylvania was producing anti-Semitic diatribes! ;)

[Stepan12]

It is good that this phony/pretend people were cited for a portion of their loathsomeness.

[SJackson]

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[Olog-hai]

I’ve gotten jokes and genuine confusion on such things before.

Since Pennsylvania is over 5,800 miles from Israel, nobody in the Jewish State is going to think “Pennsylvania” when reading the acronym “PA”, of course.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Olog-hai.