Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin
February 11, 2002

Hatred of Jews - an integral part of Palestinian ideology
By Itamar Marcus and Ruthie Blum

Introduction:
The following two items, the first from a televised religious sermon and the
second from a Palestinian daily, are examples of the anti-Semitism common in
Palestinian broadcasts and texts.

1. "...The Jews tried to kill Muhammad many times, with poison and with
magic, and by throwing stones at him, and by all types of assassinations. He
warned us about the Jews, and about the cunning of the Jews...He told us
about the character of the Jew, in the book of Allah and in the Traditions
of the Prophet, so that we would beware of them at every moment. And we know
how to deal with the Jews.
...Say to those who believe not!the Jews!say to those who believe not, act
according to your power, for we too are acting! And wait! For we too, shall
wait.' Wait for your graves! Wait for the final battle! ...
.O Jews!.We will act to restore our rights! .You are usurpers! Your
arrogance will end one of these days! .
. '[The Jew's] aim everywhere is to spread mischief through the earth and
destroy crops and cattle. Allah does not love such mischief.'
[The Jews] destroyed everything: the crops, the seeds, and the birds, to the
point that the environment itself is oppressed by the Jew! .
Allah, deal harshly with the Jews and those who aid them.
Allah, destroy them through their own stratagems!.
Allah, render us victorious over the Jews and those who support them!."
[PA TV, Sermon televised from protest tent in Gaza, Feb. 8, 2002]

2. A cartoon depicts the stereotypical Jew in Hasidic garb controlling world
media by painting over TV screens with black paint.
The text above the Jew: "The Al Aksa Intifada."
The text over the TV screens, the "eyes" of the Western world: "Western
Media."

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