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Wednesday, September 12, 2001
PMW: PA's Systematic Incitement Against the US

PMW: PA's Systematic Incitement Against the US

Palestinian Media Watch Special Bulletin

September 12, 2001

INTRODUCTION
Within hours after the horrific terrorist attacks in the United States,
there were spontaneous outbreaks of rejoicing in the streets of the
Palestinian Authority. According to Israel Radio, at least two news
organizations decided not to broadcast footage of these celebrations after
senior officials in the Palestinian Authority - including prominent PA
ministers - threatened their lives. Arafat's denunciation of the attacks,
which continues to be broadcast, is in direct contradiction to the
atmosphere of hatred he has been promoting through his tightly controlled
media. The following are but a few examples:

"The suicide bombers of today are the noble successors of their noble
predecessors... the Lebanese suicide bombers, who taught the US Marines a
tough lesson in [Lebanon]...and then, with no preconditions, they threw the
last of the remaining enemy [Israeli] soldiers out of the [security] zone.
These suicide bombers are the salt of the earth, the engines of
history...They are the most honorable [people] among us..." [Al Hayat Al
Jadida - Official Palestinian Authority daily, Sept. 11, 2001]

Hafez Barghoutti, Editor-in-Chief of the official PA daily:
".The writers, Charles Krauthammer, William Safire and Michael Malley, try
to portray us as if we are threatening New York and as if fighting us is an
American need and that a good Palestinian is like a good Indian - dead. This
is the culture of the Zionist Lobby that rules even over the bedrooms of the
senior Members of Congress and the White House. It whips them in the morning
and evening lest they awaken from their servitude. It castrates them and
supplies them with 'Monica Viagra.'
"And the last to judge us in this area is the pathetic scoundrel Thomas
Friedman who called upon NATO to conquer the [West] Bank and Gaza in order
to protect his beloved Israel.
"These examples of beastly writings which surpass Nazism, require that their
authors be tried in an international court, for they are considered inciters
who have committed crimes against humanity...." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, August
29, 2001]

"Saher Habash, a member of the central committee of [Yasser Arafat's PLO
faction] the Fatah... said that the body goes but the spirit of the martyrs
lives on. Habash expressed his hope that the Arab and Islamic world will act
against America and Israel....Habash demanded to strike and to threaten the
American interests in the Arab world..." [Meeting with journalists in El
Birah, Al-Quds, Aug. 30, 2001]

"[Maher Taher] a member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine ... said, 'We say to the Arab nation: Hit American
interests and threaten them. The United States is a fundamental enemy.' He
asked the Arab countries to take a clear and strict position towards the US,
which is the a fundamental enemy of the Palestinian people and the Arab
Nation."[Al Hayat Al Jadida Aug. 28, 2001]

"We must. harm American interests in the Arab world, with all possible
means, in all places, at all levels, because the United States does not
understand the language of logic and wisdom, but only the language of
interests and force."
[Omar Helm Ghul, Al-Ayyam, Aug. 30, 2001]

PMW Palestinian Media Watch
monitors the Palestinian Authority media daily.
PMW is an independent, Jerusalem-based non-profit organization.
PMW issues reports in Hebrew and English, as well as in depth research,
bulletins.
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For additional Information contact PMW Director, Itamar Marcus

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