The following is partial a list of false accusations and outright lies that Palestinian Authority officials have publicly made against Israel in the past days:
* Accused Israel of murdering a priest; the Vatican later apologized to Israel for such reports.
* Said that the Arabs inside Bethlehem\'s Church of the Nativity are not terrorists, but only local Christians fearing Israeli forces. Hassan Abdel Rahman, the PLO\'s representative to the U.S., said on CNN, \"They are hiding in a church, hoping that they will be protected because the experience of the Palestinians so far in other cities like in Ramallah and Jenin and Kalkilye, they were massacred en masse by the Israelis...\" No such massacres have been reported anywhere.
* He continued, \"The priests invited the people to come and hide.\" In fact, the priests are being held hostage by the armed terrorists. Franciscan monk Johannes Simon said the Palestinians entered violently by shooting off locks on the basilica door.
* P.A. officials said that the documents confiscated from Arafat\'s compound in Ramallah, detailing his involvement in suicide bombings and terrorism, are fraudulent forgeries - when in fact Israel has put on public display clear documentation of senior Palestinian involvement in terrorism. In one document, Arafat personally authorized payment to senior terrorist commanders of the Tanzim and Force 17 organizations who commanded attacks such as the shooting at a Bar Mitzvah reception in Hadera. In another document, Arafat\'s financial officer received requests for funds for bomb components carried by suicide bombers. The documents can be seen at \"http://honestreporting.com/a/r/192.asp\" and \"http://www.idf.il/english/announcements/2002/april/eng.doc\".
HonestReporting.Com takes CNN and other networks to task for giving equal time to PA spokesmen who have consistently propagated lies of the above nature.
* Accused Israel of murdering a priest; the Vatican later apologized to Israel for such reports.
* Said that the Arabs inside Bethlehem\'s Church of the Nativity are not terrorists, but only local Christians fearing Israeli forces. Hassan Abdel Rahman, the PLO\'s representative to the U.S., said on CNN, \"They are hiding in a church, hoping that they will be protected because the experience of the Palestinians so far in other cities like in Ramallah and Jenin and Kalkilye, they were massacred en masse by the Israelis...\" No such massacres have been reported anywhere.
* He continued, \"The priests invited the people to come and hide.\" In fact, the priests are being held hostage by the armed terrorists. Franciscan monk Johannes Simon said the Palestinians entered violently by shooting off locks on the basilica door.
* P.A. officials said that the documents confiscated from Arafat\'s compound in Ramallah, detailing his involvement in suicide bombings and terrorism, are fraudulent forgeries - when in fact Israel has put on public display clear documentation of senior Palestinian involvement in terrorism. In one document, Arafat personally authorized payment to senior terrorist commanders of the Tanzim and Force 17 organizations who commanded attacks such as the shooting at a Bar Mitzvah reception in Hadera. In another document, Arafat\'s financial officer received requests for funds for bomb components carried by suicide bombers. The documents can be seen at \"http://honestreporting.com/a/r/192.asp\" and \"http://www.idf.il/english/announcements/2002/april/eng.doc\".
HonestReporting.Com takes CNN and other networks to task for giving equal time to PA spokesmen who have consistently propagated lies of the above nature.