The IDF has published a list of lies and false accusations propagated by official Palestinian sources over the past week. Excerpts from the list:
Palestinian television claimed on April 2 that a priest named Jack Amateis was killed and dozens of monks were injured in an IDF operation in Bethlehem. However, Reuters reported that day that Amateis later phoned the Vatican embassy in Israel to say that he was safe. On April 4, the Vatican\'s Ambassador to Israel, Cardinal Pietro Samari, apologized to the Israel Defense Forces for the incorrect and false report of the supposed death of a priest in St. Mary\'s Church in Bethlehem.
On April 3, Arafat told Al-Jazeera Television that Israeli forces \"burned the mosque that was located in the Church of Nativity and ruined many churches and mosques.\" There is on truth whatsoever to this accusation.
The WAFA Palestinian Press Agency internet site claimed on April 2 that IDF forces bombed the new mosque in Tul Karem - but in fact such an event never occurred.
On April 2, Palestinian spokesmen spread \"news\" which was broadcast on a number of television channels claiming that 30 Palestinians were killed inside the Preventive Security Service building in Betunia during the IDF encirclement. In fact, however, the people who were at the compound left the building, and no Palestinian was killed there.
The Palestinian Authority accused the IDF last week of carrying out a massacre in the Ramallah hospital. This is an absolute falsehood. What happened was that following the receipt of reliable intelligence concerning the whereabouts of a large number of wanted suspects hiding in Ramallah hospitals, IDF forces entered the city\'s hospitals in order to carry out searches and verify the identities of those people there. The IDF soldiers carried out their missions in a manner respectful to those in the medical facilities and withdrew.
More PA lies and false accusations can be seen at the IDF website at \"www.idf.il/english/news/main.stm\" under \"Palestinian misinformation;\" other important background information on Israel\'s struggle against terrorism and related matters can be accessed there as well.
Palestinian television claimed on April 2 that a priest named Jack Amateis was killed and dozens of monks were injured in an IDF operation in Bethlehem. However, Reuters reported that day that Amateis later phoned the Vatican embassy in Israel to say that he was safe. On April 4, the Vatican\'s Ambassador to Israel, Cardinal Pietro Samari, apologized to the Israel Defense Forces for the incorrect and false report of the supposed death of a priest in St. Mary\'s Church in Bethlehem.
On April 3, Arafat told Al-Jazeera Television that Israeli forces \"burned the mosque that was located in the Church of Nativity and ruined many churches and mosques.\" There is on truth whatsoever to this accusation.
The WAFA Palestinian Press Agency internet site claimed on April 2 that IDF forces bombed the new mosque in Tul Karem - but in fact such an event never occurred.
On April 2, Palestinian spokesmen spread \"news\" which was broadcast on a number of television channels claiming that 30 Palestinians were killed inside the Preventive Security Service building in Betunia during the IDF encirclement. In fact, however, the people who were at the compound left the building, and no Palestinian was killed there.
The Palestinian Authority accused the IDF last week of carrying out a massacre in the Ramallah hospital. This is an absolute falsehood. What happened was that following the receipt of reliable intelligence concerning the whereabouts of a large number of wanted suspects hiding in Ramallah hospitals, IDF forces entered the city\'s hospitals in order to carry out searches and verify the identities of those people there. The IDF soldiers carried out their missions in a manner respectful to those in the medical facilities and withdrew.
More PA lies and false accusations can be seen at the IDF website at \"www.idf.il/english/news/main.stm\" under \"Palestinian misinformation;\" other important background information on Israel\'s struggle against terrorism and related matters can be accessed there as well.