A key United Nations agency has lent its support to a Palestinian Authority tourism map that completely obliterates Israel, CNSNews.com reports. A new PA Ministry of Tourism map credits the United Nations Development Program with helping in its publication. The map, called \"Palestine, The Holy Land,\" shows the entire expanse of present-day Israel, including Judea, Samaria, and Gaza - and calls the whole area \"Palestine.\" There is no reference at all to Israel.
Itamar Marcus, director of the independent media monitoring group Palestinian Media Watch, said that there was nothing new about the map\'s message. He said that his group was able to find only one map published by the PA that mentions Israel - and even that one is not used for their own populace. \"None of the official PA maps show Israel,\" he said, including those printed in PA school textbooks. He also mentioned that anti-Israel film clips, partially funded by the UN, were routinely screened on Palestinian television.
More and more Israeli political leaders have lately made public statements blaming the PA\'s educational and media policies of venomous anti-Israel incitement for much of the murderous violence of the past few months.
Itamar Marcus, director of the independent media monitoring group Palestinian Media Watch, said that there was nothing new about the map\'s message. He said that his group was able to find only one map published by the PA that mentions Israel - and even that one is not used for their own populace. \"None of the official PA maps show Israel,\" he said, including those printed in PA school textbooks. He also mentioned that anti-Israel film clips, partially funded by the UN, were routinely screened on Palestinian television.
More and more Israeli political leaders have lately made public statements blaming the PA\'s educational and media policies of venomous anti-Israel incitement for much of the murderous violence of the past few months.