\"How the official media of the Palestinian Authority convey a consistent call for war.\" This is the title of a briefing to be given by Jerusalem journalist Michael Widlanski at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Widlanski, a researcher on the topic of Palestinian media, will speak there this Monday, and all members of the media and congressional staffers, as well as the general public, are invited. A sample article in the PA\'s official newspaper, Al Hayat al-Jadida, of May 16, 2001, entitled, \"Hatred of Israel as a Yardstick of Patriotism,\" reads as follows:
\"...It is proper that the call to hate Israel continue to be a medal worn on the chest of every Arab, and I repeat my position that it should be regarded as a measurement of patriotism and as a certificate of greatness and nobility. We are not oblivious to the grand reputation the singer Shaaban Abdul Rahim earned himself, and the [record] sales of his single hit declaring his hatred of Israel. These words of his brought about, from the depths of Egypt, the eruption of a volcano of hatred, abhorrence and bitterness that had been continuously accumulating for half a century... The position of hate is natural, and it is an expression that must be understood...\" (With thanks to Palestinian Media Watch)