Inculcation of virulent hatred on Palestinian Authority (PA) Television continues under the authority of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), despite commitments to remove hate content against Israel from official local Arab television.
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reveals that a dance segment broadcast on March 30th, 2005, features a song laced with hatred of Israel, accusing the Jewish State of torturing, burning and exterminating Arabs in the name of God.
Click here for a video clip of Arab women dancing to the above song. (Translation of lyrics displayed in video.)
PA TV has for years used songs and music videos as a vehicle to impart educational messages, and has even mandated the killing of Jews as a religious necessity for Muslims.
PMW researchers Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook point out that Wednesday's show introduces a new nuance of hatred into programming under Abbas' direct control: An assertion that alleged Israeli evils are perpetrated in the name of God.
A recent report by Marcus and Crook surmises the reasoning behind the new hate theme:
At the opening of the March 30th show entitled 'A Mirror of the Palestinian Heritage', a woman is seen writing the show title over a map of the entirety of Israel. PA TV and even government spokesmen often refer to all of Israel as "occupied Palestine."
PMW asserts that the PA teaches an ideology of virulent hatred of Jews and Israel that mandates the killing of Jews solely because they are Jews. The murder of Jews is presented not only as beneficial to Muslims and Arabs, but as necessary for all humankind. The above findings are based on a thorough study and analysis of eight years of official PA television and PA-controlled daily newspapers.
A detailed report entitled “Kill A Jew and Go To Heaven: A Study of the Palestinian Authority’s Promotion of Genocide" documents how this ideology of hatred has been taught consistently for years, well before the Oslo War started in September 2000, and continues even after the death of Yasser Arafat.
The lyrics to the song featured in the March 30th broadcast appear below:
O my God, hear my prayer (twice)
Here I am O Lord, alive
In your name, my God, they tortured me
In your name, my God, they banished me
In your name they exterminated
In your name they ruled.
O my God, hear my prayer
...In your name, my God, they tortured me
In your name, my God, they banished me
In your name, they destroyed
In your name they ruled.
O my God, hear my prayer
In our homes they attacked us
They threatened us with destruction
They pushed us to annihilation.
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Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reveals that a dance segment broadcast on March 30th, 2005, features a song laced with hatred of Israel, accusing the Jewish State of torturing, burning and exterminating Arabs in the name of God.
Click here for a video clip of Arab women dancing to the above song. (Translation of lyrics displayed in video.)
PA TV has for years used songs and music videos as a vehicle to impart educational messages, and has even mandated the killing of Jews as a religious necessity for Muslims.
PMW researchers Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook point out that Wednesday's show introduces a new nuance of hatred into programming under Abbas' direct control: An assertion that alleged Israeli evils are perpetrated in the name of God.
A recent report by Marcus and Crook surmises the reasoning behind the new hate theme:
"Perhaps to justify the PA's portrayal of genocide as religious necessity -- the message here is that Israel is killing Palestinians in God's name."
At the opening of the March 30th show entitled 'A Mirror of the Palestinian Heritage', a woman is seen writing the show title over a map of the entirety of Israel. PA TV and even government spokesmen often refer to all of Israel as "occupied Palestine."
PMW asserts that the PA teaches an ideology of virulent hatred of Jews and Israel that mandates the killing of Jews solely because they are Jews. The murder of Jews is presented not only as beneficial to Muslims and Arabs, but as necessary for all humankind. The above findings are based on a thorough study and analysis of eight years of official PA television and PA-controlled daily newspapers.
A detailed report entitled “Kill A Jew and Go To Heaven: A Study of the Palestinian Authority’s Promotion of Genocide" documents how this ideology of hatred has been taught consistently for years, well before the Oslo War started in September 2000, and continues even after the death of Yasser Arafat.
The lyrics to the song featured in the March 30th broadcast appear below:
O my God, hear my prayer (twice)
Here I am O Lord, alive
In your name, my God, they tortured me
In your name, my God, they banished me
In your name they exterminated
In your name they ruled.
O my God, hear my prayer
...In your name, my God, they tortured me
In your name, my God, they banished me
In your name, they destroyed
In your name they ruled.
O my God, hear my prayer
In our homes they attacked us
They threatened us with destruction
They pushed us to annihilation.
...