An internet site run by the Palestinian Authority called “El-Nakba," meaning “The Catastrophe," referring to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, has been publishing a version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the infamous, forged anti-Semitic diatribe.
The site, published in Arabic and English, is replete with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel invective, though the English site, geared to a Western audience, presents a more watered-down, gentler version of the PA’s literary tripe. The Protocols, for example, do not appear on the English web site.
According to INN reporter Haggai Huberman, the PA Elnakba web site is under the auspices of the president of the PA, the position formerly occupied by Yasser Arafat, and currently filled by Mahmoud Abbas.
The site attempts to explain to the Arabic reader that the establishment of the State of Israel and the problem of the Palestinian “refugees” is the direct outcome of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Arab, and more recently Palestinian, propaganda against the State of Israel has traditionally linked the Arab-Israeli dispute to “classic” anti-Semitism, such as publication of the infamous Protocols, which served as a mainstay of Egyptian propaganda in the 1950’s.
The Protocols have been the centerpiece of the El-Nakba site since it was last updated in May 2004, despite Abbas’ stated commitment to reduce anti-Israel incitement.