Zionist Organization of America Press Release, August 23, 2000
Yasir Arafat’s official Palestinian Authority television station is continuing to
broadcast calls for violence against Israel.
The latest information about PA Television’s incitement to violence
has been released by Palestinian Media Watch [PMW], a non-partisan media
monitoring group headed by Itamar Marcus, one of the Israeli government
representatives on the trilateral anti-incitement committee set up after
the 1998 Israel-PA Wye Accord.
Morton A. Klein, National President of the Zionist Organization of
America: “Instead of seeking peace, Arafat’s television station is openly
inciting violence against Israel and calling for the destruction of the
State of Israel. Why is the world silent in the face of these hateful
declarations? Why should the Clinton administration continue sending the
Palestinian Arabs $100-million annually?”
According to Palestinian Media Watch:
- “Kill the Jews”: On July 28, 2000, PA Television broadcast a speech by the
Islamic preacher Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Abu Halbiah, in which he proclaimed:
“The resurrection of the dead will not occur, until you battle
with the Jews and kill them!” - “War against the Jews”: On August 11, 2000, PA Television
broadcast a speech by the Islamic preacher Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Abu Halbiah, in
which he announced: “O, our Arab brothers, O our Muslim brothers, don’t
leave the Palestinians alone in their war against the Jews!” - “The end of the Zionist entity”: On August 6, 2000, PA Television broadcast
a speech by the Secretary-General of the Movement for the Islamic Struggle,
in which he declared: “The end of the Zionist entity is a Koranic necessity,
there is no place for [Israel] no matter how long it takes.”
