Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin, September 3, 2008.
Palestinian children are taught through formal and informal education to see a
world in which the state of “Palestine” exists and replaces all of Israel. A
children’s quiz broadcast this week on Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority
television shows how thoroughly Palestinian children have absorbed this
message.
Children on the TV program routinely identified every Israeli city and landmark
as part of the State of “Palestine.” Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat are described as
Palestinian ports, the Sea of Galilee is said to be a Palestinian lake, and the area
of the Palestinian state is said to be 27,000 square kilometers.
In fact, the total area of Gaza and the West Bank totals 6,200 square
kilometers, so the only way to come up with the larger measurement is to
include undisputed Israeli territory in the calculation. The “State of Palestine” is
said to border Lebanon and the Red Sea; in fact, these are Israel’s borders.
In an unsettling reminder of the 2007 Hamas children’s TV program that used a
Mickey Mouse character to preach hatred and world Islamic domination, the
child host of this week’s PA TV (Fatah) program is sitting in front of a photo of
Mickey Mouse.
The world view of these Palestinian children is a direct result of their formal
education, which teaches them to envision a world without Israel.
The following are examples from PA schoolbooks, which teach children to
imagine a world without Israel:
“Coastal states differ in terms of their access to water sources, such as…:
states located on sea coasts with accesses to two seas, for example: Palestine
and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.”
“Palestine has a long coast facing the Mediterranean sea and a short coast on
the Gulf of Aqaba.”
“… The Tiberias Lake , in Palestine”
Following is the text of the quiz on Palestinian TV (Fatah control) of September
1, 2008:
Host: List three Palestinian ports.
(On phone) Adham: Haifa, Ashdod and Gaza.
Host: Your answer was correct…I’ll add a few. Dear friends, we have the Haifa
port, Jaffa, Ashkelon, Eilat, Ashdod & Gaza.
Host: What is the size of the state of Palestine?
(On phone) Haidar: 27,000 sq. km.
Host: Bravo!
Host: Name three countries bordering Palestine.
Boy: That’s easy.
(On phone) Muhammad: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt.
Host: The Palestinian borders overlook two important seas. What are their
names?
(On phone) Lama: The Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
Host: Congratulations, your answer is correct.
Host: What’s the name of the only sweet-water lake in Palestine?
On phone: Ayyam The Tiberias Sea .
Host: Your answer is correct.
