Palestinian TV, August 25, 2010.
Palestinian children are taught through formal and informal education to see a world in which “Palestine” exists and replaces all of Israel. In this video from Palestinian Authority television, the host of a children’s program defines the Israeli cities of Lod, Ramle, Haifa, Jaffa, and Acre as “occupied cities.”
Transcript:
TV host to girl: “You live in Jerusalem. Do you visit the 1948 occupied cities
(Israeli cities)?”
Girl (Lujayn): “I’ve been to Hebron.”
TV host: “No, Hebron is a city that we all can
enter. The occupied cities — such as Lod, Ramle, Haifa, Jaffa, Acre (all Israeli
cities) — have you visited them?”
Girl: “I’ve been to Haifa and Jaffa.”
TV host: “Tell us, are they beautiful?”
Girl: “Yes…”
TV host: “We hope all children of Palestine will be able to go to the occupied
territories, which we don’t know and have never been able to see. Personally, I have never been there.”
