Tuesday, May 18, 2010

PA TV again to children: All Israel is "Palestine"


http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=2254

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

During this week's PA TV children's program Katakit ("Chicks") the children in the studio told of their visits to places in Israel - Jaffa, Haifa and the Sea of Galilee. However, following the common PA teaching, Israel's existence was not mentioned and the PA TV host included those places as all being part of the "state, Palestine."The PA TV studio displays a large map of "Palestine" that includes all of Israel. On the map are the words in English: "Explore Your Country," and in Arabic: "My country is so beautiful." The program is broadcast twice weekly.

Click to view PA TV presenting Israel as "Palestine"

The transcript of PA TV presenting Israel as "Palestine":
Host: "Do you enjoy going on trips? So show me where you've been on the map of Palestine."
Children approach the map in the studio on which all of Israel is "Palestine."
Girl points to places on map: "We went to the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret, lake in Israel) and to the Dead Sea."
Boy points on map: "Jaffa, Haifa." (Israeli cities)
Girl: "And Jericho."
Boy: "And Jenin and Nablus."
Host: "So you've visited many different places in Palestine, and that's very good. It's very good that we're always visiting new places in our state, Palestine."
[PA TV (Fatah), May 16, 2010]

The Arabic word chosen to define "Palestine" was "dawla" which means "state".

The Palestinian Authority alternates its messages between denying Israel's right to exist and denying Israel's very existence. This is one example of denying Israel's very existence, having it replaced by "the State of Palestine."

Last week Palestinian Media Watch reported that the Palestinian Authority through its controlled TV called for all Israelis to leave Israel because it is "stolen" land. That was an example of PA denying Israel's right to exist.

Comment: One thing I would like individuals to understand is that this is the constant message children get every day in the disputed territories. It is written, produced and directed by individuals receiving their orders from the PA and Fatah leadership. It is pure indoctrination and has gone on for years; it has produced more than one generation of people who believe. Furthermore any attempts by well intentioned others do not stand a chance-no videos, books, songs, actors, family members, leaders-none can shift what they have come to believe is the truth. Imagine your 3-14 year old youngsters seeing anti-America, anti-Canada etc programming every day. The local community in turn supports the shows, the evening conversations around the table are all about this misrepresentation of a people and a land. Until this incitement is outlawed, terminated and totally redesigned there is no possibility of real peace here in the region. The leaders and the world wants to get serious then challenge the PA and Fatah leadership to cease and desist this indoctrination. To do any thing else is irresponsible, unethical and inconsequential-you are being lied to by everyone who does not rise up now and demands change by the "Palestinians".

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