More hubris from Islam. Via Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin – October 2, 2007 by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook: One of the defining principles of Hamas and the Islamic Brotherhood is their insistence that the only truth is Islam and that the world is destined to be enlightened only when ruled by Islam. A similar Islamic supremacist ideology was expressed recently in an article by a Palestinian Authority religious leader who was appointed last year by Mahmoud Abbas as member of the Supreme Fatwa Council: “Muslims are masters of the world, its leaders and teachers, even if the West rejects
Read More +From Palestinian Media Watch: The Palestinian Authority continues a long tradition of celebrating the 2001 World Trade Center terror attacks by publishing cartoons in its official daily that glorify Osama Bin Laden and the attacks, or mock the suffering of the U.S. This year’s cartoon shows Bin Laden smiling while making the “V” for victory sign with two fingers in the shape of the burning Twin Towers. The PA daily that published the cartoon, Al Hayat Al Jadida, is owned by the PA and controlled by the office of Mahmoud Abbas. The only text on this cartoon is “Exclusive to
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Who are the true Muslims? Hamas and Fatah accuse each other of defiling Islam, by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook. From Palestinian Media Watch (PMW): A striking sign of the growing influence of Islam in Palestinian society is that Fatah and Hamas are each positioning themselves as defenders of Islam, while accusing the other of defiling the religion. The latest accusations are made in two Palestinian videos, one produced by Fatah and the other by Hamas, broadcast on their respective TV stations. Hamas goes so far as to imply that members of Fatah are Infidels. Both sides have chosen to
Read More +VISIT PMW VIDEO ARCHIVESIncitement of children to Shahada Teaching hatred with music Children as combatants in PA ideology Denying Israel’s right to exist Hamas in its own words Support for terrorism Understanding Shahada Mothers joy at sons’ Shahada Hatred of America and the West Holocaust denial Clarifying history Arab world TV
Read More +The latest episode of a popular Hamas children’s TV show features its main character cruelly swinging cats by their tails and throwing stones at caged lions in the Gaza zoo. The episode of Tomorrow’s Pioneers features a costumed adult playing Nahool the Bee at the zoo, tormenting domestic cats and lions. The lions become so enraged by the abuse that one of them repeatedly tries to attack Nahool. Every time Nahool swings a cat by the tail, an act that can cause permanent physical and behavior problems for the animal, children can be heard bursting into laughter.Ironically, the decision to
Read More +PATV Archives -TV/Video Library Topics: Suicide Terrorists Farewell Videos Topic I:Hamas in its own words Topic II:Teaching Hatred via Music Videos and Culture Topic III:Children are Combatants in PA ideology Topic IV: Denying Israel’s Right to Exist and Anticipating its Destruction Topic V:PA Indoctrination of Children to Aspire Death for Allah – Shahada Topic VI:PA inciting to Genocide of Suicide Terror Topic VII: Understanding Shahada – Death for Allah and Jihad Topic VIII: Mothers Express Joy at Son’s Death for Allah Topic IX: Clarifying History Topic X:Holocaust Denial Topic XI:Hatred of the United States and the West Topic XII:Arab world
Read More +At the end of 2006, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Higher Education introduced new 12th grade schoolbooks, written by the Center for Developing the Palestinian Curricula. The center is comprised of Palestinian educators appointed by the Fatah governments of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, and directed by Dr. Naim Abu Al-Humos, former PA Minister of Higher Education, appointed in 2002. The center is backed by foreign funding, with special thanks to Belgium noted in the new schoolbooks. Before the year 2000, the schoolbooks used in the Palestinian Authority were primarily Jordanian and Egyptian books, republished by the PA.Between 2000
Read More +Via INN. In a bulletin released on Tuesday, Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook of the Palestinian Media Watch organization, report on a Palestinian Authority journalist who wrote about the “death culture” in Gaza. Contrary to the implication of the PA journalist’s article, however, the PMW analysts point out that the yearning for death is not limited to Hamas and has been inculcated primarily by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s ruling Fatah organization. Click here to read the full story.
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