It is our “duty to fight” Israel “Palestine will return free, from its Sea to its River” - preacher on PA TVOfficial PA TV, broadcast of Friday prayers and a sermon by an unidentified preacher at a mosque in Nablus. Unidentified preacher: It is our duty to fight, confront, and carry out Ribat (i.e., religious conflict) in this land as much as we can. It is our duty to reject all the expressions of...May 10
Israel was planted by Western colonialismEditor in Chief Adnan Khalil: “The occupation state (i.e., Israel) can’t live without the world and without the wealthy capitalist states. It was planted by Western colonialism. It was supported and is still supported [by it]... Now, as the [American] masses have turned against these regimes, this...”Apr 30
The art of projection: PA official claims Israel holds bodies of Palestinians “hostage” for “negotiations”Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “Israelis unique in many unprecedented acts that no state on the face of the earth does. One of them, and perhaps the most criminal of them, is that it takes bodies as hostages for cheap political negotiations. This is only done by...”Apr 8
Terrorists’ blood “ignites the struggle,” “outlines the map of the homeland” – including Israeli cities “ Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Lod, and Ramle”Fatah Tubas Branch Secretary Mahmoud Sawafta: ”The Martyrs’ blood is what is igniting the revolution and the intifada, it is igniting the Palestinian national struggle. The Martyrs’ blood is the lighthouse of unity guiding us all, the compass we are following. They are outlining the map of the...”Jan 3
PA TV admits Israel warned Gaza residents prior to airstrikes on buildingsOfficial PA TV reporter: "A short while ago the Israeli occupation and its intelligence services called the owner of this tower… so that he would evacuate it… The area around this tower was evacuated, and some of the roads leading to it were blocked to protect the lives of the residents due to the..."May 18, 2021
Abbas in La La Land #1: Abbas: We “spread a culture of peace,” - Yet Fatah enters 2020 with knives, rifles, and suicide belts"We do not want violence. We do not want terror."Feb 11, 2020
Abbas in La La Land #2: Abbas: Palestinians “will never turn to violence and terror” - Yet Fatah enters 2020 with knives, rifles, and suicide belts"We are against terror and violence, regardless of its color, form, or source"Feb 11, 2020
Better to fight and die as Martyrs than to accept Trump’s deal – “We welcome death for Allah” says top PA official"We welcome death for the sake of Allah"Jan 24, 2020
Ramadan series on PA TV teaches to shoot Jews, "your enemy", and to hate themBoy taught to shoot at Jews - "the enemy" - in special Ramadan series on PA TV about Arab villageMay 7, 2019 - Jun 4, 2019(6x)
Fatah official: "Armed struggle" remains a Fatah principleOfficial PA TV News, on reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas, with Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of National Relations (i.e., between Hamas and Fatah) Azzam Al-Ahmad. Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of National Relations Azzam Al-Ahmad: "It is..."Oct 9, 2017
Girl glorifies Martyrdom-death in poem, PA TV host speaks against Martyrdom: “We must defy the occupation by clinging to life”Girl: "Muhammad, I was told that you died as a Martyr I was told that I have become the mother of a Martyr I was told that I should make cries of joy I want to make cries of joy and say: My son has succeeded My son has made me proud My son wanted to be a doctor, yes, he wanted to be a doctor I need..."Apr 15, 2017
Girl’s poem idealizes Martyrdom, but PA TV host says “We need to live for Palestine”Girl: "[Jerusalem] will yet return as long as on its land a Martyr dies each day O mother, do not cry, as your son was not born to live He was born to die as a Martyr, and thus defeat the occupiers Oh! Palestine Oh! My beloved You cry over your children, your women, your Martyrs But no! We will not..."Feb 25, 2017
Say “Zionist enemy,” not “the other side”, “freedom prisoners,” not “detainees” - a Palestinian university lecturer’s recommendations for appropriate terms to useOfficial PA TV program Palestine This Morning, interview with lecturer of philosophy and cultural studies at Birzeit University Dr. Abd Al-Rahim Al-Sheikh, on compulsory courses on Palestinian identity and the prisoners’ issue. Lecturer of philosophy and cultural studies at Birzeit University Dr...Jan 14, 2017
Human rights researcher criticizes PA media for encouraging child terrorists by presenting attackers as role modelsOfficial PA TV program The Occupied Capital (Visual: 14-year-old Muawiyah Alqam, stabbed one) Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center researcher and fieldworker Nabil Abdallah: "When children [who attempt to carry out attacks] are presented here as heroes, particularly in our media, there are..."Aug 14, 2016
Official PA TV host about danger of glorifying “Martyrs”: “We owe it to the Martyr… to praise his heroism… [But] children… begin to imagine themselves as heroes like them, and they begin to act on it”Sociologist Dr. Nader Sa’id : "The description of some of the Martyrs as if they are something legendary, the description of some of them as if they are something out of this world, and as if they are exceptional cases, gives some youth and children an unrealistic picture of what they are going to..."Dec 1, 2015
Abbas on cooperation with Israel: "We cannot confront the State of Israel - neither militarily or in any other way"“As for the Israeli government, it is causing a sharp escalation, and this is a new problem we are facing. The reason is the kidnapping of three boys near one of the settlements. Naturally, despite their [Israel’s] presence in Area C, which is not under our security control, and despite the fact...”Jun 18, 2014
Yasser Arafat calls for Jihad, struggle, and combat"Struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. Combat, combat, combat, combat. Jihad, Jihad, Jihad, Jihad."Oct 21, 1996