But deep down, they really, really want peace. “PA daily demonizes Israel as ‘a country whose aim is destruction and ruin of humanity,'” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, December 28:
The PA continues to demonize and incite hatred of Israel. An article in the official PA daily described Israel this way:
Israel is a country –
“whose aim is destruction and ruin of humanity”
“which disseminates destruction, ruin and weapons in the world”
“which acts to kill nations, to threaten them and to occupy their land”
“which acts to disseminate the culture of hatred and racism among human beings”This article appeared in the sports section of the official PA daily in an article about Qatar being chosen as host of World Cup in 2022. Israel was presented as the example of evil in the world in contrast to Qatar’s excellence.
The article also denied the legitimacy of Israel’s existence when it labeled the Israeli Carmel Mountains “the occupied Palestinian Carmel Mountains.”…