But remember: those who call attention to this and resist it are the ones guilty of “hate.” “Ramadan Broadcasts ‘Rife with Anti-Semitic Themes,'” by Rachel Hirshfeld for Israel National News, August 6 (thanks to Lachlan):
Many of the popular television specials airing across the Muslim and Arab world during the month of Ramadan are “rife with anti-Semitic themes and expressions of hatred for Israel”…
While anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and anti-Israel plot lines are common themes in the Arab media, there is an upsurge of such programming during Ramadan, when satellite television viewership increases….
For example, the Ashab il-Sabt bi-weekly show aired by Ar-Rahma, a Salafist channel based in Egypt, features an anti-Semitic professor, allegedly a specialist in Hebrew literature, who uses the show as a podium for propagate conspiracy theories from “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” and other hateful theories about Judaism.
Firqat Naji Attalah, a nightly series that is widely aired throughout the Middle East, depicts Israelis in classic anti-Semitic fashion and gives audiences “the sweetest jokes about the “˜cheap Jew,– according to the MBC network, which is broadcasting the show throughout the Middle East.
Another Ramadan favorite, the Il Hukm Ba’d il Muzawla Candid Camera-style show, which airs on the Egypt-based An-Nahar TV, similarly provokes irrational and blatantly anti-Semitic reactions from its audience. Some guests have brutally beaten the staff after they were led to believe the staff members of the show were Jewish.
In addition, the Hizbullah-operated Al-Manar channel is playing a series called “Al Ghalibun,” which depicts Israelis as cruel invaders of Lebanon and glorifies terrorism against Israel….