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"Palestine" replaces Israel

PA depicts a world without Israel

The Palestinian Authority makes no attempt to educate its people towards peace and coexistence with Israel. On the contrary, from every possible platform it repeatedly rejects Israel's right to exist, presents the conflict as a religious battle for Islam, depicts the establishment of Israel as an act of imperialism, and perpetuates a picture of the Middle East, both verbally and visually, in which Israel does not exist at all. Israel's destruction is said to be both inevitable and a Palestinian obligation.

The following description of Israel's founding in a Palestinian schoolbook represents the dominant dogma about Israel:

"Palestine’s war ended with a catastrophe that is unprecedented in history, when the Zionist gangs stole Palestine … and established the State of Israel."
[Arabic Language, Analysis, Literature and Criticism, grade 12, p. 104]

This official PA map of "Palestine,” depicting Palestinian rule over all of Israel, was used in an official PA TV public service ad that ran daily for 3 months, Oct. – Dec. 2007. Similar maps presenting all of Israel as "Palestine" appear in Palestinian schoolbooks and are shown regularly on PATV.

"Palestine" replaces Israel

The Palestinian Authority paints a picture - both verbally and visually - of a world in which Israel does not exist. Children’s educational TV teaches that Palestine currently is a "state" (Arabic "dawla" = state) covering 27,000 sq. km - i.e., an area that includes all of Israel (the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip total only 6220 sq. km). Moreover, all Israel’s cities and infrastructure are referred to as "Palestinian": “Palestinian ports ... [are] Haifa, Jaffa, Ashkelon, Eilat, Ashdod, and Gaza". [PA TV (Fatah), Sept. 1 2008].

Maps provide visual reinforcement for this perception: Israel does not exist on any map; its area is marked as "Palestine." Maps showing the entire area of Israel covered with the Palestinian flag are routinely displayed at official PA events.

This educational documentary, depicting all parts of Israel as “Palestine," has been broadcast repeatedly on PA TV (Fatah) from 2007 – June 21, 2010:

“The West Bank and Gaza have another section in Palestine which is the Palestinian coast that spreads along the [Mediterranean] sea, from …Ashkelon in the south up to Haifa, in the Carmel Mountains. Haifa is a well-known Palestinian port. [Haifa] enjoyed a respected status among Arabs and Palestinians especially before it fell to the ‘occupation’ [Israel] in 1948. To its north, we find Acre. East of Acre, we reach a city with history and importance, the city of Tiberias, near a famous lake, the lake of Tiberias [Kinneret- sea of Galilee]. Jaffa, an ancient coastal city, is the bride of the sea, and Palestine’s gateway to the world.”

Palestinian TV turns Israeli cities into Palestinian cities

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 30, 2010

TV host: “Let’s all listen to our friend reciting the poem.
Jinan, 8-year old girl:
     “I swear to you, my homeland,
     I swear to you, my homeland,
     that I shall not forget
     Beit Shean, Acre and Tiberias.
     How can I forget Lod or Ramle?
     How can I forget golden Jaffa?" [Note: All are Israeli cities] Click here to view

PA Crossword: Acre is Palestinian city

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), June 27, 2010

Clue: "Palestinian city"
Solution: "Acre" (Israeli city)

PA TV quiz erases Israel: Haifa, Nazareth are Palestinian, "Palestine" is 27,000 sq. km

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 25, 2010

TV host: "[True or false:] The Palestinian coast is 335 km long.
Palestine Polytechnic team – your answer was correct.
The answer is 'false.' It's 235 km.
[Note: 235 km is distance from southern Gaza to Israel's northernmost point.]
[True or false:] The Palestinian city known as "the Chamomile of Palestine" is Haifa.
The answer is 'false.'
[Correct answer is] Nazareth.
[Note: Nazareth is an Israeli city.]
Here is a simple question.
The area of Palestine is:
1. 27,000 sq.km.
2. 51,000 sq. km.
3. 81,000 sq. km."
Student: "The answer is 27,000 sq. km."
TV host: "Of course, we should all know the area of Palestine. 27,000 sq. km.
That is the correct answer."
[Note: 27,000 sq. km. includes the area of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.] Click here to view

PA TV documentary teaches that Israeli cities and sites are Palestinian

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 21, 2010

PA TV educational documentary:
"The West Bank and Gaza have another section in Palestine which is the Palestinian coast that spreads along the [Mediterranean] sea, from ...Ashkelon in the south, until Haifa, in the Carmel Mountains. Haifa is a well-known Palestinian port. [Haifa] enjoyed a high status among Arabs and Palestinians especially before it fell to the occupation [Israel] in 1948. To its north, we find Acre. East of Acre, we reach a city with history and importance, the city of Tiberias, near a famous lake, the Sea of Galilee. Jaffa, an ancient coastal city, is the bride of the sea, and Palestine's gateway to the world." Click here to view
Note: This documentary was broadcast on PA TV on June 21, 2010, and dozens of time 2007 - 2009.

Result of PA education: Student says "Palestine" is 27,000 sq. km

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 11, 2010

The Stars - competition between Palestinian universities:
Competition host: "[A question on] general knowledge. The question reads: The size of Jordan is:
1. 30,000 sq. km.
2. 60,000 sq. km.
3. 90,000 sq. km."
Representative of Bethlehem University: "90,000 sq. km."
Host: "90,000 sq. km. What's worrying your [team's] advisor?"
Bethlehem University student: "We disagree about the figure. [Explains his calculation:] It [Jordan] is larger than Palestine. Palestine is 27,000 sq. km. (includes the area of all of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza), and it [Jordan] is approximately 3 times larger than Palestine - i.e., 90,000 sq. km."
Host: "That's a logical analysis. Let's see if the answer is also logical. The answer is in fact correct, and it is 90,000 sq. km." Click here to view

EU logo used in PA TV quiz denying Israel's existence

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 27, 2010

On the screen the following question appears, and is read out:

"A Palestinian coastal city is:
1. Ramallah
2. Bethlehem
3. Haifa

Send answers to the number that appears on the screen and win $500."
Note: The Israeli city Haifa is the only coastal city of the three. Click here to view

PA crossword: Jaffa is Palestinian city

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), May 20, 2010

Clue: “Palestinian city.”
Solution: “Jaffa.”

Note: Jaffa is a city in Israel.

PLO introduces Israeli Arab MP as "our representative within the '48 territories"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 17, 2010

Israeli Arab MP Dr. Jamal Zahalka, introduced at PLO rally commemorating 62nd anniversary as: "Our representative within the '48 territories":
"We want the women of Ramallah, who were harmed in the Nakba –greetings to them – to return, and I mean to Jaffa, to Haifa, to Lod, to Ramle and to all the cities of Palestine… I want you to know that you have family in Jaffa, that you have family in Lod, in Ramle, in Haifa, and in Acre. Those who keep the flame, those who have preserved the identity of the land. They are the remaining remnant, and living testimony that Jaffa is a Palestinian Arab [city], and that Lod and Ramle are Palestinian Arab [cities], and likewise concerning Haifa and Acre… We are facing a Zionist plan that divides our people… We oppose and do not submit to this division, and emphasize the unity of our Palestinian people: a single entity, a single nation, a single memory, a single fate, and a single future for a single nation – the nation of Palestine.”

PA TV kids' program: Jaffa and Haifa are in "State of Palestine"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 16, 2010

PA TV Host: "Do you enjoy going on trips? So show me where you've been on the map of Palestine."
Girl: "We went to the Sea of Gallilee and to the Dead Sea."
Boy: "Jaffa, Haifa (Israeli cities)."
Girl: "And Jericho."
Boy: "And Jenin and Nablus."
PA TV 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." Click here to view

PA crossword: Mount Meron is in Palestine

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Mar. 6, 2010

Clue: “The highest mountain in Palestine, overlooking the city of Safed.”
Solution: “Mount Meron.”

Note: Mount Meron, overlooking the city of Safed, is located in Israel.

PA TV kids' host: All of Israel is "occupied"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 26, 2010

PA TV kids' TV host, Walaa:
"Soon, if it works out, we will be among you [Israeli Arabs] in the 1948 terriroties [i.e. Israel] the occupied territories. Our friends from the 1948 territories - the occupied territories - they write wanting us [to broadcast] there with them. Many of them have come here, trying to be friends [of the program] and they are truly dear friends and regular [viewers]. There are also [some] from Lod [Israeli city] and also Ahmad from Nazareth [Israeli city] and there are so many. There's Adnan from Be'er Sheva [Israeli city]. Dear [Israeli Arab] children: We will definitely always remain in contact with you, because you have the right, and this program is definitely yours too, just as it belongs to every Palestinian child, since you are part of occupied Palestine." Click here to view

PA crossword: Acre is city in Palestine

Source: Al-Ayyam, Feb. 2, 2010

Clue: “A city in Palestine.”
Solution: “Acre.”

Note: Acre is a city in Israel.

PA geography schoolbooks present world without Israel

Source: Physical Geography and Human Geography, Grade 12, Jan. 1, 2010

Israeli geography is presented as the geography of Palestine:
"Coastal states differ in terms of their access to water sources, such as...: states located on sea coasts with accesses to two seas, for example: Palestine and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea."
[Physical Geography and Human Geography, Grade 12, p. 105]

Similar examples:
"Palestine has a long coast facing the Mediterranean sea and a short coast on the Gulf of Aqaba."
[Health and Environment Studies, Grade 8 p. 130]

"The Tiberias Lake [Sea of Galilee], in Palestine."
[Physical Geography, Grade 5, p. 25]

Note: These schoolbooks have been in use since 2006.

PA crossword: Jaffa is "port in Palestine"

Source: Al-Ayyam, Oct. 10, 2009

Clue 6 (horizontal): “A port in Palestine.”
Solution: “Jaffa.”

Note: Jaffa is a port in Israel.

PA crossword: Lod is occupied Palestinian city

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Oct. 2, 2009

Clue 4 (horizontal and vertical): “Occupied Palestinian city – 1948.”
Solution: “Lod.”

Note: Lod is a city in Israel.

PA crossword: Jaffa is "port in Palestine"

Source: Al-Ayyam, Sept. 25, 2009

Clue: “A port in Palestine.”
Solution: “Jaffa.”

Note: Jaffa is a port in Israel.

Israeli city Lod is "occupied Palestine"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Sept. 22, 2009

Child: "I'm from Palestine."
Host: "From where in Palestine? We're all from Palestine."
Child: "I'm from Lod [Israeli city]."
Host: "Oh, Lod is a very, very beautiful city. Anyone who goes there is so lucky! Do you really go in and out of Lod [from the PA to Israel]?"
Child: "But they [Israelis] have occupied it."
Host: "You mean you are from Lod, but you live here [in Ramallah]. Never mind, my dear. Allah willing, the day will come when we will return to Lod and to all the areas they have occupied." Click here to view

PA TV: Jaffa, Acre and Tiberias are "Palestine"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 30, 2009

Host reads clue: “There's a Palestinian city whose walls are very high and strong, and Napoleon, whom we all know, stopped his battle, because he was unable [to breach] the solid walls. Which city is it, Jaffa, Acre or Tiberias?”
Child: “Acre.”
Host: “Applause, bravo!” Click here to view

PA TV: Haifa, Jaffa and Acre are "Palestine"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 26, 2009

Host reads clue: “Where is Palestine's most important port, in Haifa, Jaffa or Acre?”
Child: “Jaffa.”
Host: “Is it correct?” [Checks computer.]
Host: “Bravo!” Click here to view

Israeli cities, Jaffa, Haifa, Tiberias, etc., are "Palestine"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 16, 2009

PA TV educational documentary, broadcast dozens of times 2007-2009:
“The Palestinian coast that spreads along the [Mediterranean] sea, from… Ashkelon in the south, until Haifa, in the Carmel Mountains. Haifa is a well-known Palestinian port. [Haifa] enjoyed a high status among Arabs and Palestinians especially before it fell to the ‘occupation’ [Israel] in 1948. To its north, we find Acre. East of Acre, we reach a city with history and importance, the city of Tiberias, near a famous lake, the lake of Tiberias [Kinneret- Sea of Galilee]. Jaffa, an ancient coastal city, is the bride of the sea, and Palestine’s gateway to the world.” Click here to view

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