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| Libels |
Since the Palestinian Authority was established it has systematically indoctrinated young and old to hate Israelis and Jews. Using media, education, and cultural structures that it controls, the PA has actively promoted religious hatred, demonization, conspiracy libels, etc. These are packaged to present Israelis and Jews as endangering Palestinians, Arabs, and all humanity. This ongoing campaign has so successfully instilled hatred that fighting, murder and even suicide terror against Israelis and Jews are seen by the majority of Palestinians as justified self-defense and as Allah’s will.
Throughout history bogus conspiracy accusations have been used to incite hatred, violence, and mass murder. The myriad conspiracy libels concerning Israel, Israelis and Jews are an integral part of the Palestinian Authority’s ongoing hate promotion. PA libels claim that Israel conspires to infect Palestinians with AIDS, spread drug addiction, conspired and successfully murdered Arafat, and more. The PA’s goal has been to inculcate hatred to the degree that fighting and murdering Jews and Israelis will be glorified as heroic self-defense. |
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| Libel: Israel to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque |
Both Fatah and Hamas have generated and sustained religious hatred by disseminating the libel that Israel is attempting to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque. With close to 100% of Palestinians identifying themselves as believing Muslims, this claim is highly
inflammatory and is often combined with the call to “defend Al-Aqsa” from the Jews. The Al-Aqsa libel includes numerous fabrications: Israel was behind a mosque fire in 1969; Israel is currently digging under the mosque in order to topple it; Israel plans to replace it with a new Temple; Israel is preparing a missile attack on the mosque, and more. This libel has been actively promoted since 1998.
This Hamas TV cartoon video depicts demonic Jews digging under the mosque in an attempt to topple it.
The following are more examples of the Al-Aqsa libel: |
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PA religious leader warns of Israeli plots to destroy Al-Aqsa
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 1, 2010
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| “Former Supreme Religious Justice and Chairman of the Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem and the Holy Places, Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Al-Tamimi, warned of a plan by the occupation authorities… the so-called Jerusalem Municipality and extremist Jewish groups, to Judaize the Islamic neighborhood adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque… He emphasized that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line, and that Muslims are forbidden to remain silent in the face of steps to destroy it and to Judaize the city of Jerusalem, since it is part of the faith of the Muslim nation, according to a Divine command from beyond the seven firmaments… He called upon our Palestinian people wherever they are to come [to the Mosque] in order to pray in it, to halt the plots that are being hatched against it, and not to allow extremist Jewish groups, who seek to establish the alleged Temple in its place, to rule over it.” |
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Israeli army preparing for attack of Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 22, 2010
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| “The Al-Aqsa Institute for Religious Trusts and Heritage said yesterday, in an urgent announcement that it publicized, that vast and diverse forces of the occupation army are holding extensive training in what appears to be preparation for large-scale events that will take place at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Teams from the Al-Aqsa Institute visited the [training] site, located in the Ben-Shemen forest. The Al-Aqsa Institute teams noted concentrations of large forces of the Israeli army and police, and vehicles belonging to the Special Forces. Inside what resembled a camp, they had built a model of the Dome of the Rock, and alongside it a model of the alleged Temple... Spokesman for the Islamic Movement in the Palestinian Interior [PA euphemism for Israel], Adv. Zahi Nujidat, said in response: ‘It is no secret that the Israeli establishment dreams day and night of building the alleged Temple in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. On the ground, the said establishment is causing actual damage to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and this ‘training’ exposes the ideas, the intentions and the foundations behind the plots that are being fashioned against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the corridors of the Israeli establishment.” |
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Preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque: Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque subject to "Israeli massacre"
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 21, 2010
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| “Sheikh Dr. Yousuf Jum’a Salameh, preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque... denounced the new Israeli plan aimed at changing the features of the Al-Buraq square (i.e., the Western Wall square) in the holy city. He stated that the city of Jerusalem as a whole, and the area of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in particular, are being subjected to an Israeli massacre aimed at changing the facts and falsifying history.” |
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Israel wants control over Al-Aqsa in order to establish "alleged Temple"
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 20, 2010
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Secretary of the Fatah Jerusalem office, Omar Shadi:
“They [Israel/the Jews] are trying to seize control first of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and also to establish their alleged Temple, claiming that Al-Aqsa was built upon its ruins, and this throughout history has been a false matter and a fictitious matter.”
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PA TV: Extremist Jews plan to invade Al-Aqsa courtyard
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 20, 2010
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| ”Extremist Jews persist in their efforts to invade the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the pretext of the so-called anniversary of the destruction of the alleged Temple.” |
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Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine voices Al-Aqsa libel
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 9, 2010
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PA TV talk show Good Morning Jerusalem, interview with the Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Muhammad Hussein:
”They [the Israelis] – in fact, I can say quite unequivocally – are forging history, forging culture, stealing that which exists and attributing it completely to themselves...
We want to say that the Al-Buraq Wall [the Western Wall] is the western wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it is an integral part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as was determined by an international committee [Shaw Report on the 1929 riots], which declared that this wall is a religious trust and an Islamic asset, and part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and did not show any right – of either the Jews or others – to this wall. Rather, it is a religious trust and an Islamic asset, part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At the same time, they have made changes, and completely destroyed the Mughrabi Gate neighborhood [today the Western Wall Plaza]... This was meant to rid the region of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order that afterwards it would be easier to carry out plans related to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, whether destruction of the mosque or the imposition of a new reality at the mosque, in order to build a synagogue or a temple.”
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Former PA PM: Israeli excavations put Al-Aqsa in danger of collapse
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 2, 2010
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Former PA Prime Minister, Ahmad Qurei (Abu Alaa):
"Qurei added that the greatest catastrophe threatening the peace endeavor, and the region as a whole, is the excavation that Israel has carried out, and continues to carry out, under the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and the fact that [Israel] continues in its illegal activity in attempting to build the alleged Temple in the place of one of the most important holy places in Muslim history and in Muslim life as a whole.”
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PA Mufti: Israel's "terrifying plans" are a danger to Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 26, 2010
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| "Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine… in the Friday sermon and prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday, called attention to the dangers facing the Al-Aqsa Mosque: the threats and plans of the enemies of Allah (i.e., the Jews), who have violated all faith and religious laws, and even deviated from their humanity. He said that anyone looking at the situation in Jerusalem realizes that Israeli occupation plans, which are being carried out under cover of darkness and [even] in public in many instances, and in a reprehensible assault which aims to harm the holy places, the inhabitants, the land, the people, the stones and the trees, and is directed and clearly aspires to carrying out ethnic cleansing and the uprooting of our people, who are carrying out Ribat (religious war), girding themselves with patience, and remaining resolute in this city and in the other districts of the homeland… He pointed out that the occupation authorities are vigorously embarking on carrying out scary, terrifying plans, directed towards the respected plaza of the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall), which represents part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and is an Islamic trust for Muslims alone.” |
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PA Mufti: Israel's Judaization of Western Wall threatens Al-Aqsa
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 14, 2010
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| "The honorable Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine and preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, met yesterday with the ambassador to Palestine of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Yasser Othman. The meeting concerned recent developments in the Palestinian sphere, especially the repeated [Israeli] violations against the holy places, foremost among them the Al-Aqsa Mosque… The Mufti warned of implementation of the plans for Judaization of the Al-Buraq Wall (the Western Wall), aimed at turning it into a center for the Jewish nation.” |
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PA Mufti: Israel plans to build "alleged Temple" on Al-Aqsa ruins
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 22, 2010
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Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine:
"First and foremost [of the plans for occupation and aggression] is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, whose existence angers the extremist enemies [Israel] who call for the alleged Temple to be built upon its ruins." |
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Official PA daily repeats claim that Israel has policy to build the "alleged Temple" at the expense of Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 18, 2010
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Headline: “Model of the alleged Temple welcomes arrivals to the Ben Gurion airport in Israel”
“The [Israeli-Arab] Al-Aqsa Institute for Islamic Trusts and Heritage announced yesterday that there is a national and religious Jewish consensus concerning the building of the alleged Temple at the expense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and that all the events taking place and the escalating statements show that the Israeli establishment seeks to attain its strategic aim of building the alleged Temple at the expense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and is enlisting all its capabilities in order to achieve this aim…
It noted that even if there is a division of roles [among Israeli institutions], the aim [of the policy] remains the same – the building of a fabled and alleged Temple at the expense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Al-Aqsa Institute quoted the editor-in-chief of the ‘Palestinians of ’48 (i.e., Israeli Arabs) website, Abd Al-Mun’im Fuad, who, on his recent return from a trip to Germany, caught sight of a large model of the ‘Second Temple’ which had been placed at the center of the international arrivals hall at the Ben Gurion international airport…
Inscriptions in Hebrew and English say that this model depicts the city of Jerusalem during the ‘Second Temple’ period, and that it is already on display in the so-called ‘Israel Museum’ in Jerusalem.”
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PLO youth magazine accuses Jews of desecrating Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Zayzafuna magazine, May 1, 2010
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“As a show of solidarity with our beloved Al-Aqsa [Mosque], the girls of Deir Sudan school held… activities expressing condemnation and anger over the actions of the Jews – desecration of Al-Aqsa and the construction of a Jewish synagogue in proximity to it, and a search for the alleged Temple under the foundations of Al-Aqsa. The students expressed their anger and sorrow over what is happening…”
Note: Zayzafuna is a PLO magazine for children funded by the PA. The magazine, which includes material written by both the magazine’s staff and child readers, represents the values of the educators and serves as a window into the minds of the Palestinian children submitting material to the magazine. PMW’s book Deception includes a chapter on Zayzafuna. Following PMW’s exposure of Hitler glorification in the February 2011 issue, UNESCO halted it’s funding of the magazine. View UNESCO’s statement and PMW's bulletin on the December 2011 issue of the magazine. |
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PA Libel: Israel tried to burn down Al-Aqsa in 1969
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Mar. 5, 2010
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 Text on top: "Israeli aggression against the holy places."
Text in middle: "And on Aug. 21, 1969, the Jew Dennis Michael set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with the support of the Jewish government, which cut off the water supply from the neighborhoods close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to delay the operations to extinguish [the fire]."
Text on bottom: "Aggression against the holy places - the occupation: a long history of defiling and desecrating that which is sacred." |
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Israel is eating away at the foundations of Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Al-Fateh.net - Hamas Website, Nov. 1, 2009
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 Text on wall: “Foundations of Al-Aqsa Mosque”
Text on cat: “The Islamic nation”
The mice marked with Stars of David represent Israel. The mice eat away at the foundations of Al-Aqsa Mosque while the Islamic nation, depicted as a sleeping cat, continues to sleep. |
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PA MP: Jewish extremists seek to establish camp on Al-Aqsa's grounds
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 10, 2009
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| “Hatem Abd Al-Qader [Member of Parliament and Fatah's Revolutionary Council] said that Israel is trying to turn Jerusalem into a religious capital for all Jews in the world… and noted that many of the Jews took tents along with them in the course of their attempt to enter the plazas of the Al-Aqsa Mosque… This testifies to an attempt by the extremists to establish a large camp within the Mosque’s open areas, in order to seize control over it." |
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The Jews, sons of apes and pigs, destroy Al-Aqsa
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Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Oct. 9, 2009
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Friday prayer and sermon, unidentified Hamas speaker:
"Today we look at Al-Aqsa as it sighs beneath the yoke of the Jews, beneath the yoke of the sons of apes and pigs, brothers of apes and pigs. Destroy the Jews and their helpers." Click here to view |
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PA MP: Jerusalem residents obliged to wage religious war
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Oct. 4, 2009
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Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Minister of Religious Affairs:
"It is the duty of the residents of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of Palestine – anyone who is able to get to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, must get there! And they are obligated to wage Ribat (religious war defending Islamic land), and to be present at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to defend it and to demonstrate that [Al-Aqsa] is exclusively Muslim!" |
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PA Chief Justice of Religious Court: Al-Aqsa desecrated, transformed into synagogue
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Oct. 4, 2009
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Dr. Tayseer Al-Tamimi, PA Chief Justice of Religious Court, and Chairman of Supreme Council of Islamic Law:
"With great sorrow I announce to the entire world that the worrying silence of the nation is what is encouraging the occupation [Israel] to carry out its plans against Al-Aqsa. Where are the peoples of the Islamic nation? The Al-Aqsa Mosque is currently subject to domination and desecration and transformation into a synagogue. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of your tradition! Where are you? Act! What has happened to you? Are you deluded? Indeed, the matter is exceedingly dangerous and this silence, this avoidance of action – popular, political or diplomatic – is what is encouraging it." |
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Advisor to PA Prime Minister: Israel works day and night beneath and above Al-Aqsa
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Sept. 29, 2009
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Omar Al-Ghoul, advisor to PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad on national affairs:
[Asserts that the activities of the "Ateret Kohanim" and "Temple Mount Faithful" organizations in Jerusalem are supported by] "the extreme right-wing government in Israel, which acts day and night, beneath and above the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and within the Old City and its environs, to Judaize the city and to change its landmarks for the sake of actions of the settlement [enterprise] which appropriates all the villages and towns in the West Bank.
Israel is an enemy. Israel is an enemy, occupying, thieving state, a racist, fascist state above the law, a state that does all that it can and invents means to defend its nefarious, aggressive, colonialist plan.
The world has to know and to take note of Israel's crimes, starting with the theft and trade in organs of Palestinian Shahids (Martyrs). The organs of approximately 69 Shahids were stolen. Likewise, the Goldstone report and other reports clearly indicate Israeli crimes." |
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