PA TV teaches kids to stay refugees: "From generation to generation, there is no alternative to the return"

PA TV teaches kids to stay refugees: “From generation to generation, there is no alternative to the return”

Text on drawing: "The 70th anniversary of the Nakba. From generation to generation, there is no alternative to the return and Jerusalem."

Song performed by Fairuz: "We shall return though time passes by and distances grow between us."

Text on screen: "From generation to generation, there is no alternative to the return and Jerusalem."

PA TV narrator: "Our return is certain, and Jerusalem is the eternal capital of our state."

[Official PA TV, Numerous times daily since May 10, 2018]

Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day on May 15, the day after the establishment of Israel. On May 15, 1948, combined forces from Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq joined local Arab forces in an attempt to eradicate the newly established State of Israel. The Nakba (Arabic = catastrophe) refers to the establishment of Israel, and the subsequent defeat in the war, including the killing and displacement of Arab civilians that occurred during the war.

Visual: A drawing is shown of an elderly woman embracing a man wearing a keffiyeh (Arab headdress); the man is carrying a small child, who is holding a key symbolizing “the right of return” of the Palestinian refugees. The child is raising his hand while making a “V” for victory with his fingers. Video is shown of the hand of an elderly man passing some keys symbolizing “the right of return” to the hand of a child. Images are shown of the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City and the Dome of the Rock.