Israeli hostages are treated “very well”; Israeli prisons are worse than “Nazi detention/prison camps” – Palestinian Authority TV
Commentator on PA TV:
"Our prisoners... are living in difficult conditions that the captives of the peoples of Europe did not experience in the Nazi detention /prison camps in World War II"
"The Israeli prisoners and captives in the Gaza Strip, I think they are treating them very well"
The Palestinian Authority continues its odious campaign to demonize Israel and whitewash Palestinian atrocities. PA TV trumpets libels of Israel that are echoed by organizations such as Amnesty International while casting Israel as a Nazi-like regime. This despicable distortion abuses the memory of the Holocaust in order to vilify Israel on the global stage.
The lie that Hamas is "treating [hostages] very well" flies in the face of the reality of Hamas torturing and murdering hostages. It also completely ignores Hamas' use of psychological torture, such as coercing the hostages into making videos. One such video, that of Matan Zangauker, was released just earlier this week and is meant to torment the hostages' families and all of Israeli society:
Commentator As'ad Al-Awiwi: "We as Palestinians, as a Palestinian leadership, and as Palestinian non-governmental organizations dealing with human rights that have close connections with the international organizations and institutions – we must not despair but continue taking action, because our cause is just, and because our prisoners and captives – the best of our people – are living in difficult conditions that the captives of the peoples of Europe did not experience in the Nazi detention camps in World War II… Even the Israeli prisoners and captives (hostages) in the Gaza Strip, I think they are treating them very well, even though the one who is holding them captive is not a government but Palestinian organizations."
[Official PA TV, Nov. 26, 2024]
This dual revision—depicting Palestinian terrorists as oppressed on par with Holocaust victims, while casting Hamas as the benevolent one treating hostages "very well"—is a particularly vile attempt to turn history on its head.