Algemeiner: Spike in PA incitement (exposed by PMW) led to Jerusalem violence
Reports: Palestinian TV, Social Media, Press
Flooded With Incitement to Violence Against Jews
Flooded With Incitement to Violence Against Jews
by Dave Bender
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| IDF soldier beheading Dome of the Rock. Image: PMW |
Days after the broadcasts, in the midst of severe Arab rioting and attacks against Jews in many areas of Jerusalem, a Hamas terrorist rammed a car onto a light rail station platform, killing two people, one of them an infant, and wounding seven others.
The video clip shows PA President Mahmoud Abbas, in a speech from October 17th, calling for Palestinians to prevent “in any way” Jews from going to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, according to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW)…
However, in the video, Abbas said that the presence of Jews “defiles” the Islamic holy site and must prevented “in any way.” According to PMW, “expressions like ‘in any way’ and ‘using all means’ are common PA euphemisms for various degrees of violence and terror.”
In the video clip, Abbas proclaimed that “It’s not enough for us to say: ‘There are those carrying out Ribat” (religious conflict / war over land claimed to be Islamic). We must all carry out Ribat in the Al-Aqsa [Mosque]. It’s not enough for us to say: ‘The settlers have arrived [at the Mosque].’ They have come, and they must not come to the Sanctuary (i.e., Temple Mount).
“We have to prevent them, in any way whatsoever, from entering the Sanctuary,” Abbas said. “This is our Sanctuary, our Al-Aqsa and our Church [of the Holy Sepulchre]. They have no right to enter it. They have no right to defile it. We must prevent them. Let us stand before them with chests bared to protect our holy places,” the PA chief said, according to a broadcast aired on official PA TV between October 17 and 19…
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| Fatah FB page. Image: PMW |
Meanwhile, the official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, joined in the hatefest, and on October 10th, published a cartoon showing an Israeli soldier “beheading” the Dome of the Rock with a sword.
PMW also noted that PA TV has twice broadcast a documentary film on the city, which shows Jews praying at the Western Wall, calling them “sin and filth.”
[http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/10/28/reports-palestinian-tv-social-media-press-flooded-with-incitement-to-violence-against-jews-video/]