PA TV uses International Women’s Day to glorify female terrorists
By Itamar Marcus and Maurice Hirsch
To mark International Women's Day, PA TV broadcast an interview with the Director of the Palestinian Women's Union in Gaza, Amal Hamad.
Instead of discussing the achievements of Palestinian women or the inequality that they suffer in Palestinian society, Hamad chose to highlight that Palestinian women have played an important role in violence and terror, what she calls the "Palestinian national struggle".
Indeed, the female Palestinian murderers do enjoy a special position in Palestinian society. Terrorists Shadia Abu Ghazaleh and Dalal Mughrabi both have PA schools named after them. All the terrorist murderers she mentioned are the focus of constant attention and glorification.
Focusing the attention on the Palestinian female murderers obviously deflects attention from the real problems faced by Palestinian women. One female PA TV reporter instructed the viewers "who use beatings and violence to solve their marital problems" to "carefully read" and "obey" the Quran's "religious rules for beatings":
Although the reporter did remind viewers that "there are solutions before giving beatings," she didn't categorically reject violence against women. That this green light for violence was given in earnest is clear from other similar instructions disseminated by religious authorities on PA TV that Palestinian Media Watch has exposed.
The glorification of the female murderers on International Women's Day is easier than addressing Supreme Shari'ah Judge, PA Chairman Abbas' advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, who explained that a man is permitted to beat his wife when she is disobedient; or the Mufti of Gaza, who explained on PA TV how men should hit their wives, when the previous steps of "warning them" and "separating from them in bed" have not worked; or Academic lecturer on Islam and Mufti Sheikh Samih Hajjaj, who explained how a Palestinian man should respond if he senses that his wife is lying:
Click to view other broadcasts on PA TV relating to women's rights and position in Palestinian society documented by Palestinian Media Watch.