Attn: Ben Harris, News Editor. JTA
When Abbas was at the UN, JTA chose to run a headline which took Abbas’s declarations for peace at face value: “Abbas to U.S. Jews: Culture for peace better now than in 2000s”
http://www.jta.org/2013/09/24/news-opinion/united-states/abbas-to-u-s-jews-culture-for-peace-better-now-than-in-2000s
Since that time, our agency has provided JTA with a series of proclamations that have emanated from the PBC, which operates under the direct control of Abbas, which contradict any sense of a “culture of peace”.
Source of the research for this reportage of PBC output is www.PalWatch.org.
These PBC statements include:
Fatah: Suicide bombers are “Palestine’s illustrious women” . Two female suicide bombers who together killed 3 and wounded more than 130 have been presented by Fatah as role models. (Oct. 8, 2013)
PA award to writer of poem that includes words "Zion is Satan". This is the fourth time that the poem has been broadcast on PA TV. (Oct. 6, 2013)
Fatah praises terrorist shooter of 9 year-old. Fatah's Facebook page glorified the shooter as "the sniper of Palestine" who "left the signature of [real] men." (Oct. 6, 2013)
Abbas glorified terrorist Abu Sukkar, in speech read by Rajoub PA memorial glorifies terrorist Abu Sukkar, killer of 15: "[He was] the most noble among the noble… Fatah lost a beacon" (Oct. 3, 2013)
Why has JTA chosen to ignore the official statements of the Abbas and the Palestinian Authority which glorify murder of Jews and stand in contrast to a “culture of peace”?
RSVP ASAP
David Bedein, Director Cetner For Near East Policy And Research