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                Palestinian Media Watch Special Bulletin
                                                   September 13, 2001

             A compendium of Palestinian Authority hatred of America:
                                                         1997 and 2001


                  by Itamar Marcus and Ruthie Blum

                             Introduction

 For years, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has actively promoted hatred
of the United States among its people.  The recurring theme: the US is
an imperialist, colonialist usurper of land and human rights, enemy of
the Arab world, killer of Arab children, and supporter of Israel. 
Yasser Arafat has repeatedly referred to Saddam Hussein as his “brother”
and has linked an Iraq victory over the US to a Palestinian victory over
Israel.  During a period of US-Iraq tension, the editor of the PA
official daily wrote that America would pay for its war against Iraq
with “45,000 bodies of American soldiers [who] will return to the US
like airmail …The Arab mothers will not be the only ones crying...” The
PA Mufti has called for Allah [god] to destroy America and “paint the
White House black.” [See compendium below for full quotes and sources.]

This active antipathy to the US espoused and preached by the PA
leadership has created a Palestinian society imbued with hatred toward
America.  It is in this atmosphere that Palestinians took to the streets
in spontaneous celebration of the horrific terrorist attacks in New York
and Washington. 

Quickly realizing that there could be nothing more odious to television
viewers in democracies than the sight of Palestinian festivities over
the deaths of Americans, the PA took two measures.  First, PA Minister
of Information Yasser Abed Rabbo demanded of foreign bureau chiefs that
they cease broadcasting the celebrations, and threatened the lives of
their staff.  Second, they orchestrated public displays of sympathy for
America.  Photos of Arafat donating blood appeared in the press,
alongside photos of Palestinian children carrying signs (in English)
expressing solidarity with “fellow” victims of terrorism. 

During the weeks prior to the attacks, PMW noticed an increase in the
anti-American vitriol and incitement appearing in the PA press,
including calls to attack the US.  The following selections are from
1997 - when PMW first began monitoring the Palestinian media on this
topic - and from 2001, prior to the attack.  This compilation
demonstrates the consistency of Palestinian ideology. 


A compendium of Palestinian Authority hatred of America Part 1: 1997

1.  PA Mufti calls for destruction of America Arafat appointed Mufti of
Palestine has called on Allah (God) to destroy America, which is
controlled by Zionist Jews "Oh, Allah, destroy America as it is
controlled by Zionist Jews...Allah will avenge, in the name of his
Prophet, the colonialist settlers who are the descendents of monkeys and
pigs...  " Ikrima Sabri, the Mufti of the Palestinian Authority, (from
weekly sermon in the Al-Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem).  Voice of Palestine,
July 11, 1997. 

2.  The U.S.  and Israel are the source of terrorism in the world…
Palestinian rejection of the US list of terrorist organizations, which
included Islamic and Palestinian organizations..  “We reject the
definition of Palestinian and Islamic organizations as terrorist
organizations [by the U.S.]… The U.S.  and Israel are the source of
terrorism in the world… “ Sheik Hamed Al-Bitawi, Head of the Palestine
Association of Religious Scholars [and the PA’s appointed Manager of the
Nablus Municipal Religious Courts] Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, 10.11.97

3.  The US, bloodsuckers and barbaric culture will disappear from
history.  History will forget the United States, but will remember Iraq
and Palestine.  “...History does not remember the United States, but it
remembers Iraq, the cradle of civilization, and Palestine, the cradle of
religions.  History remembers every piece of Arab land, because it is
the bosom of human civilization.  On the other hand, the murderers of
humanity, the creators of the barbaric culture and the bloodsuckers of
nations, are doomed to death and destined to shrink to a microscopic
size, like Micronesia.  “ [Hafez Al-Barghuthi, editor, Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, Nov.  15, 1997]

4.  Arafat: “The two people, Iraqi and Palestinian, are together in the
same trench." Arafat sends his blessings to the brother Iraqi people. 
"[A PA leader]...  expressed President Arafat's blessings to the brother
Iraqi people and its leadership, since the two people, Iraqi and
Palestinian, are together in the same trench." Al-Quds, [Nov.  30, 1997]

5.  Palestinian rally in support of Iraq Arafat: A Palestinian victory
over Israel and an Iraqi victory over the US are mutually dependent. 
"Yesterday in Hebron a large rally was held in support of the Iraqi
people who are facing the American arrogance.  [A speaker said in
Arafat's name]: "The words of President Sadaam Hussein to President
Arafat still reverberate loudly in our ears: 'If you do not win this
war, then we will not win, and if you do win then we shall win.'" The
Minister of Supply, Abu Ali Shahin ...  expressed his willingness to
fight as a soldier against anyone fighting Iraq." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,
Dec.  1, 1997]

6.  Palestinian Legislative Council condemns America and rioters burn US
flag The Palestinian Legislative Council condemned the American threats
against Iraq while hundreds, waving Iraqi flags and pictures of Saddam
Hussein burn an American flag.  "The Palestinian Legislative Council …
Political Committee condemned the American threats against Iraq
…Hundreds of people participated in a sit-in strike, waving Iraqi flags,
pictures of President Saddam Hussein and posters denouncing American
policy...The rioters also burnt an American flag." Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,
Nov.  11, 1997

7.  Israel and America twin bastard entities Israel is the bastard
entity in Palestinian land and America is the bastard empire of the New
World Order.  “ ...  Everything that happens in Jerusalem is done with
America's blessing, in spite of the false announcements periodically
released by Washington.  Whoever is familiar with the real connection
between the bastard entity in our land and the bastard empire in the new
world order, undoubtedly grasps this strong tie between the American
resolution and the Israeli action.  We must not believe the Americans,
especially since we have a long history with them, full of schemes and
false promises...perhaps you remember...the plots of the infamous Jew
Henry Kissinger...” [Fuad Abu Hijla, columnist.  Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,
July 29, 1997

8.  US’s New Ambassador to Israel is worse than “Johnny Walker.” The US
Congress, the ‘Council of the Elders of Zion’, appointed American
Ambassador to Israel Edward Walker, who is worse than the Whiskey
“Johnny Walker.” “…the newly appointed American Ambassador to Israel,
Edward Walker, who “went through extensive hearings in the [US]
Congress, or, that is, in the ‘Council of the Elders of Zion’ in order
to win this post.  He managed to get a certificate of good conduct with
an ‘A+’ on the scale of nausea, rather than on the scale of honor,
because he said that he once volunteered to work on a kibbutz.  He
almost said that he is going to volunteer to be a settler and revealed
that he studied Hebrew, which proves that he is a worthy heir to his
predecessor, Martin Indick.  … This is Edward Walker’s record, who has
no connection to the Scottish [Whiskey] Johnny Walker, but is much more
damaging.  For his mission will be to intoxicate us by calming
statements, so that we do not hear the sound of the settlements’
bulldozers that gobble up our lands.  Albright says that we believe
[these bulldozers] are a provocation, but she does not think so.  From
such a den, only foxes can come out.” [Editor, Hafez Al-Barghuthi
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct.  30, 1997]

9.  America and Israel release darkness and hatred of mobs with long
beards.  America and Israel release hatred, darkness, death and evil
upon the world as opposed to the ‘jasmine and life’ exuded by the Arabs. 
Albright and Ross are equated with Israeli Prime Ministers Rabin and
Netanyahu.  "...We have Sonia and Mahmoud and Halima and they
[Israelies] have Madeleine, Dennis, Binyamin and Yitzhak...We exude the
[scent of] jasmine...throughout the world, and they release the darkness
and hatred of the mobs with the long beards over the land.  We declare
[an allegiance to] life...while they have shut themselves up behind
death and have been entrenching themselves in its [death's] excavations
for the last fifty years, which is also their age, the age of evil..."
[Fuad Abu Hijla, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, August 11, 1997]

10.  Palestinian Authority sides with Iraq against the US.  The
aggression against Iraq is aggression against Palestine.  “The
aggression against Iraq is aggression against Palestine… Anyone who does
not say “no” to the U.S.  is an enemy of Palestine.” Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,
November 12, 1997

11.  Israel controls the American Congress Congressional blind
submission to world Zionism is due to Israeli power and control of key
U.S.  institutions.  The Zionist Congress uses threats of sex and morals
scandals against Clinton and his administration.  “What "Israel" is
trying to do...by way of its control over a number of institutions in
the US, such as the Congress and its allies...reveals the nakedness of
those people and their blind submission to world Zionism...  The peace
equation was somewhat violated, since the Zionists were able to
demonstrate their power in the US...  that is the power which was
clearly revealed in the Zionist American Congress which led to the
terrorizing of the American president and the administration, through
threats of sex and morals scandals which are disseminated by the
obedient media in the US...” Brig.  Gen.  Khaled Al-Musmar, assistant
head of the Palestinian Indoctrination Directorate.  Falastin Al-Yaum,
August 21, 1997

12.  Palestinian Council demands boycott of American Embassy
celebrations.  Palestinian Legislative Council members request an
internal investigation into the presence of PA Council’s member at
American Embassy 4th of July celebrations, in spite of official PA
boycott.  “Minister of Communications, Imad Al-Falouji sent a request to
the presidency of the Palestinian Legislative Council to investigate the
presence of council members at Fourth of July ceremonies organized by
the American embassy, especially since the council decided to boycott
these ceremonies.  Council member Hatem Abd Al-Qader...demanded to
conduct an investigation in order to find out who were the members who
attended [the ceremony], and Ziyad Abu Ziyad...  expressed approval for
[the proposals].” Al-Ayam July 16, 1997

13.  Call to raise Hell in Albright’s face In a televised interview, the
Palestinian Authority Minister for Trade and Industry calls for the
Palestinian nation to raise hell in Madeline Albright’s face.  “We, as a
nation, must raise Hell in Albright's face.” Muadh Al-Abed, Deputy
Minister of Trade and Industry, P.A.  Television Aug.  31, 1997

14.  The War of the West and the Jews against true Islam Arafat and the
PA will never fight their brothers of Hamas and Islamic Jihad (who
represent true Islam), despite the demands of Washington’s Jewish
emissaries Ross and Albright.  This is why Ross’s current mission has
failed as will any in the future.  “Dennis Ross' mission is
finished...This Jewish emissary failed to convince our president and our
national authority to wage war against our brothers the "Hamas" and the
"Islamic Jihad".  It was made clear to him that we will not be the spear
in the war of the West and the Jews against the true Islam... 
Ross...will return, and with him or in his place will return his Jewish
Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, when Washington feels Israel is
in distress...” Fuad Abu Hijla, in his column "Window".  Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, August 14, 1997


15.  Congress accused of being Zionists Abu Alaa, the PA Legislative
Council chairman, accuses Congress of being more extremist and Zionist
than the Netanyahu government.  “Ahmad Qurei [Abu 'Alaa], Legislative
Council Chairman, said that he is not surprised by the American
resolution [to shut down the PLO offices in Washington] ...since it
appears that the Congress of the number one world superpower is more
extreme and more Zionist than the Netanyahu government, and even more
than the extreme of the extremist right-wing movements in Israel.  Abu
'Alaa pointed to the stupid, irresponsible congressional resolution on
Jerusalem and the settlements.” Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug.14, 1997

16.  Nablus demonstration against U.S.  Effigies of U.S.  envoy Ross,
Netanyahu, as well as American and Israeli flags, were burned during a
sanctioned mass demonstration in Palestinian Authority controlled
Nablus.  “...Yesterday, on Aug.  12, a mass demonstration was held in
Nablus...The demonstration was organized by the National Emergency
Committee...  A number of demonstrators burned an effigy of the prime
minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, which was attached to an effigy
of special envoy Dennis Ross, and also burned US and Israeli flags.”
Al-Ayyam Aug.  13, 1997

17.  The American administration afflicted by Zionism The PA Secretary
of the Cabinet claims that the American administration suffers from a
disease called the Zionist lobby in Washington.  “Let us not forget that
the American administration suffers from the disease called the Zionist
lobby in Washington.” Ahmad Abdul Rahman, Secretary of the Cabinet of
the Palestinian Authority.  Voice of Palestine, April 14, 1997

18.  Terror attack the impetus for Ross meeting with PA A senior member
of the Palestinian Legislative Council comments that Ross “honors” them
with a visit only after Jews are blown to bits at a Jerusalem market by
Islamic suicide bombers.  “...Mr.  Ross honors us with his visit today,
only after the shattered limbs of the Jews are scattered throughout
Mahane Yehuda.” Nabil Amru, Member of the Palestinain Legislative
Council.  Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,August 9, 1997

19.  American abuses of the American Indians America inflicted violence,
torture, mass murder, camp burning, and expulsion against the American
Indians.  “Netanyahu, Albright… and the Indians” by Dr.  ‘Isa Salti “…. 
Hollywood movies do not show the violence, torture and crazy coercion
that the unarmed peace loving American Indians suffered, these included
mass murder, camp burnings, the expulsion of tribes from their land, the
eradication of wild life, the spreading of contagious diseases and the
desecration of holy sites….  The American administration disregarded the
agreements that it signed with the tribal chiefs and forced the tribes
to live in closed reserves with poor living conditions…Anyone who knows
this subject can recognize the similarity between our Palestinian
problems and the history of the American Indians.” Al-Quds, Dec.14, 1997

20.  Palestinian warning: “The Arab mothers will not be the only ones
crying” The Americans won’t learn their lesson in Iraq without 45000
deaths, warns the PA daily “...Iraq will not succeed in the conflict
with the US...  however, the firm Iraqi stand against the [US] dinosaur
military apparatus that bases itself on the myth of the blood-spilling
cowboy who chases Indians will remain an achievement...  Warning-signs
will light for the American people only after the American Ambassador
escapes, defeated from the Embassy’s roof, and after 45,000 bodies of
American soldiers will return to the US like airmail...  This is the
same mentality that caused the Marines to enter Beirutand to run away
from it, after one bold operation was carried out by a Shahid [holy
martyr] who suckled from his mother’s bosoms a pure Jihad tradition... 
[ed - nearly 250 US Marines were killed in Beirut by a suicide bomber]
If most Americans support hurting Iraq it is because they think it will
be a television war, without American bodies.  But Arab reality will not
remain frozen.  It can change and send gifts back to the US via airmail. 
The Arab mothers will not be the only ones crying...” Editor of the
official PA daily, Hafez Al-Barghuthi, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 23,
1997

21.  U.S.  and Israeli flags burned U.S.  and Israeli flags were burned
at a memorial service for Shkaki (leader of the Islamic Jihad whose
members have been suicide bombers) at Hebron University in PA controlled
territory.  Speeches were also delivered on behalf of many terror
organizations (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, etc.) “The Islamic Association in
the University of Hebron held a memorial service marking the second
anniversary of the martyrdom of Fathi Al-Shqaqi, [leader of Islamic
Jihad, whose members participated in suicide bombings]...  Speeches were
delivered during the ceremony on behalf of the Hamas Movement, the
Fatah, the Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front...  The participants burnt
American and Israeli flags …” Al-Quds, November 4, 1997

22.  A Palestinian columnist decries the “dangerous Jew” Ross Ross is
labeled a “dangerous Jew”, Martin Indyk is labeled “the Jew” and
Madeleine Albright is “half Jewish”.  [The Palestinians] conduct
negotiations with the "dangerous Jew” Dennis Ross, whom they view as a
mediator, coordinator, and delegate and hold negotiations with the
American State Department where the person heading the Middle East
portfolio is “the Jew” Martin Indyk, and the one in charge of guiding
the policy is Madeleine Albright, who discovered she is half Jewish. 
Al-Ayyam, November 5, 1997

23.  Pro Iraq Rally Hundreds at a PA controlled refugee camp rallied in
support of and in solidarity with Saddam Hussein.  “Hundreds of students
from the schools of the Daheyshe refugee camp, near Bethlehem, demanded
in a rally yesterday to remove the blockade of Iraq.  The slogan used in
the rally was “solidarity with the Iraqi people and their children.”
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 6, 1997

24.  Gaza rally condemns the US Policy against Iraq National and Islamic
forces in PA controlled Gaza have condemned American policy and called
for an end to the blockade of “sister” Iraq and a revival of Arab and
Muslim solidarity in support of Iraq.  The national and Islamic forces
in Gaza called for a removal of the exploitative blockade from the
sister Iraq and condemned the American policy in the area...  The
national and Islamic forces called for a revival of Arab and Muslim
solidarity, which will assure Iraq’s return to the Arab house as an
active force supporting the national Palestinian problem.  Al-Ayyam,
November 6, 1997

25.  PA support Iraq against US The PLO , in a meeting in PA territory,
called on Arabs to support Iraq by public actions, and to act in every
way against the American danger which threatens all Arab people.  ...The
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine called to act in every way
against the American danger, which threatens all Arab peoples... 
Al-Quds, independent daily, November 9, 1997

26.  Racial discrimination and crimes against humanity in American
policy The US must understand that he who draws the sword of oppression
against the “Third World” will die by the sword, Allah willing.  Mahmud
Yusef Al-Khatib : “The US is Beating the War Drums”: The “diseased”
world order and the new racial discrimination in American policy lead a
terror campaign against the so-called “Third World”.  The US uses its
hegemony and influence in order to harm “The Third World” by using Iraqi
children, the Iraqi people and all of the peoples of the region…
Whatever the excuses and outcomes of this policy may be, [the question
is whether] the US could wash its hands of the blood of the innocent?
The stubbornness and despotism [of the US] do not justify its crimes
against humanity, crimes that have reached an intolerable level… We are
not complaining about the [American] fire of oppression and aggression,
but draw strength from it, because the will of Allah is superior to all
else.  The US and all those who beat the drums of war with it must
understand that he who draws the sword of oppression from its sheath
will die by the sword, and those who play with fire will be burnt by it,
Allah willing.  Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 20, 1997

27.  Union of Workers of Palestine calls for Jihad against US.  The
organization’s Secretary General pledged solidarity with Sudan in the
face of US sanctions and called for a position of Jihad to remove
oppression from the Arab nation.  The Secretary General of the Union of
the Workers of Palestine, Haydar Ibrahim, emphasized the standing of the
workers of Palestine, both “inside” [the land] and “outside,” alongside
the sister Sudan against the new sanctions put on it by the US....  The
letter added that America’s aggressive behavior...  aims at bringing the
Arab nation to its knees by putting sanctions on Iraq, Sudan, and
Libya...  Ibrahim called on all the Arab and Islamic forces to take a
position of Jihad alongside The Sudan, Palestine, Iraq and Libya in
order to remove the siege and oppression from the masses of the Arab
nation...  Al-Quds, November ?, 1997

28.  America is attempting to subjugate the entire Arab World.  A PA
editor writes that America is targeting not only the Iraqi regime but
the people and its history.  This is part of an American effort to
subjugate and terrorize the entire Arab world and force it to “vomit up”
its Arabism , Islam and history.  Immediately after the Gulf War, James
Baker spied on the Arab States in order to bring the Arab capitals,
which transformed into obedient females, under Israeli protection, after
they were already put under American protection during the Gulf War... 
An American U-2 plane, which flies now in Iraqi skies, says to the Arab
capitals “You, Too,” namely, “your turn will come,” because no capital
which will be saved from American punishment...  The target of the
abhorent display is conducted on Iraq’s body is not the Iraqi regime
alone, rather the Iraqi people and its history as well; [and that] in
order to terrorize the whole Arab world and cause it to vomit up its
Arabism, its religion and its history and remain at the periphery of the
21st Century, as the humiliated slave of the bloodsuckers, those who
steal the nation’s bread and rob the lands.  Will these [Arab] regimes
use the opportunity to say “no,” or will the Arab people under siege who
will have to break the siege one way or the other? Allah willing [this
will] occur shortly.  Hafez Al-Barghuthi, editor-in-chief, in a column:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 11, 1997

29.  PA support for Iraq The PA Political Committee denounced American
threats against Iraq and demanded the immediate removal of the siege of
Iraq, Sudan and Libya.  Additionally, at PA rallies in support of Iraq,
American flags were burned.  “In a meeting of the Palestinian
Legislative Council yesterday...the Political Committee denounced the
American threats against Iraq and demanded to resolve the current
conflict by peaceful means...  The Committee also demanded to
immediately remove the siege of Iraq, Sudan, and Libya... 
Representative ‘Abd Al-Fatah Hamal proposed to publish an announcement
denouncing the American aggression against the Arab nation and the
peoples of Iraq, Sudan, and Libya.  [He] demanded of the Council to send
letters of support to the Heads of Parliament in those states. 
Representative Nahed Al-Rayyis supported this proposal...  In a letter
sent to the U.N.’s Secretary General the “National and Islamic Forces”
in Gaza denounced the aggressive American policy.  Hundreds of people
participated in a sit-in strike, waved Iraqi flags, pictures of
President Saddam Hussein and posters denouncing American policy...The
rioters also burnt an American flag...[Rallies of solidarity with Iraq
in opposition to “the American aggression” took place in Gaza, Ramallah,
and al-Bireh].” Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 11, 1997

30.  Anti-American rally in Hebron American and Israeli flags were
burned at a mass rally in PA controlled Hebron in support of the Hamas
terror organization.  “Five thousand supporters of the Islamic movement
participated in a rally organized by Hebron University Islamic Movement
under the banner “The Rally of Clear Victory.”...  After the speeches
the participants, together with some masked students, burnt American and
Israeli flags...” Al-Quds, independent daily, November 11, 1997

31.  PA support of Iraq In a public statement, Fatah, headed by Arafat,
has called upon all Arab forces to unite to aid Iraq.  They denounced
the American escalation and asked the U.N.  to find a peaceful solution
to the fabricated crisis.  “The Fatah movement called upon all the
official and popular Arab forces to unite in order to face the challenge
confronting the entire Arab nation and in order to end the suffering of
the brother Iraqi people, who has never been stingy in sacrificing for
Palestine and in defending the Arab nation as a whole.  In a public
statement published yesterday by the movement the Fatah expressed its
denunciation of the latest American escalation and called on the UN to
accept responsibility, put an end to this escalation, and find a
peaceful solution to the fabricated crisis against Iraq...  “ Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, November 12, 1997

32.  Islamic Movement criticizes US policy The leader of the Islamic
Movement in Israel accuses the power crazy, uncivilized US of being the
sole world policeman and opposing any Arab rapprochement and
cooperation.  This is typified by the American campaign against Iraq. 
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheik Abdallah Nimr
Darwish: “The American campaign against Iraq comes after signs of
reconciliation and rapprochement between Iraq and many of the Arab
states.  The US fights against any step toward Arab rapprochement and
against any spark of hope for cooperation between the Arab and Islamic
states.  The US is today the only policeman of the world...  and this
policeman strives to reorganize the world according to its faulty
international order...  The fabricated American attack against Iraq
wraps itself as usual in a cloak of what is called “international
legitimacy”...  all in order to leave the Arab world in a whirlpool of
inner conflicts and self-destruction...  When the US wakes up from its
power-craziness and become a civilized state which examines [matters]
according to the principles of justice and treats others with respect,
we will be among the first to view it as a friend and even more than a
friend;...  We recognize our strength and our size and recognize also
the strength and size of the US, but we are absolutely convinced that
the strong does not [forever] remain strong and the weak does not
[forever] remain weak.  Only Allah is unchangeable.” Al-Quds, November
14, 1997

33.  PA sanctioned demonstration: “Death to the US.” During a
demonstration in Bethlehem …the participants in the demonstration
called: “Death to Israel and the US, victory to Iraq.” Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida [PA Newspaper], November 15, 1997

34.  PA delegation to Baghdad: we are “sister states” The PA press
reports on the participation of a Palestinian delegation at a Baghdad
exhibit.  Important discussions were held with Iraqi officials which
included the necessity of strengthening the relationship between the
‘sister-states’.  “The State of Palestine won a gold medal and a
certificate of appreciation for its participation in an international
exhibit which took place in Baghdad...  In addition to participating in
the exhibit, the Palestinian delegation held several important meetings,
including one with the Iraqi Minister of Commerce...  Means of
strengthening the relations between the sister-states were discussed in
these meetings.  “ Al-Quds, November 16, 1997

35.  Pro Iraq, anti-US sentiment American domination of Iraq,
subordination of its people and the seizing of its land, oil and natural
resources are the goal of US led attacks on Iraq, according to a PA
announcement.  Defense of Iraq is equated with protecting Palestine. 
The PA, Hamas and other factions held a joint pro-Iraq rally in Nablus. 
“The Political and National Guidance Directorate of the Jenin district
demanded of the Arab and Islamic states and the Palestinian public to
stand alongside Iraq and its people against the American aggression.  An
announcement published by the Guidance Directorate...  emphasized that
the goal of the cruel US led attack on Iraq is to subordinate Iraq’s
people and [its] leadership to American domination, to seize its land,
its oil and its natural resources… The defense and support of Iraq is in
fact like protecting the land of Palestine and its people.  In the
announcement the National Guidance Directorate called on the Arab and
Islamic nations for a higher level of confrontation in order to liberate
[themselves] from foreign rule...  The purpose of the White House
threats is to subjugate Iraq and to disarm it of its strength, in order
to facilitate [American] domination of the area as a whole.  [Al-Ayyam
[PA-Affiliated Daily]: The Guidance Directorate called in its
announcement to the Palestinian people to continue its legitimate
struggle in all its forms, until its national goals and rights are
realized...] The Palestinian Ba’ath party will hold a large rally in
Nablus today under the banner “Victory to Iraq--Steadfastness Against
Imperialist Aggression--a Holy National Duty.” Participants in the rally
will include representatives of the PA, the Hamas, and other Palestinian
factions.” Al-Quds, November 16, 1997

36.  US propaganda, controlled by Jews, fails to “whitewash the
slaughter...by Bush.  No Arab is convinced by American and British
propaganda of the justice in punishing Iraq by humiliation and hunger. 
Their foreign policies are based on Jewish intellect - and the peace
process is an attempt to whitewash the slaughter of Iraqis by George
Bush.  Under the title “The Drums of Propoganda Weapon Storm,” Tariq
Masarwah of the Jordanian paper Al Rai writes: “The American and British
drums of propaganda...  will not convince even a single Arab [of the
fairness] of the punishments of hunger and humiliation against Iraq... 
This is [merely] the continuation of the show that has been staged for
several years now in New York...  about Iraq, the US, and Britain who
due to the Jewish intellect which moves their foreign policies reached
the same plato which the Jewish intellect brought Netanyahu.  America’s
followers ridiculed themselves and almost ridiculed us, too, through the
peace process which amounted to an attempt by George Bush to whitewash
the crimes of slaughter of Iraqis...  “ Al-Quds, November 16, 1997

37.  Oppressive American aggression against the Iraqi children
Palestinian children demonstrated in solidarity with Iraq against the
oppressive American siege and burned Israeli and American flags. 
“Hundreds of children demonstrated yesterday in Beit Furiq near Nablus
in solidarity with the children of Iraq who suffer from lack of food and
medicines due to the oppressive siege which was put on their country. 
The children carried banners condemning the American aggression against
the Iraqi children, such as ‘Palestine’s children stand beside Iraqi
children against American barbarism.’ The children were ages 4-7, and
marched in a precession through the village streets and burned Israeli
and American flags.  Al-Ayyam, December 23, 1997

38.  American and Israeli flags burned in Gaza “…During an election
rally at the Islamic University in Gaza, Hamas and Islamic Jihad
supporters burned an effigy depicting the Israeli Prime Minister and the
flags of Israel and the United States.” Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec.16 1997

39.  An Attack on Secretary Albright Under the title “The Sullen-Faced
Secretary” [In spoken Arabic: “The Immoral Woman”] the editor of the
paper, Hafez Al-Barghuthi writes of the American Secretary of State,
Madeleine Albright: “In the past, when Madeleine Albright served as the
representative of her country and Israel in the UN, she adopted vulgar
and insolent positions against the Arabs and later would sweet-talk
them.  But after becoming Secretary of State and discovering her
[Jewish] origins, she stopped sweet-talking.  Two days ago she declared
that settlement is legal, a position that contradicts the stated
American position for decades.  … the position adopted by Albright
indicates that she has reached the stage of “immorality” in the popular
sense of the expression.  She is no longer perturbed by Arab
condemnations.  The lady visited the region and spat like a snake in the
face of Arab statesmen.  They praised her and would have sang love songs
to her were it not for her advanced age and the fact that she has passed
her prime and is no longer fit for anything, except serving Israel and
defending it…” Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, October 3, 1997

40.  Solidarity with Carlos Salutations to Carlos and to a Lebanese
journalist sympathizer,Carlos the man who fought American imperialism
and will spend the rest of his life in jail.  In an article dealing with
Carlos’s trial, Khalil Al-Sawahri identifies with Carlos and his
struggle and concludes: “…A humble salutation to you Carlos as well as
to you Lebanese journalist ‘Asem Al-Jundi for publishing a book in
London a few days ago entitled The Other Face of Carlos or Carlos the
Man…The man who has spent his life fighting American imperialism and who
will spend the rest of his life in the darkness of dungeons.” Al-Ayyam,
December 30, 1997

41.  PA support of Iraq The PA has sanctioned a rally in Ramallah in
support of Iraq’s struggle against the U.S.  The advertisement denounced
the aggressive American policy against “our people in Iraq”.  “A large
rally with many participants will take place today in Ramallah under the
banner “Victory to Palestine and Iraq” in support of the Iraqi people’s
struggle against the US [Al-Quds:An advertisement, signed by the PLO
factions, called for the public to participate in the rally in Ramallah
“to denounce the aggressive American policy against our people in
Iraq...  Victory to Palestine and Iraq.” Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November,
1997

A compendium of Palestinian Authority hatred of America Part 2: 2001-
Just prior to the attacks


1.  “The suicide bombers of today are the noble successors of their
noble predecessors...the Lebanese suicide bombers, who taught the US
Marines a tough lesson in [Lebanon]...  These suicide bombers are the
salt of the earth, the engines of history...They are the most honorable
[people] among us...” [Al Hayat Al Jadida - Official Palestinian
Authority daily, Sept.  11, 2001]

2.  "[The Palestinians must] … harm American interests in the Arab
world, with all possible means, in all places, at all levels, because
the United States does not understand the language of logic and wisdom,
but only the language of interests and force." [Omar Helm Ghul,
Al-Ayyam, Aug.  30, 2001]

3.  "The Zionist Movement is an American invention...The American
leaders are nothing but priests, obedient to their Hebrew High Priest
..." [Al-Ayyam, Sept.  2, 2001]

4.  "Saher Habash, a member of the central committee of [Yasser Arafat's
PLO faction] the Fatah...  said that the body goes but the spirit of the
martyrs lives on.  Habash expressed his hope that the Arab and Islamic
world will act against America and Israel...  Habash demanded to strike
and to threaten the American interests in the Arab world..." [Al-Quds,
Aug.  30, 2001]

5.  “[George] Bush Jr.  [who] suffers from a psychological complex in
regard to Arabs in general, whose details we don’t know, even though we
don’t serve alcohol to his two daughters, and there is no Arab who is
involved with their alcohol addiction or with their pursuit by the US
police… “What is astounding and surprising is to find a series of
articles in American newspapers by columnists, infected with moral AIDS
and… who call on Israel to deal fast blows to the Palestinians ... 
"These writers, who are Charles Krauthammer, William Safire and Michael
Malley [sic] try to portray us as if we are threatening New York and as
if fighting us is an American need and that a good Palestinian is like a
good Indian - dead.  This is the culture of the Zionist Lobby that rules
even over the bedrooms of the senior Members of Congress and the White
House.  It whips them in the morning and evening for fear lest they
awaken from their servitude.  It castrates them and supplies them with
'Viagra Monica'… "And the last to judge us in this area is the pathetic
scoundrel Thomas Friedman who called upon NATO to conquer the [West]
Bank and Gaza in order to protect his beloved Israel… "These examples of
beastly writings which surpass Nazism, require that their authors be
tried in an international court, for they are considered inciters who
have committed crimes against humanity...." [Official daily Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, August 29, 2001]

6.  "[Maher Taher] a member of the political bureau of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine ...  said in a press conference in
Damascus: we say to the Arab nation: “Hit American interests and
threaten them.  United States is a fundamental enemy which takes part
and holds responsibility to the elimination of the Palestinian people
and the Palestinian villages.  He asked the Arab countries to take a
clear and strict position towards USA, which is the a fundamental enemy
of the Palestinian people and Arab Nation." [Al Hayat Al Jadida Aug. 
28, 2001]

7.  "...History presents political regimes that were governed by
political and economic greed, and that conquered other lands and peoples
with the intent of robbing and exploiting their resources.  Thus did
Columbus...  who carried out collective extermination of the original
peoples of Latin America, laying the basis for the Western Colonialism
which embraced Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection
[Survival of the Fittest -ed] -theories which presume the
technologically primitive nations to be evolutionary vestiges of the
apes...  "...This is the same 'Philosophy' that the Zionist Movement
adopted in Palestine, against the Palestinian people...  "...This is
[the essence of] racism itself, for racism stems from exaggerating a
certain race's value as opposed to that of all other races combined, as
Hitler did by raising the banner of Arian blood and the doctrine of blue
blood flowing in the veins… "...The United States of America and the
Zionist State are two identical cases of historical development.  Each
of them came into existence by invasion and mass extermination of the
original residents, and [each] still occupies land belonging to
others...” [Op-ed in PA Official daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sep.  6,
2001]

Anti American sentiment continues to appear in the PA press even after
the attacks. 


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