Otters and Science News: PALESTINIANS CITED AS ANTI-SEMITISM SECOND WORST OFFENDER AT INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR - Palestinian children textbooks are also filled with anti-Semitism - Palestinian nationalism historic alliance with Nazism, and their collaboration with the Holocaust

First place for anti-Semitic books went to jihadi-financing Qatar.

There are recurrent and baseless allegations of Israel "apartheid", "racism", and so on. Those so quick to accuse Israel are engaged in a coverup of the Palestinians rampant Nazi-style propaganda and ideology. They fly the Nazi flag, eulogize Hitler, and repeat the worst Nazi characterizations of Jews.

It is a historical fact that the Palestinian leader, the Mufti of Jerusalem, played a major role in the design and implementation of the Holocaust.

He lived in Berlin during World War II and worked hand in hand with Hitler and top Nazis, prodding them to extend and intensify the extermination of Jews. He even created a Nazi SS division made up of Bosnian Muslims, who perpetrated gruesome crimes in eastern Europe.

Palestinian Authority cited for anti-Semitic works

at International Book Fair

By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn

The PA-approved "Bait al-Almaqdes Centre" was named "Runner Up" in the competition for "Worst Offender of 2014". Qatar took first place.

Palestinian Nazi salute at Jerusalem university rally - Photo Tom Gross

International donors this week praised the leaders of the Palestinian Authority as moderate peace-seekers who can be trusted with billions of dollars in aid for Gaza--at the very same time the PA was being named "second worst offender" for distributing anti-Semitic publications at Europe's largest book fair.

The European branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, headed by Dr. Shimon Samuels, this week released its list of those who circulated anti-Semitic books and magazines at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest annual gathering of publishers in Europe.

Qatar was cited as the "Worst Offender of 2014." But the Qataris had stiff competition this year from a publishing house that operates from the PA-controlled city of Nablus (Shechem). The Palestinian "Bait al-Almaqdes Centre" was named "Runner Up" by the Wiesenthal Center.

In the official catalogue of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Bait Al-Maqdes describes itself as specializing “in publishing books and releases that are interested in Jewish-Muslim conflict over the ages and times.” Since Bait Al-Maqdes operates in PA territory, it could be shut down by the PA at any time, if the PA so chose.

Instead, Bait Al-Maqdes operates freely and here are a few samples of what these Palestinian publishers, with the PA's de facto approval, were featuring in Frankfurt:

--- “The Zionist Deception Dictionary.” A book based on the notorious "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." The "Protocols" have long been a favorite of Palestinian propagandists.

--- “Jewish Terms: Beware of Them!” Another so-called reference volume. An example of a Jewish term of which the reader should beware: The "myth" of the "Nazi Crematoria."

--- “Jews Converted to Islam by the Prophet,” by Muhamad Ala Batir. A kind of 'success stories' volume.

--- “The Buraq Wall,” by Jehad J. Al Ayesh. An entire book devoted to arguing that Jews have no connection or claim to the Western Wall, in Jerusalem. “Worshipping at the Wall is a new heresy [propagated by] the religion of the Jews," the book declares (p.31). The author rants about “Jewish subversion” (p. 31), “Jewish aggressions to Judaize the Wall” (p. 37), and the like. Not surprisingly, it concludes that "the Buraq Wall is the property of Muslims” and must be under exclusive Muslim control (p. 40).

--- A booklet called “The Jewish Plot to Establish a Temple to Judaize Jerusalem.” Standard Palestinian conspiracy-mongering.

The United States government and the world's tacit approval of anti-Semitism in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza

Years ago, when the Israeli government complained about the PA engaging in this kind of anti-Jewish incitement, the Clinton administration established a committee to monitor incitement. The committee met once or twice, then was never heard from again.

Israel's complaints over the years have been greeted by the international community with a collective yawn.And now the international community prepares to pour billions of dollars into Gaza, with the "moderate" PA as the fig leaf to justify rebuilding what is, in fact, still a de-facto Hamas-run mini-state.

The "Palestinian unity cabinet" --made up of individuals appointed by the PA and Hamas-- held its first meeting just before the donors' conference, clearly in order to enable the donors to say that there is a new Palestinian government in charge.

According to the New York Times (Oct. 9), the "cabinet meeting" lasted all of fifteen minutes. The cabinet members "then went to lunch with Ismail Haniya, a senior Hamas official," the Times reported.

Yet Secretary of State John Kerry went along with this sham, announcing at the donors conference that the United States will be contributing another $212-million to the Palestinians, on top of the more than $10-billion it has already given since 1994.

Why aren't major American Jewish organizations speaking out in protest? The Simon Wiesenthal Center deserves praise for exposing the latest display of Palestinian anti-Semitism.

Now it's time for other Jewish groups to likewise take a stand and demand that there be consequences for the Palestinian Authority's behavior--such as linking U.S. aid to a shutdown of Bait Al-Maqdes and other Palestinian publishers of anti-Semitism.

Source - http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/15813#.VD7g4JstCM8

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Anti-Semitism in United Nations-sponsored textbooks used in Palestinian Authority and Gaza schools

Dr. Arnon Groiss* has prepared the following working document which summarizes the Anti Semitic motifs that have been used in the PA Schoolbooks used in UNRWA schools , ever since the new school books were introduced to UNRWA by the PA in September, 2000.

The following are references to Jews, Israel and to the perceived solution of the present conflict in Palestinian Authority schoolbooks currently used in UNRWA schools in the West Bank (including few schools in East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. This is an initial list, to be followed soon by a more detailed one, with the fully scanned material.

De-legitimization of Jewish presence the country in both past and present

The Palestinians are direct descendants of the “Arab” Canaanites and Jebusites (Christian Education, Grade 2, 2010, p. 11; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 6, Part 2, 2012, p. 9; National Education, Grade 5, 2013, p. 30)
Jews have “greedy ambitions” [atmaa'] in the country (National Education, Grade 7, 2013, p. 20)
Jewish holy places (the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem) are all presented as Muslim holy places threatened by Jewish usurpation (National Education, Grade 7, 2013, pp. 21, 55)
Israel’s 6 million Jews are not counted among the country’s inhabitants, while Israel’s Arab population and the Palestinians of the Diaspora are (National Education, Grade 6, 2013, p. 10)
Jewish cities, including Tel Aviv, are not found on maps, except for one or two cases
The Hebrew language is denied legitimacy: a Hebrew inscription is erased from a British Mandate stamp reproduced in a PA textbook (National Education, Grade 2, Part 1, 2007, p. 7)

Demonization of Jews

Aggression and robbery (Reading and Texts, Grade 9, Part 2, 2013, pp. 51-53)
Genocidal intentions towards Palestinians (National Education, Grade 7, 2013, p. 20)
Unfaithfulness (Islamic Education, Grade 9, Part 1, 2013, question on p. 51)
Enmity to Muslims (Islamic Education, Grade 9, Part 2, 2013, p. 41)
Enmity to Christians (Christian Education, Grade 3, 2002, p. 86)

Non-recognition of Israel as a sovereign state in the region

Israel does not appear on the map except for two cases. Many maps bear the name “Palestine” instead (Examples: National Education, Grade 2, Part 1, 2007, p. 16; National Education, Grade 4, Part 2, 2013, p. 33)
Israel is not counted among the sovereign state of the region and its name is replaced by “Palestine” (Islamic Education, Grade 2, Part 1, 2013, p. 72; History, Grade 5, 2012, p. 27)
The term “Israeli territory” is replaced by circumlocutions such as “the Interior”, “the Lands of 1948″ and “the Green Line” (National Education, Grade 4, Part 1, 2013, p. 43; National Education, Grade 6, 2013, p. 10)
Regions, cities and sites in pre-1967 Israel are described exclusively as Palestinian (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 5, Part 2, 2012, p. 90 National Education, Grade 2, Part 2, 2013, p. 25; National Education, Grade 6, 2013, p. 13)

Demonization of Israel as a source of evil

Occupation of Palestine in 1948 (National Education, Grade 5, 2013, p. 30)
Expulsion of the Palestinians from their homeland (Geography, Grade 9, 2013, p. 40; National Education, Grade 6, 2013, p. 12)
Massacre of Palestinians (National Education, Grade 6, 2013, p. 12)
Killing of Palestinian children (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 7, Part 2, 2013,p. 58; Reading and Texts, Grade 8, Part 2, 2013, p. 28; Reading and Texts, Grade 8, Part 1, 2013, p. 32)
Destruction of Palestinian cities and villages (Reading and Texts, Grade 8, Part 1, 2013, p. 61; National Education, Grade 7, 2013, p. 55)
Desecration of Muslim and Christian holy places (Christian Education, Grade 5, 2004, p. 81; National Education, Grade 7, 2013, p. 55)
Demolition of Palestinian houses (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 2, Part 1 2013, p. 80; Reading and Texts, Grade 8, Part 2, 2013, p. 11)
Uprooting of Palestinian trees (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 2, Part 1, 2013, p. 71)
Pollution of Palestinian soil (Civics, Grade 6, 2013, p. 55; Health and the Environment, Grade 8, 2012, p. 112)
Damaging Palestinian agriculture (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 5, Part 2, 2012, p. 66)
Robbery of Palestinian water resources (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 6, Part 1, 2013, p. 48)
Limitations on Palestinian tourism industry (National Education, Grade 7, 2013, p. 78)
Attempts at the obliteration of Palestinian identity and heritage (National Education, Grade 7, 2013, pp. 44, 54)
Crippling of Palestinian individuals (Health and the Environment, Grade 8, 2012 p. 86)
Responsibility for Palestinian in-family violence (Civics, Grade 8, 2013, p. 55)
False accusations regarding Palestinian terrorist activity (Reading and Texts, Grade 8, Part 1, 2013, p. 43)

Advocacy of the “Right of Return”, violent struggle, Jihad and martyrdom

The Right of Return (Islamic Education, Grade 6, Part 1, 2012, p. 69; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 5, Part 1, 2013, p. 91; History, Grade 5, 2012, p. 7; National Education, Grade 2, Part 1, 2007, p. 36; National Education, Grade 4, Part 1, 2013, p. 43; National Education, Grade 5, 2013, p. 35; National Education, Grade 7, 2013, p. 21)
The violent return of the refugees (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 5, Part 1, 2013, p. 50; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 7, Part 1, 2013, p. 28)
Violent struggle as the way to liberating Palestine (never specifically restricted to the territories of the West Bank and Gaza alone – Our Beautiful Language, Grade 3, Part 2, 2013, p. 83; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 4, Part 2, 2012, pp. 20-21) Reading and Texts, Grade 9, Part 1, 2013, pp. 9-10, 12)
Exaltation of Jihad (Islamic Education, Grade 7, Part 2, 2013, p. 60; Reading and Texts, Grade 8, Part 1, 2013, p. 44)
Glorification and Call for martyrdom (Islamic Education, Grade 6, Part 1, 2012, p. 22, Our Beautiful Language, Grade 6, Part 1, 2013, p. 89; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 7, Part 1, 2013, p. 75; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 7, Part 2, 2013, p. 49; Linguistic Studies, Grade 8, Part 2, 2012, p. 60)
Glorification of “prisoners of war” [jailed members or supporters of Palestinian terrorist organizations] (Our Beautiful Language, Grade 2, Part 1, 2013, p. 165; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 5, Part 2, 2012, p. 29; Our Beautiful Language, Grade 6, Part 1, 2013, p. 66)

*Dr. Arnon Groiss, a journalist who has worked for 40 years in the Voice of Israel’s Arabic language service, is an expert in Middle Eastern affairs who holds a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University’s Dept. of Near Eastern Studies. Since 2000, he has researched Middle Eastern schoolbooks including those of the Palestinian Authority.