Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin
September 6, 2005
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PA gets $50m from US, then calls for terror against US soldiers
By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
Palestinian Authority hatred of the United States is so deeply ingrained in
its ideology that it continues to openly promote vicious anti-American
hatred - even right after signing a deal to receive $50 million in direct
aid from the US.
Radio and television sermons by senior PA religious officials in the past
week have presented the US as foremost among the "heretical" countries, and
as an enemy trying to dismantle the Islamic world.
In the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, one religious leader called
for Iraqis to intensify terrorist uprisings against American soldiers.
The timing of these anti-US sermons is particularly significant - and not
just because they come on the heels of the $50-million grant from the US.
The PA has received considerable worldwide criticism for the hatred and
calls for violence in its official sermons. In recent months, it has been
reported that the texts of these sermons are now presented to PA officials
for approval before the public broadcasts.
The following is the report of the recent signing of an agreement for $50
million in US aid to the PA, followed by the two Palestinian Authority
sermons of September 2, 2005.
"The [Palestinian] National Authority yesterday signed an agreement with the
US Government, to the value of 50 million dollars. According to the
agreement, Washington will provide the National Authority with a grant for
funding housing and infrastructure projects. On the Palestinian side,
Finance Minister Dr. Salam Fayad, signed [the agreement] and for the
American side, the US Consul General, Jacob Willis, and the vice manager of
the US Agency for International Development, David Harden, signed the
agreement".
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, August 25, 2005]
Yusuf Abu Sneina, Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque
"Anyone who watches closely the nature of our world today, can see that the
heretical countries - first and foremost, the USA - have succeeded greatly
in tearing our Islamic world apart by disintegrating and splitting up more
than one Islamic state, intending to weaken it, disperse [its citizens] and
plunder its resources. It is terrorism, and there's no choice but to fight
it.
"As regards Iraq, there is much to say about it. The USA has composed a
draft of the Iraqi Constitution in a way that it will serve US interests and
enhance the disintegration of Iraq's unity. The new constitution includes
federal solutions, which are dividing Iraq into small countries.
"A federal government hides behind it; the seeds of a future civil war. The
USA is planning to rule Saudi Arabia and disintegrate it, too, despite the
close friendly relations between the two countries...
"Is the USA going to fulfill its ambitions and aggressive plans? And, for
how long shall the submission and surrender to the plans of the enemies of
the [Islamic] nation?"
[Yusuf Abu Sneina, Voice of Palestine, September 2, 2005. For another
example of an officially endorsed Palestinian Authority sermon delivered by
Abu Sneina, click here]
Yusuf Jum'a Salamah, PA Minister of the Waqf and Religious Affairs, in the
presence of Mahmoud Abbas and other senior PA officials
"We say to the dear, heroic Iraqi nation, turn this incident [the accidental
death of 1,000 Iraqis] into an opportunity for resisting [term regularly
used by PA to describe terrorist attacks] the [American] occupation, for
uniting families, for unifying the forces and for opposition to the policy
of dismantling Iraq and dividing it geographically."
[Yusuf Jum'a Salamah, Official Friday sermon, PA TV, September 2, 2005]
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