Bulletin
July 5, 2009 Palestinian Media Watch
Senior PA religious official
repeats incendiary lies and libels
about Israel, Jews and Jewish history
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Palestinian Media Watch:
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In a single TV interview, one of the Palestinian Authority's most senior
religious officials has reiterated several of the many fundamental lies,
libels and defamations about Israel, Jews and Jewish history that play a
central role in PA ideology and hate propaganda. Tayseer Tamimi, the PA's
Chief Religious Justice, regularly appears as a religious authority in the
official PA media and at public events.

In this recent interview, Tamimi teaches that the Quran says that Jews have
inherently negative traits and have been evil throughout history; that
Jerusalem has no Jewish holy sites; that Israel is destroying the foundation
of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is now "hanging in midair;" that Orthodox Jews
deny the Western Wall is part of the Jewish Temple; and that Jesus was not a
Jew but a Palestinian.
Tamimi's recent libels, lies and defamations, PATV (Fatah), June 9, 2009:

#1. The Quran says Jews have inherently negative characteristics
#2. Jews have no connection to Jerusalem
#3. Israel is acting to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque
#4. Orthodox Jews deny the Western Wall is part of the Temple
#5. Jesus was not a Jew but a Palestinian prophet of Islam

#1. The Quran says Jews have inherently negative characteristics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DnL-X8fCH4

Tayseer Tamimi, PA Chief Religious Justice:
"Concerning the Jews, the Holy Quran says that they lack understanding, are
void of wisdom, know nothing, violate agreements, etc. However, the Jews
were known - it was known about them throughout history- that they make
false claims, lies, forgery, slander, and fabrications, in order to justify
their aggression, land theft, defilement of holy sites, appropriation of
land, destruction of homes, murder of children, women, and the elderly."

#2. Jews have no connection to Jerusalem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xO6AiYMxe4

Tayseer Tamimi, PA Chief Religious Justice:
"I know of Muslim and Christian holy sites in [Jerusalem]. I don't know of
any Jewish holy sites in it... Israel has been excavating since 1967 in
search of remains of their Temple or their fictitious Jewish history."

#3. Israel is acting to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_WA6uWWKqs

Tayseer Tamimi, PA Chief Religious Justice:
"The [Israeli] excavations' purpose is to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque. In
fact, its foundations have been removed. Chemical acids were injected into
the rocks to dissolve them. The soil and the pillars [were moved] so the
mosque is hanging in midair. There is an Israeli plan to destroy the Al-Aqsa
Mosque and to build the Temple."

#4. Orthodox Jews deny the Western Wall is part of the Temple
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BySsBVrbaDs

Tayseer Tamimi, PA Chief Religious Justice:
"When the Prophet [Muhammad] entered Jerusalem, after landing with his
'riding animal' in the Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem, he tied it to
the western wall, which is known today [by Muslims] as the al-Buraq Wall,
and which the Jews usurped by falsification and deception [saying it is the
Western Wall of the Temple]. Orthodox Jewish groups, such as Neturei Karta,
denounce all the actions of the Israeli government and the Zionist movement
in Jerusalem. They, more than us, say these claims are false and a
distortion of the Jewish faith."

#5. Jesus was not a Jew but a Palestinian prophet of Islam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGoDhj7nRwU

Archbishop Atallah Hanna (speaking humorously): "We [Christians] are local
stock, 100% Palestinian and Arab produce."
Tayseer Tamimi, PA Chief Religious Justice: "Jesus is the only Palestinian
prophet."