Bulletin
Oct. 25, 2010

Replacing Israel with "Palestine"
more important than education:
PA daily cartoon
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=3455

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

The idea of a "Palestine" that replaces Israel is more important to
Palestinian children than education. That was the message of a cartoon in
the official PA daily newspaper last week. A second message in the cartoon
was that Palestinian youth are prepared to use violence.

[Text in teacher's book: "a, b, c, d, e, f ... p, q r, s, t..."
Text in child's mind: "[Map of Palestine covering Israel] a, b, c..."
Note that Arabic is read from right to left.]
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 19, 2010]

The cartoon shows a teacher teaching a Palestinian child the letters of the
alphabet. However, the text in the child's mind shows that he visualizes the
map of "Palestine" replacing all of Israel before he starts learning the
alphabet. The cartoon also carries a message of violence, as the child's
pencil is shaped as a slingshot with a stone next to it.

Palestinian Media Watch has documented that during the five years of the
Palestinian terror campaign, from 2000 - 2005, the Palestinian Authority
used all the communication channels it controlled to actively encourage
children to participate in the violence.

Click here to view PA TV clip from 2001 telling children to throw away their
toys and pick up stones.

See PMW's website for additional examples of how "Palestine" replaces Israel
in the PA.