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Hebrew University Rector “strongly denounces” message as “completely unacceptable”
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A lecturer who teaches at Hebrew University responded to a recent PMW report with the following curse sent by email:

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“You do not deserve to be counted as human beings, as part of mankind. If there existed a place like hell, I would have wished you to burn in hell.”
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The curse was sent to Palestinian Media Watch by Dr. Maya Rosenfeld from her Hebrew University email address.

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Rosenfeld cursed PMW in response to PMW’s exposure of the PA’s hypocritical behavior, which causes significant suffering to the Palestinian population by prohibiting them normalization with Israel. Yet the PA permits its top official Saeb Erekat to receive medical treatment by Israeli doctors in an Israeli hospital, while the same has been denied ordinary Palestinians because it is “normalization.”

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While everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions, no one should be spewing out evil hate speech and curses at people they disagree with.

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It is unclear whether Rosenfeld’s curse was meant only for PMW’s senior analyst Nan Jacques Zilberdik who wrote the report, or whether Rosenfeld wishes for the entire PMW staff to “burn in hell,” (- of course only if hell existed, as Rosenfeld pointed out.)

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While Rosenfeld’s curse directed at PMW is horrifying, it is all the more disturbing if this behavior is reflective of Rosenfeld’s treatment of students who express opinions different from hers in the classroom. If so, this is a tragic environment for the Hebrew University.

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PMW notified the university of Rosenfeld’s curse of PMW and received the following response from Prof. Barak Median, Rector of the Hebrew University:

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Dear Mr. Marcus and Mrs. Zilberdik,
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Thanks for bringing this matter to our attention.
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We strongly denounce the message sent by Dr. Rosenfeld to Mrs. Zilberdik. It is completely unacceptable to use such a language.
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Needless to say, the message does not represent in any way the Hebrew University, and it stands in contradiction to our policy and what we stand for.
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Dr. Rosenfeld is an adjunct teacher at the Hebrew University, and she used the HUJI email address as a private person. We are inquiring into this matter and we will respond according to the results of our inquiry.
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Best, Barak Medina, Rector
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PMW also contacted Rosenfeld, asking for her response. At the time of writing PMW has not received any response from Rosenfeld.

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Rosenfeld’s curse was in response to PMW's report PA’s “Animal Farm”: No to normalization for regular Palestinians; Yes to normalization for PA leaders who need treatment in Israeli hospitals.

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A week ago, 60 Democratic members of US Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, criticizing what they called “unlawful home demolitions” by Israel, questioning whether they were carried out using US-supplied equipment or US aid.

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Palestinian Media Watch has written to Secretary Pompeo delineating why the house demolitions are both legal and necessary in Israel's war on terror and consistent with US law. PMW requested of Secretary Pompeo:

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"Mr. Secretary, it is important that you not only unreservedly reject the content of this letter by members of US Congress, but likewise condemn their support for the violation of law, as well as their attempt to tie Israel's hands in its war against terror. The act of writing and publicizing this letter by members of Congress, indicating support for the PA’s illegal construction and rejection of Israel's right to deter terror, will encourage the PA’s policy of building illegally as well as the PA’s promotion of terror. Your statement affirming Israel's right to enforce its laws and to defend itself against terror, even using United States supplied equipment, is urgent at this time."
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The following is PMW's letter in its entirety:

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US Secretary of State Mr. Mike Pompeo

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U.S. Department of State
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March 25, 2020

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Dear Secretary Pompeo,

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We were very upset to see the misleading letter sent to you by 60 members of Congress (March 16, 2020), in which they criticized the actions of the State of Israel, which are necessary to ensure both basic law enforcement and essential self-defense.

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In the letter, the Members of Congress expressed their concern “over the ongoing home demolitions and forcible transfer of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank… and other communities in East Jerusalem” and questioned whether they were carried out using US-supplied equipment or US aid.

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The authors of the letter paint a false picture as if the State of Israel arbitrarily demolishes Palestinian homes and libelously call them “unlawful home demolitions”.

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In fact, all house demolitions by Israel are legal and carried out in strict adherence to Israeli law. In most cases, these are houses illegally built without permits. The remaining demolitions were necessary to ensure and support Israel’s deterrence against acts of terror, as will be explained below. All the demolitions referred to were conducted pursuant to all the due process provisions of Israeli law.

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Both of these purposes are clearly permitted usage of US aid, pursuant to the US Arms Export Control Act (AECA).

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Unfortunately, the members of Congress chose to ignore the important facts.

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First, they fail to note, as documented in the reports of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) which is the report that the members of Congress rely on, 97% of the house demolitions in 2018 and 96% of the house demolitions in 2019, were carried out in Jerusalem and in the areas of Judea and Samaria that are entirely under Israeli jurisdiction.

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In these areas, the Palestinian Authority has deliberately promoted the building of illegal structures, as part of its illegal “land grab” policy, in order to challenge Israeli jurisdiction that was granted under the Oslo Accords. Under the terms of the Oslo peace process, Israel has full jurisdiction and full administrative responsibility, except in areas where the status has been changed by agreement.

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When demolishing these illegally built structures, Israel is rightfully conducting essential functions of law enforcement carried out by all law-abiding governments. Regrettably, the members of Congress in the letter to you are supporting the PA’s intentional violation of the law and in doing so are also preventing the resumption of a peace process. If the PA concludes that it is able to garner international support from legislators for its violation of the law and its land grabs, it will never return to a negotiated peace process.

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Second, the authors of the letter ignore the critical fact that the other house demolitions were carried out as a direct result of murderous terror attacks, and that the houses demolished were the houses in which the terrorist murderers lived. These terror-related demolitions are likewise carried out following due process and have proven effective in creating and maintaining deterrence.

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One such demolition carried out in 2019, was the demolition of the house of the murderer of US and Israeli citizen Ari Fuld. While Ari was murdered in September 2018, the house of the perpetrator was only demolished in 2019 having allowed his family to exhaust the due process provisions provided under Israeli law, including a petition to Israel’s Supreme Court. Ari was murdered by a 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist who was raised on the hate-filled messages of the Palestinian Authority. To this day, the PA continues to reward Ari’s murderer - who is now imprisoned in Israel - paying him a monthly salary, which according to PA law and regulations, increases over time.

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This PA practice completely ignores the demands of the US’ Taylor Force Act, which “calls on the Palestinian Authority… to stop payments for acts of terrorism by individuals who are imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts of terrorism and by individuals who died committing acts of terrorism and to repeal the laws authorizing such payments.”

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The PA incentivizes terror and rewards terror is many different ways, and this increases the need for Israel to use every possible method to create deterrence, including house demolitions.

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Another house demolition followed the murder Staff Sergeant Gal Keidan and father of 12, Rabbi Achiad Ettinger. Their 19-year-old murderer was also raised on the hate-filled messages of the PA. After the terrorist was killed while resisting an attempted arrest, the PA immediately turned the murderer into a Palestinian hero, erecting a monument in his honor and naming a street, a square, a mosque, and a football tournament after him. To this day, ignoring the demands of the Taylor Force Act, the PA continues to pay a monthly allowance to the family of the murderer (See: “The making of a Palestinian terror superstar” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, May 3, 2019 (https://palwatch.org/page/15580)).

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Significantly, there is clear evidence showing that the demolition of the houses of terrorists is a deterrent against additional acts of terror. For example, there are documented cases in which parents notified the Israeli army of their sons’ planned terror attack in order to save their homes.

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In addition, the recently released American Peace to Prosperity Plan specifically referred to and permitted the continued demolition of the houses of terrorists.

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Accordingly, if US aid or equipment was used to demolish any homes, and we are not privy to this information, it is clear that this use is legitimate, as mandated by AECA.

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The lack of integrity of the members of Congress who wrote this letter is obvious from the opening words of the third paragraph, in which the signatories misrepresent themselves “as supporters of the U.S.-Israel special relationship.” One of the signatories, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, has openly expressed her distain for Israel. Tlaib recently posted a picture of herself on Facebook wearing a T-shirt with the map of “Palestine” that replaces all of Israel. Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler recently criticized her: “The growing anti-Semitism in our political dialogue is repugnant… [the] cartoon forwarded by @RepRashida and @Ilhan can surely be read for its vile underlying message.” When Congress passed a resolution to condemn the anti-Israel BDS movement by the vote of 398 – 17, among the 17 were Tlaib as well as other signatories of this letter including Rep. Mark Pocan and Rep. Betty McCollum. Their dishonesty in misrepresenting themselves as supporters of the “US- Israel special relationship,” is a reflection of the dishonesty of the entire letter.

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Accordingly, Mr. Secretary, it is important that you not only unreservedly reject the content of this letter by members of US Congress, but likewise condemn their support for the violation of law, as well as their attempt to tie Israel's hands in its war against terror. The act of writing and publicizing this letter by members of Congress, indicating support for the PA’s illegal construction and rejection of Israel's right to deter terror, will encourage the PA’s policy of building illegally as well as the PA’s promotion of terror. Your statement affirming Israel's right to enforce its laws and to defend itself against terror, even using United States supplied equipment, is urgent at this time.

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Yours sincerely,

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Numbers matter. Spread the word!

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Just 1 minute of your time, that's all it takes to join our online campaign to shut down Fatah's terror-promoting Facebook page. Fatah used Facebook this year to tell its 250,000 followers that terrorists who murdered Israelis are "the perfect person," "the ideal example of humanity," "the crown jewel," the magnificent," "the star of the night," and more.

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Click the button above to send Facebook a pre-written email demanding that it close Fatah's terror-promoting Facebook page.

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After submitting your letter, please click on the Twitter and Facebook icons. Encourage your friends and followers to join the campaign. People need to know that Facebook knows that it is facilitating terror promotion and is doing nothing. More people must demand that Facebook stop partnering with Fatah and close its terror-promoting Facebook page.

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Most importantly, please join the campaign today. The more people that let Facebook know how they feel, the better chance Facebook will stop partnering with terror promotion, and lives will be saved.

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Read PMW's latest report and see for yourself how Fatah promotes terror on its Facebook page.

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76 Palestinian Authority schools named after terrorists and Nazi collaborators and honoring Martyrs and Martyrdom.

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This is an updated version of the May 2017 report "Palestinian Authority schools named after terrorists and Nazi collaborators". A previous update was released in September 2017.

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Get full report

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Minister of Public Security adopts PMW complaint to police against PA leader Rajoub
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On March 11 this year, Palestinian Media Watch submitted a complaint to the Israeli police against Palestinian leader Jibril Rajoub for incitement to murder during the 2015 - 2016 Palestinian terror wave ("The Knife Intifada"). Joining PMW’s complaint were the relatives of three terror victims, Avraham Weissman, Doron Mizrachi, and Natan Meir, whose loved ones were murdered in the months following Rajoub’s incitement to murder.

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\nFollowing three months of PMW's waiting for the police to initiate an investigation, PMW turned last week to the Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan who is responsible for the police and asked him to intervene. In response, Minister Erdan sent a letter to the Attorney General Dr. Avichai Mandelblit asking him to instruct the police to investigate Rajoub based on PMW's complaint:
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"On March 11, 2018, a complaint [by PMW] was submitted to the Israel Police against Rajoub for incitement to violence and terror... Rajoub explicitly and consistently incites to terror and violence in a manner that can harm and lead to acts of murder and violence, I ask you to order the launch of a police investigation against him." [See full text of Erdan's letter below]
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In addition, based on the evidence PMW supplied, Erdan asked the Attorney General to immediately prohibit Rajoub's entry into Israel:
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"It is unreasonable to me that the State of Israel would act to grant permits to someone who incites to violence and terror, and who acts in every way to harm it and its citizens. Therefore, I ask that instructions be given to withhold from Rajoub any entry permit to territory of the State of Israel from now on."
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Rajoub is a very senior PA official. He received the highest number of votes in the last Fatah election and could replace Mahmoud Abbas should the 82 year-old leader step down. Rajoub holds many Palestinian positions: Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee, Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee, Chairman of the Palestinian Scout Association, and Head of the PLO Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs.
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\nNotwithstanding his senior position, PMW supplied evidence of Rajoub's clear incitement to murder, which cannot be ignored. PMW's complaint to the police included evidence of explicit calls by Rajoub on PA TV to continue terror attacks against Israelis. For example, referring to Palestinian terrorists who had attacked and even murdered Israelis, he said:
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Once Rajoub called to commit terror attacks specifically against soldiers and "settlers," because he wanted to avoid a negative political cost on the international level:
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"The international community does not ask what happens to a settler or soldier in the occupied territories at the wrong time and in the wrong place. No one asks about him! Therefore, we want to fight in a way that the world and the international community will remain by our side."
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In his letter to the Attorney General, Erdan cited this and other evidence that was in PMW's complaint, which was first announced at an event in the Knesset organized by the Knesset Israel Victory Caucus, headed by MKs Oded Forer, Avraham Neguise, and Elazar Stern.
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\nThe following is a translation of Minister Erdan's letter, with links to PMW's evidence. The link to the original Hebrew follows below:
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June 18, 2018
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To: Dr. Avichai Mandelblit, Attorney General, Mr. Shai Nitzan, State Attorney, Brig.-Gen. Sharon Afek, Military Advocate General, Maj.-Gen. Kamil Abu Rokon, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
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Greetings,
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Topic: Jibril Rajoub - Launching an investigation and preventing entry to Israeli territory
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1. Jibril Rajoub is a resident of the Palestinian Authority, Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Fatah organization (which has been declared as a terror organization), Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the [PLO] Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs.
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2. Over the years, in forums in which he is active and a member, Rajoub is leading a violent and extremist line against the State of Israel that strives against its existence and seeks to undermine its legitimacy. Recently, Rajoub led a cultural boycott campaign against Israel - in that he led a campaign of threats against the Argentinian national football team and its players, in order to cause a cancelation of the friendly match against the Israeli national football team. As part of this, Rajoub called on Arabs and Muslims to burn the shirt of Argentinian national football team player Lionel Messi. Due to his actions, FIFA even opened disciplinary proceedings against him.
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3. From the information recently made known to me (PMW's complaint to the police was shown to him last week - Ed.), it arises that in addition to his activity in the international arena against the State of Israel, in recent years Rajoub is involved in severe incitement and support for committing terror activities and the murder of Israeli civilians, soldiers, and police officers. In addition, Rajoub clearly and publicly supports terror organizations and the kidnapping of Israelis.
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4. As is known, the recent terror wave that the State of Israel dealt with was characterized by terror attacks committed mainly by lone terrorists, who drew the inspiration to commit the terror attack from publications in the media outlets or social media. In this context, Rajoub's remarks receive extra force in light of his senior status in the Palestinian establishment and the various positions that he holds - which contain significant potential to influence others to act according to his calls.
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5. For example, prominent examples from these statements of his are brought below (as they were made known to me by Palestinian Media Watch) :
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"If Hamas wants to kidnap soldiers, let them kidnap soldiers. Let them kidnap... It's clear that kidnapping is the language they understand. On the contrary, we encourage them [Hamas]. When they kidnapped [Israeli soldier Gilad] Shalit, we congratulated them..." (Jan. 2, 2014)
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"The international community does not agree to a bus exploding in Tel Aviv. But the international community does not ask what happens to a settler or soldier in the occupied territories at the wrong time and in the wrong place. No one asks about him! Therefore, we want to fight in a way that the world and the international community will remain by our side." (Oct. 17, 2015)
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"I say that whoever carried out individual acts of heroism, we in the Fatah Movement bless and encourage them. We consider them heroes and a crown on the head of every Palestinian... beginning with our brother Muhannad Halabi (who murdered 2 - Ed.) and ending with the last Martyr... I say that we in the [Fatah] Central Committee have discussed this matter, and we are in favor." (Jan. 2, 2016)
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"And from here we say to the 145 Martyrs (Palestinians killed from Oct. 2015 - Jan. 2016, most during their terror attacks -Ed.) - you are heroes and we bless you and strengthen your families, and say to you: You are a crown on our heads.'" (Jan. 6, 2016)
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Rajoub is also implementing his murderous ideology in the framework of his official positions:
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In 2013, Rajoub gave certificates of honor to murderers Ziyad and Mustafa Ghneimat who murdered two Israelis in 1985 (Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 20, 2013)
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In 2015, Rajoub glorified Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), who led the PLO's military wing and was responsible for a number of acts of terror that led to the murder of many Israelis (at least 125), by sponsoring a fencing tournament named after the arch-terrorist (Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 20, 2015)
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6. On March 11, 2018, a complaint [by PMW] was submitted to the Israel Police against Rajoub for incitement to violence and terror.
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7. In light of all of the above, which proves that Rajoub explicitly and consistently incites to terror and violence in a manner that can harm and lead to acts of murder and violence, I ask you to order the launch of a police investigation against him.
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8. Likewise, from the police reports it was made known to me that from time to time Rajoub receives entry permits to East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. It is unreasonable to me that the State of Israel would act to grant permits to someone who incites to violence and terror, and who acts in every way to harm it and its citizens. Therefore, I ask that instructions be given to withhold from Rajoub any entry permit to territory of the State of Israel from now on.
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9. I would be grateful for your answer.
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Best regards,
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Israeli Parliament Member Gilad Erdan
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Minister of Public Security,
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Minister of Strategic Affairs
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\nClick here to read the letter in Hebrew

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Far-reaching PMW achievement
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\nToday the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee voted unanimously to deduct the amount that the PA pays to terrorist prisoners and terrorists' families from the tax money that Israel collects and transfers to the PA each month. The amount, according to the 2018 PA budget, is approximately 1.2 billion shekels per year (approx. $350 million).
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\nThe legislation adds that the withheld money will be put into a special account which will be used to compensate victims of terror and their families, as well as to compensate Israelis for economic damage caused by Palestinian terror, and other uses.
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\nSince the vote was supported by all the Knesset members present, both of the coalition and opposition, the legislation is expected to pass the second and third readings in the Knesset shortly and be enacted into law.
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\nPalestinian Media Watch has been working with the Knesset committee in all of its deliberations about this legislation. On November 13, 2017, PMW was invited and made a PowerPoint presentation to the committee introducing the Knesset committee to the topic of Palestinian rewards to terrorists.
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\nPMW showed the Knesset the history and scope of the PA practice:
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The amount the PA spends on terror rewards;
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Proof that these rewards motivated terror attacks;
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Proof that at least part of the money Israel transferred was reaching terrorists in prison; and much more.
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\nSubsequently, the Ministry of Defense announced that the Israeli government would like to initiate its own version of the legislation. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense turned to PMW and met with us numerous times for information detailing the practice and its scope.
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\nPMW was invited to the four subsequent meetings in the Knesset Committee in 2018, (January 9, February 12, May 15, and today), and played an active role in all the meetings.
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\nThe new Israeli legislation comes on the heels of U.S. Congress passage of the Taylor Force Act, which cuts off virtually all American funding to the Palestinian Authority until it cancels the PA laws for rewarding terrorism and in fact stops the practice.
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\nFollowing today's committee vote, PMW spoke with a member of a European parliament and is providing information to enable them to consider their own legislation.
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\nPMW has been documenting the PA salaries to terrorists and working with the parliaments around the world on proper responses to combat the PA terror rewards since we first exposed the PA's programs, in 2011. PMW and many governments around the world see the PA practice of paying salaries to terrorists as a fundamental impediment to peace. PMW notes that, after years of condemning the PA practice, governments are now taking concrete legislative action to penalize the PAs terror rewards program.
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Rudy Giuliani to PMW:

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The PA is “not entitled to be a state”

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Trump’s lawyer Giuliani to PMW:

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“The PA is a prime supporter of terrorism and therefore not entitled to be a state”
The PA is “a murder machine”
“The US should not give the PA any money, and not just restrict the use of money, because money is fungible”
“Palestinian Media Watch is doing a great service in documenting this on such a large scale, and I congratulate them and hope that they continue”

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Palestinian Media Watch met with Rudy Giuliani, US President Donald Trump's lawyer, on Wednesday, and documented to him the many ways that the PA glorifies terror and terrorists.

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PMW’s Director Itamar Marcus and head of Legal Strategies Maurice Hirsch showed the former mayor of New York City PMW’s reports on the PA's payment of salaries to terrorist prisoners, 31 PA schools named after terrorists as well as texts presenting terrorists as role models from PA schoolbooks.

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Giuliani’s response was that these activities show the PA to be a “murder machine.” The PA’s response to terror including financial support and honor for terrorists makes them “a prime supporter of terrorism.”

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Most significantly, Giuliani concluded that because of the PA’s terror support they are “therefore not entitled to be a state.”

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In his statement to PMW, Giuliani focused on the PA’s policy of paying salaries to terrorists:

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Click to listen

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[Giuliani recorded statement to PMW, June 6, 2018]

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Giuliani believes that countries must cut off all funding to Palestinian Authority:

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“The United States, for example, should not give the Palestinian Authority any money, and not just restrict the use of money, because money is fungible. So if they get money for one purpose, they just don’t use it for that purpose and they move it over to paying terrorists for killing Americans, because many of these terrorists have killed Americans as well as Israelis.”

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Significantly, Giuliani recommends even stricter financial sanctions on the PA than were imposed by the US Congress’ recent Taylor Force Act (TFA). The TFA permits limited US funding of the PA for specific humanitarian needs. Giuliani is arguing that since money is fungible any funding to the PA is supporting terror.

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Giuliani expressed warm appreciation to PMW for our work in exposing all of this to the international community:

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“Palestinian Media Watch is doing a great service in documenting this on such a large scale, and I congratulate them and hope that they continue this activity until we cut this out.”

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The following is Rudy Giuliani’s full statement to PMW following the meeting with PMW Director Itamar Marcus and PMW Head of Legal Strategies Maurice Hirsch:

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Rudy Giuliani, lawyer to US President Donald Trump:

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“The payment of money by the Palestinian Authority to terrorists who are convicted of terrorism is an absolute human rights outrage and a crime in and of itself. To give money to people who slaughter innocent human beings, including children and women and innocent people of all kinds, is a direct contribution to terrorism. It gives the terrorists the support that if they engage in these activities they can get basically a salary for life that could go to their families, and this is the kind of thing you do for people who are engaged in legitimate military activities, not for terrorists, and you have the blood of the future terrorists’ victims on your hands if you’re doing this. The fact that the Palestinian Authority does this, carries this out on a massive scale, is yet another indication that the Palestinian Authority is a prime supporter of terrorism, and therefore not entitled to be a state. This money should be cut off in any way that it could be. The United States, for example, should not give the Palestinian Authority any money, and not just restrict the use of money, because money is fungible. So if they get money for one purpose, they just don’t use it for that purpose and they move it over to paying terrorists for killing Americans, because many of these terrorists have killed Americans as well as Israelis and citizens of other countries. And if the American government cares about the lives of its citizens, it will stop supporting a murder machine, which is what the Palestinian Authority has become. Palestinian Media Watch is doing a great service in documenting this on such a large scale, and I congratulate them and hope that they continue this activity until we cut this out.”

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[Giuliani recorded statement to PMW, June 6, 2018]

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PMW posters of terrorists and their rewards

distributed to Israeli MPs at committee hearing

PMW invited to hearing dealing with Israeli legislation

to combat the PA's payment of salaries to terrorists

Palestinian Media Watch was invited to the Israeli parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense committee once again last week for the latest debate on new legislation to deduct the amount the Palestinian Authority pays terrorists and their families from Israel's tax transfers to the PA.

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One of the posters PMW distributed

\nIn order to impress upon members of Parliament the horror of the PA practice of paying salaries to terrorists, PMW produced 13 small posters with information about a number of Palestinian terrorists, their hundreds of victims and how much money the PA has paid each of the terrorists since they were arrested.

Click to view 13 posters of terrorist murderers and their reward from the PA.

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Click to download the set of posters for printing.

PMW's Director, Itamar Marcus, and Head of Legal Strategies, Maurice Hirsch, both actively participated in the debate. In addition, PMW had invited relatives of terror victims who also spoke at the hearing, demanding that Israel not transfer any money to the PA that might go to pay salaries to the murderers of their loved ones. Some of them held up PMW's posters while they spoke, documenting how much money the PA has already paid the terrorist who murdered their relatives.

Unusually, the committee debate discussed two different drafts for legislation. One draft legislation, initiated by MP Elazar Stern (of the opposition Yesh Atid party), requires that the government categorically deduct any funds paid by the PA to reward terrorism from the tax monies collected. The second draft legislation, initiated by the government, also requires the deduction of any funds paid by the PA to reward terrorism from the tax monies collected, but adds a discretionary power (granted to the Israeli cabinet) to waive all or part of the deduction for reasons of national security or foreign relations.

After the discussion, the head of the Foreign Affairs and Defense committee, MP Avi Dichter (of the coalition Likud party) stated that the wide discretionary provision included in the government's legislation would not pass the committee. In order to give it an opportunity to reconsider the provision, MP Dichter gave the government two weeks to return to the committee with a revised suggestion.

Before and after the hearing, Itamar Marcus and Maurice Hirsch were interviewed by the press. Click to read interviews with JNS and the Jerusalem Post.

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According to its 2018 budget, the PA allocated 550 million shekels ($158 million) for paying salaries to terrorist prisoners and released terrorists and an additional 687 million shekels ($197 million) for payments to families of the so-called "Martyrs" (including suicide bombers and other killed terrorists) and wounded.

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US and Israel leaders respond

to PMW report on PA 2018 budget

calling to cut funding to PA
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\nPalestinian Media Watch reported on March 28, 2018 that the Palestinian Authority will continue to pay salaries to imprisoned and released terrorists and allowances to families of dead terrorist "Martyrs," according to the PA's new budget for 2018.

US and Israeli leaders have responded to PMW's report with calls to cut funding to the PA.
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On March 23, 2018 the US passed the Taylor Force Act - a law named after US citizen Taylor Force who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in Tel Aviv on March 8, 2016, which calls to cut almost all funding to the PA if it continues payments to terrorists and their families.
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PMW's report highlights that the PA in defiance of the US is continuing to reward terror and will now lose its American funding.
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\nThe following are some of the immediate responses by legislators and government leaders to PMW's report:
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\nUS Senator Charles Schumer: \n

"[The PA's terror payments budget] is exactly why we passed the Taylor Force Act. Now the Palestinian Authority will face additional financial consequences for its abhorrent policy."
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[Algemeiner, March 28, 2018]

US Congressman Doug Lamborn:

"It seems like the Palestinian Authority did not receive the message we tried to send by passing this law, so now we have to ensure that the US will slash its funding to it."
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[Algemeiner, March 28, 2018]
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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman:
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אבו מאזן תומך הטרור הוריד את המסיכה והסיר את הכפפות. נפעל להחלטה מהירה על קיזוז כספי המשכורות שאבו-מאזן מעביר למחבלים ונפסיק את האבסורד הזה
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"Mahmoud Abbas the terror supporter has removed the mask and taken the gloves off. We will act for a quick decision on deducting the salary money that Mahmoud Abbas is transferring to terrorists and we will stop this absurdity."

[Official Twitter account of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman,
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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon:

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He’s not even bothering to cover his tracks. Mahmoud Abbas has decided that he will resume directly funding terrorists’ salaries & his representative to the @UN called the US Taylor Force Act “blackmail.” The international community must join the US & pledge to end 'pay to slay' pic.twitter.com/W8WOjQ0Aby
\n— Ambassador Danon (@dannydanon) March 28, 2018

[Official Twitter account of Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon,
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"The PA's budget demonstrated that President Mahmoud Abbas had 'revealed his true intentions as he directly funds hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorists with blood on their hands.
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Once again, the Palestinians have responded to American initiatives aimed at reconciliation with support for terror and violence. We call on the international community, and the United Nations, to join the US in their pledge to put an end to the funding of Palestinian terror.'"
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[Algemeiner, March 28, 2018]

Israeli member of Parliament Oded Forer:

"That the Palestinian Authority brazenly and openly boasts of its payments to terrorists as the Taylor Force Act was being passed into law is Mahmoud Abbas' official response to it and is a slap in the face to the U.S.... This cannot go unanswered and amply demonstrates the necessity of the Taylor Force Act and a similar law we will pass in the Knesset. The outrageous and shameless commitment to murder and the funding apparatus surrounding it are signs that the Palestinian Authority leadership feels immune from international reproach for its bloody policies, and this must stop immediately."

[Jewish Press, March 28, 2018]
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Additional News Coverage of PMW report:
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Tower Magazine:
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"Just days after the United States Congress passed the bipartisan Taylor Force Act into law, the Palestinian Authority published its 2018 budget, which includes $355 million allocated to payment of terrorists and their families, Palestinian Media Watch reported Wednesday."

FrontPage Magazine:
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"Palestinian Media Watch's report on the new Palestinian Authority budget shows that over 7% or $355 million will go to the same old, 'Pay to Slay' program. The PLO government doesn't just incite violence against Israelis and Americans. It financially subsidized it using American taxpayer money."

Conservative Review:
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"Palestinian Media Watch reports that the PA just released its operations budget for 2018, a significant portion of which is dedicated to the 'martyr fund' for Palestinian terrorists and their families.

The Palestinian watchdog found that 7.47 percent of the Palestinian Authority budget, or $355 million, will go to the fund in 2018. 'In open defiance of the US, other donor countries, and Israel, the PA's new budget shows it is continuing to reward terror,' Palestinian Media Watch reports."
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i24NEWS:
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"Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), citing PA budget documents, said in a report that $158 million was set aside in the 2018 budget for payments to Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.

$197 million was allocated for families of those who were killed or wounded by Israeli forces, including while carrying out acts of terror, the NGO said.
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While for the past few years the payments have been made through the prisoners' committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the budget documents reveal that they are now being made directly from the Western-backed PA, which has limited autonomy in parts of the Israeli-controlled West Bank."
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JNS:
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"According to Palestinian Media Watch, the P.A. budget for the Commission of Prisoner Affairs, which pays the salaries of terrorist prisoners and released prisoners, is set at $166 million, of which $158 million will go to terrorists."

JNS also reprinted PMW's entire report
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\nYnet:
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"The total sum of the payment scheme was published in the PA budget reports for 2018, and exposed by Palestinian Media Watch. According to the report, the PA will earmark NIS 550 million as stipends for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, as well as NIS 687 million for the families of terrorists who were killed while carrying out terror attacks or in attempted attacks against Israel."
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Algemeiner:
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"An examination of the PA's 2018 budget conducted by

Palestinian Media Watch - an Israeli research and advocacy organization - noted on Tuesday that almost half of the PA's anticipated foreign aid budget of $775 million is being spent on the terror payments.
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'In open defiance of the US, other donor countries, and Israel, the PA's new budget shows it is continuing to reward terror,' the report argued.
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The report highlighted that 'for the first time since 2014, the PA has stopped attempting to hide that it is the PA that pays salaries to all the terrorist prisoners.'"
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Jewish Press:
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"After studying the recent PA budget, Director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) Itamar Marcus and Palestinian Media Watch's Head of Legal Strategies Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch brought it to the attention of Knesset Israel Victory Caucus (KIVC) Chair MK Oded Forer to collaborate with his counterparts in the Congressional Israel Victory Caucus (CIVC), especially Rep. Doug Lamborn, who introduced the Taylor Force Act, to bring this to the attention of the American authorities that can trigger the clauses in the law."

JerusalemOnline:
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"Despite the American condemnation of the Palestinian Authority's rewards program for terrorists, the Ramallah-based government plans to continue its support for murderers and their families in 2018 with $355 million, according to the Palestinian Media Watch.
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According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) research, 7.47 percent of the PA's total operational budget will be allotted to paying terrorists and their families. This part of the budget equals almost half of the foreign aid funding that the PA hopes to receive this year."

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Breaking Israel News:

"The Palestinian Authority has authorized payments of $355 million to convicted terrorists and the families of terrorists as part of their 2018, according to a report.
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According to Palestinian Media Watch, the P.A. budget for the Commission of Prisoner Affairs, which pays the salaries of terrorist prisoners and released prisoners, is set at $166 million, of which $158 million will go to terrorists."

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UK MPs use PMW material to defend Israel

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Just two weeks after British MPs met with the Head of PMW’s Legal Department Maurice Hirsch, the MPs were actively using the PMW material in Parliament to defend Israel.

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On Feb. 7, 2018, Parliament held a debate initiated to criticize Israel for alleged cases in which the Israeli Military arrested and detained Palestinian children. Three MPs spoke out on behalf of Israel, explaining why the Palestinian children were involved in violence necessitating their arrests, citing PMW material.

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Labour MP Joan Ryan explained that while the Palestinian children’s plight is important - she countered citing PMW material that it was the PA itself that was inciting the children to hatred, Antisemitism, violence, and terror glorification, by naming schools after terrorists, naming sports events after terrorists, teaching Antisemitism on PA official TV and more. MP Joan Ryan even displayed an image from PMW’s bulletin regarding Fatah’s guide to stone throwing for children.

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“None of that is to suggest that the plight of Palestinian children in the tragic conflict there is not important, but we must make clear our deep and continuing concern at the Palestinian Authority’s policy of inciting violence - a policy which intentionally is aimed at children and young people. We see it in the manner which schools and sports tournaments are named after terrorists [exposed by PMW]; We see it in the newly revised curriculum, which asks students to calculate the number of martyrs in Palestinian uprisings as a maths exercise; and we see it in the countless examples of Antisemitism which litter children’s TV programs on official PA TV [exposed by PMW]. We must register our deep and continuing concern that the Palestinian leadership’s attempt to recruit children into committing acts of violence.
\nIn December, Fatah posted to its Twitter account this photo of a young boy hurling rocks with a slingshot [exposed by PMW], together with a guide as how best to throw a rock.
\nLet's remember Yehuda Haim Shoham, one year-old Jonathan Palmer, and three-year-old Adele Biton were all killed as a result of stones being thrown at cars they were travelling in.”

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Labour MP Louise Ellman likewise referred repeatedly to the PMW material on Palestinian children to counter those MPs trying to place blame on Israel, specifically cited PMW bulletin’s documenting the PA children’s magazine that claimed that “Muhammad ordered kids to throw rocks at Jews” and to PMW’s exposure of Antisemitism on the PA children's program, The Best Home:

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“...The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be resolved only by direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians -not by the Palestinian Authority’s inciting young people to hate and kill, as is happening on the West Bank today. Indeed, such incitement is specifically in breach of the Geneva conventions.

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Such violence has been encouraged by the Palestinian leadership, in direct contravention of the Geneva convention, which specifically prohibits the recruitment and involvement of children in terrorist activities. Fatah recently tweeted a practical guide [exposed by PMW] to show young people how to throw rocks, euphemistically called “stones.” And this has resulted in the murder of young people, including Yehuda Haim Shoham, aged five months.

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The Palestinian authorities incite hatred towards Jews and Israelis.
\nThe Palestinian youth magazine Zayzafuna's October issue claimed that Muhammad sanctifies the throwing of rocks at Jews [exposed by PMW]. Terrorists are glorified.

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One PA TV program, The Best Home in May 2015, in that, a girl recited a poem calling Jews “barbaric monkeys who murdered Allah’s pious prophets [exposed by PMW].”

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However, the answer is to negotiate peace, not to glorify hatred and violence by telling young people and children that murdering Israelis is justified resistance.”

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Conservative MP Ross Thomson likewise defended Israeli based on numerous PMW bulletins that have exposed the PA’s naming of schools after terrorists, the PA’s payment of salaries to terrorists and the PA’s denial of history and of Israel’s right to exist:

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“The Palestinian Authority-not Hamas, but the so-called moderates in the Palestinian Authority-

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name schools after terrorists, give them honours and pay them monthly salaries. At the same time, they delegitimise the existence of the state of Israel and the Jewish presence in the region, and deny the Jewish connection to much of the region's history.

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Let us also call for the Palestinian Authority to stop honouring terrorists and build a society where children are less easily radicalised.”

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[House of Commons, Parliamentlive.tv, Feb. 7, 2018]

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PMW will continue to supply MPs and governments around the world with authentic material documenting the Palestinian Authority's incitement of its own children to hatred, violence and Martyrdom seeking, which is the fundamental reason for Palestinian children’s involvement in violence. This violence is what necessitates the arrest of those minors.

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PMW plays active role in Israel's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee debate drafting legislation to reduce Israeli tax transfers to PA

because of PA's payment of salaries to terrorists

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Palestinian Media Watch played an active role in a hearing last week in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of Israel's parliament discussing legislation to deduct from the tax revenues that Israel transfers to the PA, the amount the PA pays in funding to terrorists and their families.
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\nRecognizing PMW's expertise since it first exposed this PA practice and from years of researching the subject, PMW was the only non-government organization to appear before the Committee discussing the new legislation. To date the committee has held three hearings, all attended by PMW. During the first two hearings, PMW gave extensive presentations that included specific examples of terrorists who attributed their terrorist actions to the PA salaries; specific proof that withholding the taxes resulted in a reduction of the terrorist salaries; examples of the decisions of foreign governments demanding that their donations to the PA not be used to pay the terrorist salaries; and comprehensive details and figures regarding the payments themselves.
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\nThanks to PMW's work for years with the international community since PMW first exposed the PA practice of paying salaries to terrorists in prison, by now the PA payments are common knowledge and many governments have changed funding behavior. The Israeli government is now suggesting legislation that would fight this practice shekel for shekel.
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\nWhile the PA committed itself in the Oslo peace accords to combat terrorism, it is clear that these payments are not only a substantial incentive to carry out terrorist attacks. In the same Oslo agreements, Israel agreed to relinquish the taxes for imports to the PA controlled areas in favor of the PA, but continues to collect these taxes on its behalf. According to information provided to the Knesset by the Israeli Finance Ministry, Israel collects almost 700,000,000 Shekels ($200,000,000) a month in taxes and transfers a monthly payment of 600,000,000 shekels (after deducting debts of the PA).
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At the end of the hearing, Israeli parliamentary committee decided to meet again in three weeks and vote on language of the legislation that would be sent to the Knesset for approval.

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