Palestinian Media Watch
PA TV marks World Children’s Day by calling on kids to become ‘martyrs’
Israeli media watchdog groups calls on the United Nations to hold the Palestinian Authority accountable for its “continuous promotion and endorsement of child martyrdom.”
Fatah admits it supported Hamas during the Arafat era
The party of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has released a video on Facebook in which it boasts of the group’s central role in the two terror waves, which claimed 1,300 Israeli lives.
Palestinian experts discuss culture of marital rape and domestic violence
Ahead of this week’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, official P.A. television aired a frank discussion on the status of women in Palestinian society.
‘Day of Rage’ the start of ‘comprehensive plan of struggle,’ says Palestinian Authority official
Fatah official Jamal Muhaisen calls for the protests over U.S. settlements policy shift to continue to the point of a new intifada • Fatah deputy chairman Mahmoud al-Aloul: Activity planned “at all levels ... in order to escalate the struggle.”
PA TV teaches kids to aspire to ‘martyrdom’
Palestinian children are being taught to “offer their blood” by P.A. TV programs, says Israel-based media watchdog.
Fatah Facebook page editor temporarily shutters it due to fears the social-media giant would close it permanently.
NGO launches campaign to shut down Fatah Facebook account
“#CloseFatahFB campaign is not about punishing Fatah, it’s about saving lives,” says Palestinian Media Watch founder, co-author of a new report documenting Fatah’s promotion of terrorism on Facebook.
Since 2004, the Palestinian Authority has paid a total of $922,136 to the terrorists responsible for a pair of bombings on Sept. 9, 2003, which claimed the lives of 16 people and wounded 75, says Israeli NGO.
PA threatens ‘religious war’ over Netanyahu Hebron visit
The P.A. Religious Affairs Ministry compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to that of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount in 2000 and called on Palestinians to defend the Cave of the Patriarchs.
Palestinian National and Islamic Forces say that certain event cancellations were “another Palestinian victory” and warn against responding to future invitations from the U.S. embassy.
Jibril Rajoub: ‘Auschwitz is here in Palestine’
Fatah Central Committee secretary tells Kuwaiti TV that “every city in Palestine” is like the notorious Nazi death camp • Former Jordanian minister tells P.A. TV Israel “has outdone what Hitler did.”
Netanyahu is ‘darkness,’ Trump and Kushner his ‘messengers’—song on official PA TV
The song, which was aired in the context of last month’s Bahrain conference, calls P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas the “Son of the Sun” and asks him to banish the darkness and its messengers.
