Mideast Media Sampler 01/07/2014: Media Covers For Abbas' Glorification of Murdering Jews

by David Gerstman, contributing blogger at Legal Insurrection

The Unreal Mideast of American Editorials

Kerry and Netanyahu. Credit: Legal Insurrection,
Photo: U.S. Department of State / YouTube

The New York Times and Washington Post have both recently weighed in with editorials about John Kerry’s peace process.

First the New York Times ran The Ticking Mideast Clock.

Signs of failure are everywhere. On Thursday, standing beside Mr. Kerry, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a harsh assessment of his Palestinian counterpart, President Mahmoud Abbas, and, implicitly, the prospect of a Middle East peace agreement. Days earlier, Israel let it be known that it would build more settlements in the West Bank, further poisoning the political atmosphere while shrinking the territorial space for a deal. Hard-liners in Mr. Netanyahu’s government are pushing a bill that would annex settlements in the Jordan Valley area of the West Bank, where about 6,000 Israeli settlers and 10 times as many Palestinians live.

So what did Netanyahu say?

Just 2 Days After Victory At UN, PA Broadcasts Song About Slaughtering Israelis

Palestinian Media Watch notes that under the leadership of Abbas, just 2 days after the Palestinian Arabs won an upgrade in their observer status in the UN, the Official Palestinian Authority radio station broadcasts a song about killing Israelis: PA radio song praises suicide bombings against Israelis

Here is the video:

Palestinian Authority Will Honor More (Dead) Murderers Of Jews

The Palestinian Authority sponsored a sports tournament at a stadium named after a terrorist.
The event featured four teams that also were named after prominent Palestinian terrorists and terror supporters.
The competition came days after President Obama ended a six-month freeze on aid to the PA. The U.S. released $147 million reportedly to cover the costs of infrastructure, education, humanitarian aid and health projects for the Palestinians.
Aaron Klein, If You Think 'Redskins' Name is Offensive...

Khaled Abu Toameh writes about Israel releasing the bodies of Palestinian terrorists who murdered Jews--and the Palestinian Authority's plan to honor them as heroes:

PA Claims To Condemns Mohammed Mareh, While Honoring Palestinian Killer of 37 Israelis

PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Wednesday condemned the killing of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in France, rejecting the suspected gunman's motive of avenging Palestinian children killed by Israel.
Fayyad: Stop using Palestinians to justify terror, Ma'an March 21, 2012

Fayyad's gross hypocrisy will pass without the world condemnation it deserves.
After all:

• No one pays attention to the fact that Palestinian hero and role model Arafat was a murderous terrorist who killed countless innocents.

Missing Peace: A New Intifada in the Making?

The following by Missing Peace is reposted here with permission.

A New Intifada in the Making?

Missing Peace

Israeli woman stoned in her car near Carmei Tzur

Palestinian incitement against Israel has increased ever since the PA chose to obtain statehood via unilateral moves and opted for a reconciliation pact with Hamas instead of serious negotiations with Israel.

The latest example of PA incitement was the reaction of PA leaders Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayad to an IDF raid in Ramallah last week in which two pirate TV stations were closed down.

Fayad called the raid an “act of piracy” while Abbas said that the raid constituted a “flagrant assault on the freedom of expression and media”.

Of course the PA leaders knew very well that they received numerous Israeli requests to cease the broadcasting of both stations because they interrupted legal TV broadcasting.

They also knew about the provisions in the Oslo 2 accord of September 28, 1995 which contains a list of six approved TV stations in Annex III. Both Ramallah stations are not on that list.

Incidents


As a direct result of this incitement campaign the number of incidents in which Palestinian Arabs attacked Israeli targets has increased significantly over the past few weeks.

Barry Rubin: Why No Peace? Because the PA Tells Its People that Murdering Israeli Civilians Makes You a Hero

Why No Peace? Because the PA Tells Its People that Murdering Israeli Civilians Makes You a Hero

By Barry Rubin

The trouble with the Palestinian Authority (PA) is that while in the Western mass media it is virtually always portrayed as moderate the PA simply doesn’t act that way. Its contrary behavior involves not keeping its commitments, daily incitement to kill Israelis and destroy Israel in its institutions, and refusal to negotiate seriously.

Above all, it means refusing to make peace in the context of a two-state solution. Among other things, it rejects the idea off a peace treaty ending the conflict–a pretty remarkable stance–or resettling its people within the state of Palestine but insisting many should go to Israel to live–a pretty remarkable stance for what’s supposed to be a nationalist movement.

But then there are the symbolic things that persuade Israelis not to trust the PA with their future fate, even if Israel must deal with the PA and even save it from being overthrown by Hamas.