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Wednesday 27 October 2010

Abbas displays map of Palestine that erases Israel

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
PMW Bulletin: Abbas displays map of Palestine that erases Israel
Bulletin
Oct. 27, 2010
PA Chairman Abbas
holds up map of "Palestine"
that erases Israel
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=3467
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
During a visit to Bethlehem this week, Palestinian Authority Chairman
Mahmoud Abbas held up a stone model of a map of "Palestine" that erases
Israel.
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 26, 2010]
US President Obama has condemned the existence of maps like the one Abbas
displayed as a "security" threat to Israel:
"I will never compromise when it comes to Israel's security... Not when
there are terrorist groups and political leaders committed to Israel's
destruction. Not when there are maps across the Middle East that don't even
acknowledge Israel's existence."
[Obama at AIPAC Conference, June 4, 2008]
As Palestinian Media Watch reported, last year Abbas held up a similar
political map that presented a world without Israel. It included the PA flag
above the entire land of Israel, and was titled "Palestine." It named all
the neighboring states in English -- "Lebanon, Syria, Jordan Egypt" -- but
failed to mention Israel.
http://www.palwatch.org/pages/news_archive.aspx?doc_id=2568
On Abbas's maps there is no Israel.
Abbas openly ignores US President Obama's criticism of the use of such maps,
letting the political and educational structures under his control continue
to use maps that present a world without Israel. It is the only map used by
the PA to represent "Palestine," and at times even the "State of Palestine."
See PMW's website for more examples of how "Palestine" erases Israel in the
PA.
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ovtqbicab&et=1103834222115&s=4998&e=001__AaQoip3YqFHuu57Lzl8T3fxCLDpwAb2Mji9py8c-i0ELcGiklYZ-W5aGITxTwRNU-NBRJ8r7VP87fkrFs5XHtrGYROU4CmhttMPKTeDjA2WqSemwIlX2JuDppK2pHv-qGx7gFpQSs=
The following are recent examples:
1. PA TV children's program:
Girl points to places on map: "We went to the Sea of Galilee (in Israel) and
to the Dead Sea."
Boy points on map: "Jaffa, Haifa." (Israeli cities)
...
Host: "So you've visited many different places in Palestine, and that's very
good. It's very good that we're always visiting new places in our state,
Palestine."
[PA TV (Fatah), May 16, 2010]
2. PA Minister of Prisoners Karake presents award of honor to prisoner's
family in shape of "Palestine."
[PA TV (Fatah), Oct. 15, 2010]

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