In
order to maintain a prolonged terror campaign, it is imperative to
cultivate a deep-seated hatred. This hatred reverberates with university
graduate students, law students, phone company employees with a steady
and decent paycheck, and even the minds of 13-year-old children. More
than anything, however, such a campaign requires funding. Indeed, along
with the Palestinian Authority, this terror industry is propelled by
European elements, including those with affiliations to European Union
governments. Despite their declared ambition of promoting peace and
understanding, they are essentially providing this terror campaign with
all the fuel it needs -- incitement, justification and glorification.
Incitement
Imams in mosques and
the leaders of Fatah and Hamas use the old libel of "Al-Aqsa is in
danger" to incite the Palestinian masses. Other organizations, however,
also contribute to this narrative, which has proved its effectiveness.
For example, the Alternative Information Center, which is registered in
Israel and is directly funded, among other sources, by the EU, published
a call for "solidarity with the popular Palestinian resistance," while
warning that "fanatical groups of settlers supported by the government
... are desecrating the [Temple Mount] compound ... and are calling to
destroy the mosque." In addition to accusing Israel of colonialist
policies of ethnic cleansing, it is also claimed that Israel and
"Zionist militias" are responsible for the destruction of hundreds of
churches and mosques since 1948.
Glorification
Justification
In an emergency report
published by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, a Gaza-based
organization funded by European governments (including some from the
EU), Israeli victims are uniformly described as "settlers," which is
supposed provide political "justification" for the violence. Moreover,
the report turns the attacker into the victim and blames the Israeli
security forces for committing crimes. The photograph of 13-year-old
terrorist Ahmad Saleh Manasra, showing him wounded and bleeding after
being neutralized, became the poster child of Palestinian propaganda;
similar to Muhammad al-Dura during the Second Intifada -- used to
portray Israel as a child killer. While completely ignoring video
footage documenting his terrorist attack and eyewitness testimonies, the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights writes in its report that Ahmad was
on his way to buy a dove when he was attacked. And if that claim is not
enough to render the organization's professionalism and objectives a
complete and utter joke -- there are no dove stores in Pisgat Ze'ev
either.
Glorification
The Palestinian Bar
Association granted the terrorist Muhannad Halabi an honorary degree. At
the onset of the current wave of terror, Halabi, a law student,
murdered two civilians in Jerusalem and wounded a mother and her toddler
son. Even a statutory body such as this uses propaganda to glorify
murderers, but receives funding from the EU. The amounts are hard to
believe: The PBA received part of a 21 million euro grant delivered in
August 2013, after reportedly receiving a similar grant worth 35 million
euros over the three previous years. Between 2011 and 2013, the EU gave
some 1.5 million euros directly to the PBA to "enhance the
professionalism of Palestinian lawyers."
European symbols and
images of European representatives in Jerusalem adorn every page of the
PBA's website. Read more.
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