"HOW CAN THERE BE PEACE WHEN THEY ARE STILL
TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN TO HATE JEWS?"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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about 10) seated in a semi-circle around
a group leader, dressed in costumes and
party clothes. Disney characters decorate
the walls. Prom among the group a
young girl stands up, raises her fist and
cries: "When I wander into the entrance
of Jerusalem, I will turn into a suicide
warrior in hattlectress! In battledress!"
She smiles, takes a bow, is applauded
by the others in the group. The adult
leader cheers: "Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!"
This scene was broadcast in February
1998 on "The Children's Club." The show
appears on the Palestinian Broadcasting
That hasn't happened. Indeed, shows
Corporation, a television channel based like 'The Children's Club" reveal how
in the West Bank city of Ramallah under thoroughly committed Arafat and his
the direct control of Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian Authority are to the idea that
Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation their struggle against Israel is a jihad —
came into existence after Israel and the a holy war -- that will end with a
PLO signed the Oslo accords in 1993, and Palestinian flag flying over territory from
it . was launched in part with dollars sup- the Jordan River to the Mediterranean.
plied by the U.S. gov-
In the Oslo accords
eminent.
and later agree-
The footage is chill-
ments, the Pales-
ing. A beautiful,
tinian
Authority
FERNE
dark-haired young
agreed in no uncer-
girl who looks to be
HASSAN
tain terms to take all
about 7 years old
necessary measures
sings the following "*""°"8"*""msY"'"w48r""mmt'44" to prevent violence,
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words like
or the incitement of
automaton, with barely a bbnking of her violence, against Israel.
eyes: "Each and every part of your soil I
But those guarantees meant less than
have drenched with all my blood. And we the the PLO Covenant's Article 7, which
shall march as warriors of Jihad. Oh, my reads: "All means of information and edu-
exalted martyr, you are my example, Oh, cation must he adopted . . He must
my companion, you are beside me. Oh, be prepared for the armed struggle and
my sister, sing constantly about my life ready to sacrifice his wealth and his
as a suicide warrior, how we remain life . ."
steadfast Oh, my country, you are my
The U.S. government is not ignorant of
soul. Oh, my dawn, you are my heart
the Palestinian Broadcasting Corpora
beat."
tion's programming. At a Senate subcom-
On another program, this one designed rnittee hearing in March, Assistant
for educators, the ehapers of young Secretary of State Martin Indyk acteally
Palestinian minds are taught this poem: watched footage from "The Children's
"Oh, to those who achieved eternal glory Club." Indyk knows full well that the
and to the lovers of exalted martyrdom. incitement to violence is in> violation of
Oh, steadfast leaders, we bless you with the Declaration of Principles signed by
the most fitting tribute of all for you Israel and the PLO. But when the U.S.
have reached the highest summit, to th- government makes demands for conces-
er with the righteous and the prophets. sions, it makes them of Israel, not of
Do we say to you goodbye? No, instead we Arafat and his crew
declare, see you again in heaven! For this
"The Children% Club" and other pro-
is the meeting place, the loving faithful gramming could not have made it to air
one."
without support from American taxpay-
Excerpts like these reveal that .Arafat is ers. The Sept. 7, 1997 Philadelphia
acting in direct contradiction to the Sept, Inquirer reported that the network was
9, 1993 promise he made to Israeli Prime nurtured with about $500,000 in equip-
Minister Yitzhak Rabin — the promise to ment and training from the U.S. Agency
remove from the Covenant of the for International Development," and
Palestine Liberation Organization the cited as its source the network's chair-
articles denying Israel's right to exist.
man, Raddwan Abu Ayy ash.
Analysts of the Israel-Palestinian peace
process excuse Arafat by saying that he
has to negotiate carefully between the
moderates and hard-liners among his
people. But what- is the government of
Benjamin Netanyahu to do when
American diplomats insist that Israel
cede a large swatch of land to the
Palestinian Authority at the same time
Palestinian children are being indoctri
nated to become 'suicide warriors" at the
"entrance of Jerusalem" on a kids' TV
show?
.
Ferne Hassari is US. coordinator of the
tierusalem-based Peace For Generation&
♦
,
DEMAND THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON AND
SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT
STOP PRESSURING ISRAEL IMMEDIATELY!
President Clinton
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FAX:
E-MAIL:
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(202) 456-1111
(202) 456-2461
president@whitehouse.gov
Madeline Albright
PH:
FAX:
E-MAIL:
(202) 647-9572 (5291)
(202) 647-1533
secretary@state.gov
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