PA spokesman falsely tells media:
PA schoolbooks include Holocaust education
PA schoolbooks include Holocaust education
PA-funded Zayzafuna charges:
- PMW report is "misleading attack" on the youth magazine
- UNESCO's cessation of funding is "giving in to blackmail"
- Child's essay did not glorify Hitler, but "accused" him
- UNESCO's cessation of funding is "giving in to blackmail"
- Child's essay did not glorify Hitler, but "accused" him
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
The Palestinian Authority has responded in two different ways to PMW's exposure of Zayzafuna, the PA-funded youth magazine, and its glorification of Hitler.
In an essay in the magazine, Hitler tells a young girl in her dream that he killed the Jews “so you would all know that they are a nation which spreads destruction all over the world. And what I ask of you is to be resilient and patient, concerning the suffering that Palestine is experiencing at their hands.” In her dream, the girl then thanks Hitler for his advice.
The first approach was taken by PA spokesman Ghassan Khatib who told Associated Press that the article glorifying Hitler was "not acceptable."
But he also added the following false statement:
"We educate young people in our textbooks about the Holocaust and the massacres of Hitler against Jews and against others, and we refer to these massacres as crimes against humanity."
