Bulletin
July 21, 2009 Palestinian Media Watch

Palestinian cleric on PA TV:

"In all of Europe
there weren't 6 million Jews"
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Palestinian Media Watch:
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@pmw.org.il
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.pmw.org.il

Since "it is known that in all of Europe there weren't 6 million Jews," the
Holocaust should be seen as one more example of Jews' exaggeration of their
sufferings, according to a senior Palestinian religious official. This
latest Palestinian Holocaust denial was expressed by Abd Al-Rahman Abbad,
Secretary General of the [Palestinian] Organization of Clerics and
Disseminators of Islam. This organization is headed by Ikrima Sabri, former
Palestinian Authority Mufti under Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas.

In another repugnant distortion of history, Abbad explained on official
Palestinian Authority TV that Jews possess "an attitude of superiority
towards others"
and therefore Jewish "culture and religion obligate them to have contacts
only among themselves." This, he explained, is the source of the historical
Jewish isolation in ghettos: Jews were not placed in ghettos by others, but
chose to build walls around themselves and live in ghettos to avoid
associating with non-Jews.

This attitude, which he called the Jewish "ghetto mentality," is not just
one Jewish trait among many, but dominates: "The Jewish mindset [is] a
mindset controlled by the [idea of the] ghetto."

President Barak Obama sees a direct connection between Holocaust denial and
Israel's security:

"I will never compromise when it comes to Israel's security. Not when there
are still voices that deny the Holocaust. Not when there are terrorist
groups and political leaders committed to Israel's destruction." [AIPAC
Conference, June 4, 2008]

Click here to view interview with Palestinian official
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWlrICrghBY

Click here for examples of 10 years of PA Holocaust denial
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The following is the transcript of the interview on PA TV:
"[The Israeli separation fence is a symptom of] the Jewish mindset, a
mindset controlled by the [idea of the] ghetto. The ghetto means living in
an isolated neighborhood only for Jews. That's why they cannot live with
other groups because they believe that their culture and religion obligate
them to have contacts only among themselves, based on an attitude of
superiority towards others. That's why they did not live, for example, in
the West, in separate neighborhoods, but lived in what is called "a ghetto."
The ghetto was not forced upon them, as is thought, rather, they were the
ones who forced it upon themselves. This [separation] fence is not just one
fence, there are many fences. Look at the [Israeli] city Lod, for example,
or Ramle. There is no mixing between different population groups who are all
Israeli citizens. There is separation. The reason for this is the Israeli
mentality, the ghetto mentality, the mentality of rejection of 'the other',
and refusal to coexist with him...
[Jews] exaggerate every action that other [nations] do against any Jew in
the world. In this context is the Holocaust issue, which the whole world
still [deals with]. There is a place [in Israel] called "Memorial for
Holocaust and Heroism," which tells of the killing of 6 million Jews, but it
is known that in all of Europe there weren't 6 million Jews."
[PATV (Fatah) July 17, 2009]