A Compendium of Hate:
Palestinian Authority Antisemitism Since the Hebron Accord

THE VIOLATIONS

Antisemitism is an integral part of the rhetoric of Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, and they encourage its use in the Palestinian media in violation of the accords. Six recurrent themes are discernible:

  1. Classic anti-Semitic stereotypes
  2. Comparisons of Israel with Nazis and Fascists
  3. Denial of the Holocaust
  4. Libelous Accusations
  5. Delegitimizing Israel and the Jewish people
  6. Equating Zionism with racism
Repeated reference is made by Palestinians to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and Palestinian Authority newspapers publish stories about Jewish "plots" and Jewish "fangs". Jews are often depicted as power-hungry and lusting after money, with occasional references to Shakespeare’s Shylock and the Merchant of Venice as examples of Jewish greed.

In the tradition of the medieval blood libel, Palestinian officials have accused Israel of injecting Palestinians with the AIDS virus, conducting medical experiments on Palestinian prisoners and selling spoiled food to Palestinians.

The Palestinian media and Palestinian officials have engaged in Holocaust denial and accused Jews of inflating the number of victims in order to profit from it. Ironically, even as they deny the Holocaust, the Palestinians regularly equate Israel with the Nazis and Zionism with Nazism.

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