Walid Jumblatt, chairman of the (Druze) Socialist Progressive Party and member of the Lebanese parliament, praised the January 14, 2004 suicide bombing by a Palestinian woman in Gaza. The following are excerpts from his statements: [1] “Yesterday, the Palestinian mother Reem Al-Riyashi sacrificed herself, and by so doing joined the columns of the brave Jihad […]

As part of its promotion of suicide terrorism, the PA has repeatedly taught its population the Islamic tradition that the Shahid (Martyr) who dies for Allah will receive numerous heavenly rewards, including the 72 (or 70 according to other sources) “Dark Eyed” Maidens (or Virgins) of Paradise. These teachings have come in televised religious sermons […]

On November 30, 2003, Dr. Muhammad Talal Al-Rasheed, columnist for the English language daily The Saudi Gazette, wrote an article titled ” Senseless Violence, Senseless Death.” The article is in reaction to the murder of Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed of Hail by ‘Islamists’ in Algeria. The following are excerpts from the article: […]

Anop-ed by Abd Al-Bari Atwan, editor of London Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, claiming that the U.S. is to blame for the Arab world’s hatred of it, [1] sparked a debate in the Arab press. Munir Al-Mawari, a Yemenite journalist and columnist for the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, wrote several articles responding to Atwan’s claims. […]

Hizbullah’s Al-Manar television station has begin broadcasting a virulently anti-Semitic documentary entitled “The Diaspora,” purporting to depict the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. The 26-part series, produced in Syria, shows actors, dressed mostly in black Hassidic-looking garb, plotting and scheming to steal lands and murder Arabs. The first chapter shows the patriarch […]

Introduction: The two burning tasks of the Arab world today are the total destruction of Israel and the fight against the US in Iraq, according to the official Palestinian Authority [PA] daily, Al Hayat Al Jadida. The call for Israel’s destruction, a basic and widespread Arab view, was to have been rejected by the PA […]

Dr. ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz Al-Rantisi, a top Hamas activist in the Gaza Strip, wrote an article titled “Which is Worse – Zionism or Nazism?” [1] for the Hamas weekly Al-Risala. The following are excerpts from the article: The False Holocaust: The Greatest of Lies “The Zionists, who excel at false propaganda and misleading media, have had […]

The Arab press is nearly monolithic in blaming Israel for the resignation of the Palestinian Authority’s prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (nom de guerre: Abu Mazen). The Arab press is nearly monolithic in blaming Israel for the resignation of the Palestinian Authority’s prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (nom de guerre: Abu Mazen). There is, however, a difference […]

The demise of Saddam Hussein’s regime and the control it exerted over the media has unleashed an outburst of feelings of freedom reflected in a large number of dailies and weeklies which, for the first time in Iraq’s modern history, are free, uncensored, and often highly imaginative. While some of the dailies are associated with […]

The August 9, 2003 edition of the Egyptian weekly Al-Ahram Al-Arabi featured an interview with Dr. Nabil Hilmi, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Al-Zaqaziq who, together with a group of Egyptian expatriates in Switzerland, is preparing an enormous lawsuit against “all the Jews of the world.” The following are excerpts […]