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Subject: RV: MORE PA INCITEMENT - ISRAEL GOVERNME
From: Stefan Blad
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Subject: RV: MORE PA INCITEMENT - ISRAEL GOVERNMENT
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To: imra@netvision.net.il
Subject: MORE PA INCITEMENT - ISRAEL GOVERNMENT
Senior Palestinian Officials Praise Hamas and Laud Intifada
Incitement to Violence Against Israel Continues
(communicated by the Israel Government Press Office)
June 29, 1997
THE AGREEMENT
Under the terms of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is obligated to refrain from incitement against Israel and to take
measures to prevent others from engaging in it.
In his exchange of letters with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on September 9, 1993, Chairman Yasser Arafat wrote, "the PLO renounces
the use of terrorism and other acts of violence and will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to
assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators."
The Interim Agreement (Oslo 2) of September 28, 1995 (Article XXII) states that Israel and the PA "shall seek to foster mutual
understanding and tolerance and shall accordingly abstain from incitement, including hostile propaganda, against each other and,
without derogating from the principle of freedom of expression, shall take legal measures to prevent such incitement by any
organizations, groups or individuals within their jurisdiction."
In the Note for the Record which accompanied the Hebron Protocol of January 15, 1997, the Palestinians reaffirmed their commitment
regarding, "Preventing incitement and hostile propaganda, as specified in Article XXII of the Interim Agreement."
THE VIOLATIONS
Following are recent statements made by Palestinian officials which constitute incitement to violence and hostile propaganda against
Israel. Such statements are a violation of the Oslo Accords.
Praise for Hamas:
Q: Is it possible that the Palestinians will return to the armed struggle?
Arafat: Anything is possible.
Q: Including the armed struggle?
Arafat: It is not possible to foresee what will happen to the entire region, not just in Palestine. The entire region is in
danger and on the verge of complete chaos, as a result of violations of the peace agreement by Israel.
Q: In your opinion, is Hamas a terrorist organization?
Arafat: The Hamas movement is one of many patriotic movements.
Q: Even its military wing?
Arafat: Even its military wing. One should not forget that the movement took an active part in the intifada.
-- PA Chairman Arafat in an interview with a Russian newspaper (Novoya Vremya, May 25, 1997)
"The presence of Hamas on Palestinian territory is very important for building the Palestinian homeland."
--- Muhammad Dahlan, head of the PA's Preventive Security Service in Gaza, in an interview with the Hamas newspaper Al-Risallah
(cited in Ha'aretz, June 15, 1997)
Praise for the Intifada:
"Only the uprising of the masses and the intifada in the Palestinian homeland in September 1996 enabled the Palestinians to
hope for international and Arab support. It is this intifada which compelled the Israeli side to implement the Oslo Accords. What
distinguished this intifada was its official nature. Palestinian security forces took part side by side with the masses. Only once
the flow of blood began and Israelis died at the hands of the security forces' gunfire did Netanyahu understand that his
assumption that the Palestinians and Arabs did not have other options was baseless. Only then did he understand that he must get
used to new realities . Revolutionary violence, which enjoys international legitimacy as a struggle against occupation, is the
option that must be put on the discussion table. This is the option that will bring about a breakthrough in the current impasse and
breathe new life in to the agreements."
--- lead editorial in the Fatah organization's newspaper (cited in Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, June 4, 1997)
Slander Against Israel:
"Israel is distributing food containing material that causes cancer and hormones that harm male virility and other spoiled food
products in the Palestinian Authority's territories in order to poison and harm the Palestinian population. We absolutely feel that
it is an organized plan and conspiracy which is under the auspices of the Israel Defense Forces this is a planned and initiated war
against the Palestinian people."
--- PA Deputy Minister of Supplies Abdel Hamid al-Qudsi in a newspaper interview (Yediot Aharonot, June 25, 1997)
Threats of Violence:
"The policy of settlements and land confiscation constitutes organized state terror against the Palestinian lands. The
Palestinian people have the right to react to settlement terror via all means."
--- from a statement issued by Fatah after an emergency meeting on June 14, 1997 (Voice of Palestine, June 14, 1997)
"There is a plan which was prepared by the Palestinian leadership with the aim of confronting Israel's intransigence The Palestinian
people is ready for a confrontation and is prepared to make additional sacrifices the people are in a state of preparedness."
--- Abbas Zaki, member of the PA legislative council and the Fatah central committee (Al-Sharq al-Awsat, June 16, 1997)
"If a solution is not found to the situation and the political process is not returned to its course, there will be severe clashes
between us and the Israelis . All options are open before us."
--- Jibril Rajoub, in a television interview (Middle East Broadcasting Corp., June 20, 1997)
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From: EbenAbram
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject: Bibi's home page
.c The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (June 30) - Israel's most media-savvy prime minister is tackling the Internet frontier with an
http://www.pmo.gov.il/ official website launched Monday.
In a crackly audio recording, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed web surfers to the site.
Netanyahu's office will be virtually accessible in Hebrew and English in the form of video and audio recordings, photographs, and a library
of speech and interview transcripts.
Netanyahu himself will be delivering a bi-weekly audio message via the site, based on the model of U.S. President Bill Clinton's weekly radio
address, according to Michael Stolz, site designer and a spokesman for the prime minister.
''The goal of the site is to better explain the function of the prime minister, his policies and a bit more about the man. For example there
are photos of him with Sarah (his wife) and their children,'' said Stolz.
Internet users can also send electronic mail to Netanyahu, and there are plans for him and his advisers to lead on-line chats on such
topics as the peace process and relations between Israel and diaspora Jews.
Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise
distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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