The Book of Deception and Betrayal

“If there were an Oscar given for doublespeak, the Palestinian political leadership would win it, hands down” writes Richard Chesnoff, NY Daily News. He reviews the new book “>constant venomous stream of violent hate that accompanies this obstinate rejection is as routine as the sound of traffic in the city. The systematic carelessness with which Arab leaders have promoted, escalated and used hatred against the Jews for many decades is an infuriating insolence considering the complexity of the conflict and the fact that everybody else in the world is trying to resolve, not exacerbate it. 

How many times have I seen Palestinian Media Watch automatically and categorically dismissed on political grounds for being right-wing…? we can assume that when Itamar Marcus decided to commit the rest of his life to unearthing a specific truth he saw as crucial, he did that with personal political conviction. We can even assume that this conviction would have had some editorial effect. Yet the nature of PMW is that of a reporter: the material brought forth is simply quotes, usually with no editorial commentary save for the selection of the clips itself. You may stumble upon a few clearly selective cuts, but when that happens to me, I remember the difference between total dismissal and critical consumption of information. Facts are never political; Perception is. Consciously choosing to shrug off important findings from an exclusive source because of simplistic political-profiling should be done at one’s own risk, and until a left-leaning organization takes on the task of monitoring Palestinian hate speech, “Ignoring or seeking to marginalize the truths that PMW has uncovered will only lead to more bloodshed, not peace” as Tobin’s review on Commentary concludes.

“When one uses children to become agents of hatred, the crime is 100 times more severe … There is nothing more urgent today than this subject” says Ellie Wiesel. Anyone thinks that institutionalized hate mongering is not a crime? That it’s possible to achieve peace in a culture of hatred? Please stand up.

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