Exclusive Interview with Itamar Marcus, Director, Palestinian Media Watch

The Palestinian Authority continues to hide its true intentions toward Israel from the non-Arab world, while consistently pushing a three-part anti-Israeli message to the Palestinian people, says Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, and the special guest on this week's final installment of our three-part High Holidays series. "When people understand the true Palestinian ideology, they realize that the victimhood [storyline] is a mask," Marcus explains during a pre-recorded telephone interview from Israel.  That internal Palestinian message has three consistent components, he says:  First, to deny Israel's right to exist; second, to demonize Israel and Jews, and third, to promote violence. Since 1996, PMW has monitored the Palestinian media, speeches and schoolbooks to showcase what the Palestinians are saying - in their very own words, and how their Arab-language messaging differs from the mask the Palestinians present to the English-language world.  While numerous global news organizations do report on PMW's findings, Marcus tells Radio Chavura that too often the news media miss a critical aspect of the Palestinians' messages to their own people - what the journalists call "incitement." "We say there is no incitement," says Marcus, who grew up in the U.S. and now lives in Israel. "They're expressing their honest beliefs and opinions. They're saying it and we should listen to them and believe them." The PMW has a staff of nine translators who read the Palestinian newspapers and watch the newscasts of two Palestinian TV stations. Read more about Itamar Marcus and Palestinian Media Watch on our website. Recent Palestinian Media Watch Articles - "In Their Own Words": PA daily:  US behind civil war in Syria and supports the killings PA promotes religious hatred against Jews PA TV: All of Israel is 'Palestine' Fatah: 'Without blood Palestine will not return' PA daily:  A Jew set fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969 and Israel still tries to destroy the Mosque Click here to Support Palestinian Media Watch and its vital mission