The dictionary definition of incitement is “something that encourages people to be violent or commit crimes, or the deliberate act of encouraging violence or crime.”
Writers like me, organizations like Palestinian Media Watch and MEMRI, and the State of Isael itself have accurately and effectively documented thousands of cases of incitement in Palestinian media and from Palestinian leaders, directly encouraging their people to act violently and encouraging terror by praising and paying the terrorists and their families.
The PLO has no defense, so they are trying to accuse Israel of incitement as well.
But the evidence of Israeli incitement to violence against Palestinians is thin. So they have to simply change the definition of incitement to fit with their purposes.
The Negotiations Affairs Department of the PLO published a document that accuses Israel of having an official policy of “incitement.”
In this document they portray legitimate political positions and policies as “incitement”. Here is every category of “incitement” they list:
One specific example of “incitement” listed is saying that Marwan Barghouti is a murderer.
Another is a statement from the Prime Minister’s office that “We are in the land of the Bible, in the city of Jerusalem. Everything that happened there happened here. This is our land, our heritage, our book, our story, our faith and our hope.”
Yes, the PLO officially claims that mentioning that the Bible is the story of the Jewish people is “incitement.”
That mentioning the importance of Jerusalem to Jews is “incitement.”
That noting that prisoners who tried to, or succeeded in, murdering innocent civilians are terrorists is “incitement.”
That making legal claims on parts of the Land of Israel is “incitement.”
They know that they are lying. But that is what the PLO does.
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