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Lod police have opened an investigation into two incidents, which are suspected to have occurred on a nationalist background.  One of them occurred on Tuesday morning, when a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the gas station in Shila"t, near Modi'in. No one was injured or damaged. In the second case, swastikas were discovered on the walls of villas being built in the Neve Nof neighborhood of Lod.  On behalf of the United Jerusalem Headquarters, residents are called upon not to participate in the Histadrut elections today, and to act in parallel so that Election Day will pass during demonstrations and strikes by the Arabs of East Jerusalem.</blockquote></ref>

Lod police have opened an investigation into two incidents, which are suspected to have occurred on a nationalist background.  One of them occurred on Tuesday morning, when a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the gas station in Shila"t, near Modi'in. No one was injured or damaged. In the second case, swastikas were discovered on the walls of villas being built in the Neve Nof neighborhood of Lod.  On behalf of the United Jerusalem Headquarters, residents are called upon not to participate in the Histadrut elections today, and to act in parallel so that Election Day will pass during demonstrations and strikes by the Arabs of East Jerusalem.</blockquote></ref>

 

 

 

 

* Late 1980s-1990.<br>

* Late 1980s-1990.<br>

The PLO began taking up the call of Holocaust denial with vigor.  

The PLO began taking up the call of Holocaust denial with vigor.  

In an April 20, 1990 story in the Jewish Week, Daniel Santacruz wrote: According to a series of magazine articles published by the Palestine Liberation Organization , the Nazi concentration camps were more humane than Israeli prisons are today . The publication also claimed to deny the Holocaust.

In an April 20, 1990 story in the Jewish Week, Daniel Santacruz wrote: According to a series of magazine articles published by the Palestine Liberation Organization , the Nazi concentration camps were more humane than Israeli prisons are today . The publication also claimed to deny the Holocaust.

The PLO, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in July 1990, endorsed the Holocaust as a supossed "hoax."<ref name=book-ajc-1993-pp51-2>Stern, Kenneth Saul. Holocaust denial. New York: American Jewish Committee, 1993, pp. 50-51.  

The PLO, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in July 1990, endorsed the Holocaust as a supposed "hoax."<ref name=book-ajc-1993-pp51-2>Stern, Kenneth Saul. Holocaust denial. New York: American Jewish Committee, 1993, pp. 50-51.  

[https://books.google.com/books?id=MhtnAAAAMAAJ&q=PLO%C2%A0ARTICLE%20ENDORSES]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MhtnAAAAMAAJ&q=Sami+Hadawi].

[https://books.google.com/books?id=MhtnAAAAMAAJ&q=PLO%C2%A0ARTICLE%20ENDORSES]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MhtnAAAAMAAJ&q=Sami+Hadawi].

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In recent years the PLO has taken up the call of Holocaust denial with vigor.  

In recent years the PLO has taken up the call of Holocaust denial with vigor.  

In an April 20, 1990 story in the Jewish Week, Daniel Santacruz wrote: According to a series of magazine articles published by the Palestine Liberation Organization , the Nazi concentration camps were more humane than Israeli prisons are today . The publication also claimed that the camps did not have the technical capacity to burn millions of bodies.

In an April 20, 1990 story in the Jewish Week, Daniel Santacruz wrote: According to a series of magazine articles published by the Palestine Liberation Organization , the Nazi concentration camps were more humane than Israeli prisons are today . The publication also claimed that the camps did not have the technical capacity to burn millions of bodies.

In the same article he said that Israeli soldiers "Undergo fascist education more extreme than the nazis" and that the world must " combat Zionism because it is more dan- gerous to human civilization than the Nazis." 

In the same article he said that Israeli soldiers "Undergo fascist education more extreme than the nazis" and that the world must " combat Zionism because it is more dan- gerous to human civilization than the Nazis."  

Later in 1990, the Los Angeles Times reported: "PLO ARTICLE ENDORSES HOLOCAUST AS HOAX ... [T] he Palestinian Red Crescent Society, published, last July, an article which cites Revisionist scholarship in challenging what author Ream Arnouf calls..."

Later in 1990, the Los Angeles Times reported: "PLO ARTICLE ENDORSES HOLOCAUST AS HOAX ... [ T ] he Palestinian Red Crescent Society, published, last July, an article which cites Revisionist scholarship in challenging what author Ream Arnouf calls..."

Robert Faurrison told attendees of the IHR's Tenth Conference, "Arab and Islamic intellectuals . . . have begun a seriius study of Holocaust Revisionism abd its implications for the Muslim world."  

Robert Faurrison told attendees of the IHR's Tenth Conference, "Arab and Islamic intellectuals . . . have begun a seriius study of Holocaust Revisionism abd its implications for the Muslim world."  

According to the 1992 Anti-Semitism World Report of the Insti- tute of Jewish Affairs, Holocaust-denying articles have also appeared in Algeria and Egypt.

According to the 1992 Anti-Semitism World Report of the Insti- tute of Jewish Affairs, Holocaust-denying articles have also appeared in Algeria and Egypt.

Target: Israel

Target: Israel

Even in the non-Arab literature of Holocaust denial, hatred for Israel appears prominently. That fact should convince the naive that mere "historical inquiry" is not the goal. Israel was not created until 1948 , three years after the end of World War II . If somehow World War II was greatly misinterpreted, as the deniers claim, that would have little to do with a subsequent event — the founding of a Jewish state. Deniers, however, integrally link Holocaust denial with anti- Israel propaganda, for if the Holocaust is a " (supposed) hoax," as they suggest, then one of the justifications for a Jewish state is undermined.  

Even in the non-Arab literature of Holocaust denial, hatred for Israel appears prominently. That fact should convince the naive that mere "historical inquiry" is not the goal. Israel was not created until 1948 , three years after the end of World War II . If somehow World War II was greatly misinterpreted, as the deniers claim, that would have little to do with a subsequent event — the founding of a Jewish state. Deniers, however, integrally link Holocaust denial with anti- Israel propaganda, for if the Holocaust is a " (supposed) hoax," as they suggest, then one of the justifications for a Jewish state is undermined.  

Holocaust denial not only attacks Jewish history, its inherent anti-Zionism also targets the Jewish present and the Jewish future. Historian Deborah Lipstadt believes "The anti-Israel component is the key. This is where they really come around to their contemporary claims. This is absolutely central to their argument.  

Holocaust denial not only attacks Jewish history, its inherent anti-Zionism also targets the Jewish present and the Jewish future. Historian Deborah Lipstadt believes "The anti-Israel component is the key. This is where they really come around to their contemporary claims. This is absolutely central to their argument.  

In some respects, all Holocaust denial is a means of trying to deny the legitimacy of the state of Israel. The troubling thing is that it is going to prove very appealing to people who are inclined toward anti-Semitism.

In some respects, all Holocaust denial is a means of trying to deny the legitimacy of the state of Israel. The troubling thing is that it is going to prove very appealing to people who are inclined toward anti-Semitism.

And those people are going to be exactly the ones who are going to fall prey to this kind of stuff."

And those people are going to be exactly the ones who are going to fall prey to this kind of stuff."

 

When Israel is mentioned, many deniers can barely hide their crass anti-Semitism. Their literature asks questions such as "Is the Old Testament the basic plan for the foreign policy of a modern nation?

When Israel is mentioned, many deniers can barely hide their crass anti-Semitism. Their literature asks questions such as "Is the Old Testament the basic plan for the foreign policy of a modern nation?

IHR conferences - especially the earlier ones - have been orgies of classical anti-Semitism.

IHR conferences - especially the earlier ones - have been orgies of classical anti-Semitism.

For example, at the 1982 conference Palestinian Sami Hadawi said...</blockquote></small></ref>

For example, at the 1982 conference Palestinian Sami Hadawi said...</blockquote></small></ref>

 

 

*1990s-2000s.

*1990s-2000s.

School books.<br>

School books.<br>

In 2001, a German MEP <i>has reignited the controversy over European funding for anti-Semitic textbooks used in Palestinian schools by comparing them to Nazi propaganda.</i><ref>David Cronin, "[https://www.politico.eu/article/palestinian-books-remind-me-of-nazis-says-german-mep/ Palestinian books remind me of Nazis, says German MEP]", Politico.eu, July 25, 2001.</ref> "These school books remind me of those published under the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany," he said. “They contain terrible anti-Jewish racism, not just in history books, but also in grammar and maths books." Adding that "when the children of six or seven years learn today that their enemy is the Jews, then you will have the conflict continuing for another 50 years."

In 2001, a German MEP <i>has reignited the controversy over European funding for anti-Semitic textbooks used in Palestinian schools by comparing them to Nazi propaganda.</i><ref>David Cronin, "[https://www.politico.eu/article/palestinian-books-remind-me-of-nazis-says-german-mep/ Palestinian books remind me of Nazis, says German MEP]", Politico.eu, July 25, 2001.</ref>:"These school books remind me of those published under the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany," he added. “They contain terrible anti-Jewish racism, not just in history books, but also in grammar and maths books."...Adding that "when the children of six or seven years learn today that their enemy is the Jews, then you will have the conflict continuing for another 50 years."

 

*May 22, 1990.<br>

*May 22, 1990.<br>

At Kfar Qasim, young Arabs, bare upper bodies, and heads wrapped in keffiyehs كوفية, throwing stones at policemen who were standing about 200 meters away.  "Maniacs."  The protesters shouted, "We'll fu_ck you! Hitler! where is Hitler? "<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hadashot/1990/05/22/01/article/2.2 Hadashot - חדשות, 22 May 1990]

At Kfar Qasim, young Arabs, bare upper bodies , and heads wrapped in keffiyehs كوفية, throwing stones at policemen who were standing about 200 meters away.  "Maniacs."  The protesters shouted, "We'll fu_ck you! Hitler! where is Hitler? "<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hadashot/1990/05/22/01/article/2.2 Hadashot - חדשות, 22 May 1990]

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  כפר קאסם. נערי שבאב חשופי פלג עליון ועטופי כאפיות מיידים אבנים לעבר שוטרים שעמדו כ־200 מטר – מהם. "מניאקים". צעקו המפגינים, "נזיין אתכם, היטלר, איפה היטלר". (צילום: אלכס ליבק)  

  כפר קאסם. נערי שבאב חשופי פלג עליון ועטופי כאפיות מיידים אבנים לעבר שוטרים שעמדו כ־200 מטר – מהם. "מניאקים". צעקו המפגינים, "נזיין אתכם, היטלר, איפה היטלר". (צילום: אלכס ליבק)  

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Kfar Qasim.  Shabab boys, bare upper body and wrapped in keffiyehs, throwing stones at policemen who were standing about 200 meters away.  "Maniacs."  The protesters shouted, "We'll fu_ck you! Hitler! where is Hitler?"  (Photo: Alex Levac)</font></blockquote></ref>

Kfar Qasim.  Shabab boys, bare upper body and wrapped in keffiyehs, throwing stones at policemen who were standing about 200 meters away.  "Maniacs."  The protesters shouted, "We'll fu_ck you! Hitler! where is Hitler?"  (Photo: Alex Levac)</font></blockquote></ref>

*May 1990.<br>

*May 1990.<br>

In the Negev:<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/mar/1990/05/23/01/page/4 Ma'ariv⁩ - ⁨Maariv -מעריב, 30 May 1990 (Page 4)].<blockquote>

In the Negev:<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/mar/1990/05/23/01/page/4 Ma'ariv - מעריב, 23 May 1990 (Page 4)].<blockquote>

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'נגב - הוצת שדה חיטה'

נגב - הוצת שדה חיטה

מאת רוני סופר ואורי בינדר

מאת רוני סופר ואורי בינדר

The secretary of the Communist Council in Rahat, 33-year-old Ali Abu Ziyad, and 24-year-old Salem Abu Mdiam, were arrested for a week by order of the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court.

The secretary of the Communist Council in Rahat, 33-year-old Ali Abu Ziyad, and 24-year-old Salem Abu Mdiam, were arrested for a week by order of the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court.

They are suspected of painting Palestinian inscriptions, a swastika and a PLO flag on the walls of the Barclays-Discount Bank in Rahat. Yesterday, peace was maintained in the Bedouin concentrations.</font></blockquote></ref><blockquote>The secretary of the Communist Council in Rahat, 33-year-old Ali Abu Ziyad, and 24-year-old Salem Abu Mdiam, were arrested for a week by order of the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court.

They are suspected of painting Palestinian inscriptions, a swastika and a PLO flag on the walls of the Barclays-Discount Bank in Rahat. Yesterday, peace was maintained in the Bedouin concentrations.</font></blockquote></ref><blockquote>The secretary of the Communist Council in Rahat, 33-year-old Ali Abu Ziyad, and 24-year-old Salem Abu Mdiam, were arrested for a week by order of the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court.

They are suspected of painting Palestinian inscriptions, a swastika and a PLO flag on the walls of the Barclays-Discount Bank in Rahat. </blockquote>

They are suspected of painting Palestinian inscriptions, a swastika and a PLO flag on the walls of the Barclays-Discount Bank in Rahat.</blockquote>

 

*July 1990.<br>

*July 1990.<br>

The [[PLO]]-affiliated Palestinian Red Crescent published an article in its magazine, Balsam, which advanced the now de rigueur claim that Jews [sic] concocted "the lie [sic] concerning the gas chambers" to gain support for the establishment of Israel. The article also suggested that the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals were set up by "Jews and their friends" for the purpose of establishing the Holocaust as historical fact. In addition, similar articles appeared in the Cyprus-based PLO journal, El Istiqlal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020923070229/http://www.adl.org/holocaust/denial_ME/Holocaust_Denial_Mid_East_prt.pdf Holocaust Denial in the Middle East: The Latest Anti-Israel Propaganda Theme]" PDF (801 KiB), Anti-Defamation League, 2001, p. 6.

The [[PLO]]-affiliated Palestinian Red Crescent published an article in its magazine, Balsam, which advanced the now de rigueur claim that Jews [sic] concocted "the lie [sic] concerning the gas chambers" to gain support for the establishment of Israel. The article also suggested that the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals were set up by "Jews and their friends" for the purpose of establishing the Holocaust as historical fact. In addition, similar articles appeared in the Cyprus-based PLO journal, El Istiqlal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020923070229/http://www.adl.org/holocaust/denial_ME/Holocaust_Denial_Mid_East_prt.pdf Holocaust Denial in the Middle East: The Latest Anti-Israel Propaganda Theme]" PDF (801 KiB), Anti-Defamation League, 2001, p. 6.

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Other attempts to undercut or minimize the history of the Holocaust date back to the early 1990s. According to David Bar-Illan ("The PLO Has Not Softened its Propaganda," The Jerusalem Report, May 31, 1996), for example, the PLO-affiliated Palestinian Red Crescent published an article in the July 1990 issue of its magazine, Balsam, which advanced the now de rigueur claim that Jews [sic] concocted "the lie [sic] concerning the gas chambers" to gain support for the establishment of Israel. The article also suggested that the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals were set up by "Jews and their friends" for the purpose of establishing the Holocaust as historical fact. Bar-Illan claims that similar articles appeared in the Cyprus-based PLO journal, El Istiqlal.</blockquote></ref>

Other attempts to undercut or minimize the history of the Holocaust date back to the early 1990s. According to David Bar-Illan ("The PLO Has Not Softened its Propaganda," The Jerusalem Report, May 31, 1996), for example, the PLO-affiliated Palestinian Red Crescent published an article in the July 1990 issue of its magazine, Balsam, which advanced the now de rigueur claim that Jews [sic] concocted "the lie [sic] concerning the gas chambers" to gain support for the establishment of Israel. The article also suggested that the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals were set up by "Jews and their friends" for the purpose of establishing the Holocaust as historical fact. Bar-Illan claims that similar articles appeared in the Cyprus-based PLO journal, El Istiqlal.</blockquote></ref>

*1990+.<br>

*1990+.<br>

Neo-Nazis linked Holocaust denier group. IHR <i>Joint efforts with Arab and Moslem forces reached a peak in the 90's. In 1990, the PLO weekly Al-Istiqlal, printed in Cyprus, published an article by Khaled El-Chamali an "expert [sic] on Crematoria."</i> [خالد الشمالي].<ref>Vidal-Naquet, Pierre., Yagil, Limor. Holocaust denial in France: analysis of a unique phenomenon. Israel: Tel Aviv Univ., Faculty of the Humanities, 1995. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jw5nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22nakhleh%22 53].

Neo-Nazis linked Holocaust denier group. IHR <i>Joint efforts with Arab and Moslem forces reached a peak in the 90's. In 1990, the PLO weekly Al-Istiqlal, printed in Cyprus, published an article by Khaled El-Chamali an "expert [sic] on Crematoria."</i>  

[خالد الهمالي].<ref>Vidal-Naquet, Pierre., Yagil, Limor. Holocaust denial in France: analysis of a unique phenomenon. Israel: Tel Aviv Univ., Faculty of the Humanities, 1995. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jw5nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22nakhleh%22 53].

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...set off in 1980 with the bombing of the synagogue on Rue Copernic in Paris.  

...set off in 1980 with the bombing of the synagogue on Rue Copernic in Paris.  

Action Directe stood behind most of the attempts on Israelis or Jews, its actions planned jointly by neo-Nazi elements, Arabs, and terrorist movements for the Liberation of Palestine...  cooporation led Issah Nakhleh, PLO spokesman in the United States to visit the IHR. Joint efforts with Arab and Moslem forces reached a peak in the 90's. In 1990, the PLO weekly Al-Istiqlal, printed in Cyprus, published an article by Khaled El-Camali an "expert [sic] on Crematoria"...</blockquote></ref><ref>Taguieff, Pierre-André. Les Protocoles des sages de Sion: Faux et usages d'un faux. N.p.: Fayard, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2PCQBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT331].<blockquote>

Action Directe stood behind most of the attempts on Israelis or Jews, its actions planned jointly by neo-Nazi elements, Arabs, and terrorist movements for the Liberation of Palestine...  cooperation led Issah Nakhleh, PLO spokesman in the United States to visit the IHR. Joint efforts with Arab and Moslem forces reached a peak in the 90's. In 1990, the PLO weekly Al-Istiqlal, printed in Cyprus, published an article by Khaled El-Camali an "expert [sic] on Crematoria"...</blockquote></ref><ref>Taguieff, Pierre-André. Les Protocoles des sages de Sion: Faux et usages d'un faux. N.p.: Fayard, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2PCQBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT331].<blockquote>

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[Confirmant cette réorientation idéologique, l'un des organesde l'O.L.P., l'hebdomadaire Al'Istiqlal, édité à Chypre, a publié dans sa livraison du 13 au 20 décembre 1990 un article intitulé: « Voici comment la propagande sioniste a imposé le silence à l'intelligence et à la science .

[Confirmant cette réorientation idéologique, l'un des organesde l'O.L.P., l'hebdomadaire Al'Istiqlal, édité à Chypre, a publié dans sa livraison du 13 au 20 décembre 1990 un article intitulé: « Voici comment la propagande sioniste a imposé le silence à l'intelligence et à la science .

L'auteur de l'article, Khaled El Chamali, présenté comme docteur-ingénieur, « spécialiste desfours crématoires »..]

L'auteur de l'article, Khaled El Chamali, présenté comme docteur-ingénieur, « spécialiste desfours crématoires »..]

Confirming this ideological reorientation, one of the organs of the PLO, the weekly Al-Istiqlal, published in Cyprus, published in its issue of December 13 to 20, 1990 an article entitled: "This is how Zionist propaganda imposed the silence to intelligence and science[sic]."

Confirming this ideological reorientation, one of the organs of the PLO, the weekly Al-Istiqlal, published in Cyprus, published in its issue of December 13 to 20, 1990 an article entitled: "This is how Zionist propaganda imposed the silence to intelligence and science[sic]."

The author of the article, Khaled El Chamali, presented as a doctor-engineer, [so-called]  "specialist in crematory ovens"...</font></blockquote></ref>

The author of the article, Khaled El Chamali, presented as a doctor-engineer, [so-called]  "specialist in crematory ovens"...</small></blockquote></ref>

* Aug 25, 1997.<br>

* Aug 25, 1997.<br>

Hassan al-Agha, professor at the Islamic University in Gaza City, declared on a PA cultural affairs television program spewed that "they inflate the number if victins," and mixed in the "Merchant of Venice" imaginary Idea.<ref>(Al-Agha) Quoted in Holocaust Denial in the Middle East, op. cit., p. 12. [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-studies-an-anthology-anti-zionism-and-anti-semitism Israel Studies An Anthology: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century by Robert S. Wistrich (August 2012)], JVL.<blockquote>Other Palestinians have also been explicitly "revisionist" in their perceptions of the Holocaust. Hassan al-Agha, professor at the Islamic University in Gaza City, declared on a PA cultural affairs television program back in 1997: "[T]he Jews view it as a profitable activity so they (sic. al-Agha) inflate the number of victims ... have been very experienced even since the days of the Merchant of Venice."</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://likoed.nl/1997/08/the-jews-exaggerate-what-the-nazis-did-to-them-plo-television-program-says/ "The Jews Exaggerate (sic) what the Nazis Did to them," PLO Television Program Says], Likoed, Aug 28, 1997.<blockquote><font size=1>An official PLO television program has claimed that "the Jews exaggerate what the Nazis did to them" and that "no more than 400,000" [sic] Jews were killed in the Holocaust. It is the latest in a series of statements made by senior PLO officials denying or distorting the Holocaust. During an August 25, 1997 cultural affairs program on PLO television, the moderator asked the guest, Palestinian Arab author Hassan al-Agha...</font></blockquote></ref>

Hassan al-Agha, professor at the Islamic University in Gaza City, declared on a PA cultural affairs television program spewed that "they inflate the number of victims," and mixed in the "Merchant of Venice" imaginary Idea.<ref>(Al-Agha) Quoted in Holocaust Denial in the Middle East, op. cit., p. 12. [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-studies-an-anthology-anti-zionism-and-anti-semitism Israel Studies An Anthology: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century by Robert S. Wistrich (August 2012)], JVL.<blockquote>Other Palestinians have also been explicitly "revisionist" in their perceptions of the Holocaust. Hassan al-Agha, professor at the Islamic University in Gaza City, declared on a PA cultural affairs television program back in 1997: "[T]he Jews view it as a profitable activity so they (sic. al-Agha) inflate the number of victims ... have been very experienced even since the days of the Merchant of Venice."</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://likoed.nl/1997/08/the-jews-exaggerate-what-the-nazis-did-to-them-plo-television-program-says/ "The Jews Exaggerate (sic) what the Nazis Did to them," PLO Television Program Says], Likoed, Aug 28, 1997.<blockquote><font size=1>An official PLO television program has claimed that "the Jews exaggerate what the Nazis did to them" and that "no more than 400,000" [sic] Jews were killed in the Holocaust. It is the latest in a series of statements made by senior PLO officials denying or distorting the Holocaust. During an August 25, 1997 cultural affairs program on PLO television, the moderator asked the guest, Palestinian Arab author Hassan al-Agha...</font></blockquote></ref>