Official PA Cartoon Depicts Destruction of Israel

July 2, 2014

A cartoon in the official PA [Palestinian Authority] daily presents the reconciliation and unity between Fatah and Hamas as a means to destroy Israelis/Jews.

Photo credit: palwatch.org Israel is depicted as the head of a snake or worm, wearing a Jewish skull cap with a Star of David on it. The head may be intended to be a caricature of Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman. Palestinian reconciliation is presented as an axe. Its blade is a hand with two fingers forming the sign of victory. The victory sign functions as a pair of scissors, cutting off the head of the snake—Israel. The text on the axe says: “Reconciliation.” [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida]

Israel is also depicted as “the snake's head” in a song often performed by Palestinian groups and broadcast on official PA TV. The song, which is originally an Egyptian song, demonizes Israel as “the snake's head,” stating that “fire is in my hands” and that with “the rifle we will impose our new life.” Palestinian Media Watch reported that the song was performed in front of several applauding PA leaders at a Fatah event in 2011, and it has been broadcast many times since then. Another version of the song was broadcast as part of an EU-funded program on official PA TV.

Source: Excerpt from an article by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch