“Annihilate the Infidels” : PA Anti-British Religious Hatred

September 20, 2005

This call for the genocide of all “infidels” was particularly striking, coming as Britain was still reeling from the London terror attacks.

Such a call did not represent a new policy or even a shift in policy—PA religious usage routinely includes Britain in the “infidel” category. While the PA is careful to exclude such hate ideology from the image it presents to the foreign media, it has always presented itself—to its own people in Arabic—as part of a greater Arab-Islamic conflict against the West. This enmity is focused primarily on the United States and Britain, seen as the dominant forces of Western civilization, and is neither time- nor event-dependent. It is presented as part of Allah’s plan.

“We shall rule Britain. The ultimate victory is predetermined. The Palestinian nation is the strongest on earth. Look at all the civilizations! Look at all the states! Look at all the civilizations and forces and empires. To where did Great Britain disappear? We [Muslims] have ruled the world and a day will come, by Allah, and we shall rule the world [again]. The day will come and we shall rule America. The day will come and we shall rule Britain” (Ibrahim Mudayris, PA TV, May 13, 2005).

“In 1917 of the previous century, Palestine was conquered by Britain, on whom we place full responsibility for the events in this land. At this opportunity, we put the responsibility on Britain [for the creation of the State of Israel] and say: We will never forget our revenge! We will never forget our revenge on Britain, who cannot escape the burden of its historical, political, and moral responsibility because of what it committed on the land of Palestine…Britain [is the one] that promised them [i.e., the Jews] the stablishment of a national homeland on the land of Palestine. Why? Because Britain resented the Jewish presence there, in Britain, and wanted to be relieved of them” (Ibrahim Mudayris, PA TV, May 13, 2005).

By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, Palestinian Media Watch

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