Arafat's million-martyr march - Tells his faithful 'we will make the lives of the infidels hell'
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Israel Television Channel One broadcast today Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat addressing a crowd in Ramallah with the promise that they would take Jerusalem soon and "we will make the lives of the infidels hell."
He then led them in the chant "millions of martyrs marching to Jerusalem."
This latest hard-line rhetoric stands in stark contrast to Arafat's peacemaker image as cultivated in the West with an opinion piece in last Sunday's New York Times.
Last week, the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al Hayat Al Jadida referred to America as the enemy.
"America from the start did not deserve the role of sponsor but that of the enemy," said one editorial. "What is the U.S. position if not an attempt to ignite the fire of civil war in the Palestinian arena, to provide cover for Israeli crimes, to ensconce the stages of comprehensive violence in the region and to threaten stability? … Washington supports Jewish fundamentalists, dictatorships and fascist states, sponsors rotten governments, is the source of authority for Mafias. …"
A sermon broadcast on the Voice of Palestine radio station last week reaffirmed America's role as an enemy of the Palestinians.
"O Muslims … the soldiers of Islam will continue the battle that has been going on throughout history between faith and infidelity [heresy]. … In spite of everything, Muslims and Islam will be victorious and Palestine and the Al Aksa Mosque will return. … When the nation stops compromising on its clear and inalienable right, derived from Divine law, and isn't satisfied anywhere but in Palestine – all of it – which will be the country of Islam, and Palestine in its entirety will be the land of the front line, the blessed country, over which Allah's angels will flap their wings. … And the Islamic nation will go … to the land of the prophet's ascent [Palestine] and will enter it through Allah's victory, which Allah will give to his worshippers. This will happen when the nation believes in Allah its creator and prays to him, and not, as some people say, that the only thing left for the Arabs to do is beg for charity from America the enemy of nations. Woe for this shame. …
"The victory and liberation are close. … I tell the criminals these are not false prophesies but divine and indisputable facts. …"
These fierce statements came just days before Arafat's carefully crafted opinion piece in last Sunday's New York Times, in which he claimed he is still working toward peace with the Israelis and pleading with America for intervention on his behalf. Two new video documentaries produced in France using footage from Palestinian television and other sources suggest he is employing a strategy of saying one thing while doing another.
"Israel and the War of Images" and "The Trojan Horse," both produced in France with English and French dubbing and subtitles show Arafat and his spokesmen, clerics and negotiators revealing that peace negotiations with Israel are part of a strategy leading ultimately and inevitably to the destruction of the Jewish state.
The video documentaries include clips from 1994 through 1999 of the top Palestinian spokesmen all candidly explaining this strategy to Arabic audiences. All of the comments were made after the signing of the Oslo Accords in which Arafat pledged to renounce violence against Israel and to promote mutual respect between the negotiating parties.
"All these elements will push us continuously toward our goals," explains Nabil Sha'ath, Arafat's chief negotiator, in 1999. "We still haven't lost hope (of achieving the ultimate objectives.) We are not waiving our rights. Who told you we are waiving our rights? On the contrary, we demand more. We have moved from demanding limited autonomy, and later we said we would not accept less than an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. Have our expectations decreased. No, they have increased."
Arafat himself explains the ploy in a 1994 speech in South Africa.
"I don't consider the agreement any more than the agreement which was signed by our prophet Mohammad and the Qurayish," he said.
Mohammad signed a peace agreement with the Qurayish Jews who lived in Mecca, until his Islamic warriors were strong enough to conquer them.
Over and over again, Palestinian leaders explain that their ultimate goals remain a Palestine from "the sea to the river" – meaning from the Jordan to the Mediterranean.
The documentaries, which are now being distributed in the U.S. exclusively through WorldNetDaily's online store, ShopNetDaily, also show Arafat calling for jihad and total victory over Israel, his spokesmen denying the reality of the Jewish Holocaust, the training of Arab children as young as 4 years old in commando-style warfare and the indoctrination of the young in martyrdom.
The documentaries combine these powerful images and words with confrontations never before seen between reporters questioning Arafat on his deliberate use of children in his uprising or "intifada" against Israel.
"Can you prove it?" he demands. "Can you prove it?"
Palestinian children are shown getting summer camp demonstrations in assassination techniques and firearms training.
The children explain themselves what they are taught – that the Jews are the enemy and must be killed. |
