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Ahead of tomorrow's review of the "State of Palestine", UN Watch urges the UN's anti-racism committee to focus on the following eight discriminatory Palestinians laws and policies:
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1. Racist Palestinian laws criminalize the sale of land to Israeli Jews
In 2018, an American-Palestinian man was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor for selling land to Israelis. Courts also ruled the death sentence can be applied in such cases.
reuters.com/article/us-isr…
In 2018, an American-Palestinian man was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor for selling land to Israelis. Courts also ruled the death sentence can be applied in such cases.
reuters.com/article/us-isr…
2. Palestinian laws incentivize the murder of Israeli Jews by providing financial rewards to Palestinian terrorists
PA President Mahmoud Abbas recently stated “even if we have only a penny left, we will give it to the martyrs...”
timesofisrael.com/abbas-vows-to-…
PA President Mahmoud Abbas recently stated “even if we have only a penny left, we will give it to the martyrs...”
timesofisrael.com/abbas-vows-to-…
3. Regular incitement of antisemitic racial hatred by Palestinian officials
In his speeches, Abbas has regularly spewed classical antisemitic tropes. For instance, proclaimed that Jews “have no right to defile the Al-Aqsa Mosque with their filthy feet.”
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In his speeches, Abbas has regularly spewed classical antisemitic tropes. For instance, proclaimed that Jews “have no right to defile the Al-Aqsa Mosque with their filthy feet.”
palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=1…
4. Routine demonization of Israel, antisemitism, and incitement to terrorism by Palestinian state-sponsored media
For example, cartoons in state-sponsored newspapers use antisemitic depictions of Jews featuring large noses and imagery surrounding money.
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For example, cartoons in state-sponsored newspapers use antisemitic depictions of Jews featuring large noses and imagery surrounding money.
palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=4…
5. Palestinian educational resources teach hate, incite children to terrorism
Schools and youth facilities are routinely named for murderous terrorists, and Palestinian educators glorify terrorism and martyrdom.
palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=6…
Schools and youth facilities are routinely named for murderous terrorists, and Palestinian educators glorify terrorism and martyrdom.
palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=6…
6. Failing to ensure protection for Israelis who enter Palestinian-controlled territories
Israelis who enter Palestinian-controlled territories, even by accident, are at a high risk of being violently attacked, kidnapped, or even killed.
hrw.org/news/2017/05/0…
Israelis who enter Palestinian-controlled territories, even by accident, are at a high risk of being violently attacked, kidnapped, or even killed.
hrw.org/news/2017/05/0…
7. Failing to protect Jewish holy sites and worshippers in Palestinian-controlled areas
The rights of Jews to worship at religious sites in Palestinian-controlled areas are violated by the desecration of the sites and attacks against Jewish worshippers.
reuters.com/article/us-isr…
The rights of Jews to worship at religious sites in Palestinian-controlled areas are violated by the desecration of the sites and attacks against Jewish worshippers.
reuters.com/article/us-isr…
8. Persecution by Palestinians against Christians and Samaritans
Christians in the West Bank have seen widespread discrimination. In the cities of Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, and Beit Jala, the Christian population dropped from 86% in 1950 to 12% in 2016.
timesofisrael.com/christians-wor…
Christians in the West Bank have seen widespread discrimination. In the cities of Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, and Beit Jala, the Christian population dropped from 86% in 1950 to 12% in 2016.
timesofisrael.com/christians-wor…
