APPENDIX A: THE STATEMENTS STATEMENTS OF PALESTINIANS DEMONIZING ISRAELIS # Date Elite Statement Reference 1 18 Jul Awni Abd Ben-Gurion as infl icting “horrible Meeting between 1934 Al-Hadi, evil” upon Palestinians: “You David Ben-Gurion president [Ben-Gurion] are active in tempting and president of the of the the fellahin, taking over their lands by Palestinian Istiqlal Palestinian means of the greatest calamity and Party, PASSIA, Istiqlal Party horrible evil with which we are vol. 1, p. 306 affl icted” 2 28 PLO Forces of international Zionism National Covenant May document and colonialism as “evil”: “We, the of the Palestine 1964 Palestinian Arab people, who faced Liberation the forces of evil, injustice and Organization, First aggression, against whom the forces Arab Palestine of international Zionism and Congress, Jerusalem, colonialism conspired and worked to PASSIA, displace it, dispossess it from its vol. 2, p. 231 homeland and property, abused what is holy in it and who in spite of all this refused to weaken or submit” (continued ) © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 195 L. Normand, Demonization in International Politics, Middle East Today, DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-54581-7 196 APPENDIX A: THE STATEMENTS # Date Elite Statement Reference 3 14 Jul Muhammad Character description of Israel as BBC Summary of 1979 Ash-Sha’ir, brutal, criminal, evil, destructive, World Broadcasts PLO rep. in and with calculated intent to harm : (Lexis Nexis). Moscow “Israel…is an executive instrument Source: Moscow and a criminal tool in the hands of radio in Arabic 1700 world Zionism, which since its GMT 12 Jul 1979 inception has undertaken to spread evil and destruction in the world. It pursues a policy of domination and trickery, creates sedition and attacks any liberation movement or progressive tendency. Worst of all it persists with the connivance of the USA, with the implementation of its frightful plan to impose occupation and domination, to usurp land and kill children, women and old people – as Israel is most brutally doing in southern Lebanon. Israel exposed its grave designs and sinister aggressive spirit when it declared through its Cabinet that it will destroy the Palestinians wherever they may be” 4 28 Jan Yasser Arafat Begin’s methods as worse than the BBC Summary of 1981 Devil: “The whole world also heard World Broadcasts the Prime Minister of the enemy, (Lexis Nexis) 30 Menachem Begin, declaring that he January 1981. will fi ght the PLO and the strugglers Source: Excerpts in the Palestinian revolution with from Arafat’s speech methods which even the Devil has on “Voice of not thought of” Palestine” 5 17 Jul Yasser Arafat US-Zionist oppressor and its “evils, BBC Summary of 1981 terrorism, crime and unequalled World Broadcasts ferocity”: “Brothers, beloved ones, (Lexis Nexis) 20 Jul sons of our heroic Lebanese, Palestinian 1981. Source: people, every man, woman and child; Excerpts from my beloved steadfast ones against the recorded message on terrorist murderers, beloved faithful, “Voice of Palestine” patient ones stationed in the most important arena of the struggle in our Arab nation and in the strongest fortress of Arab steadfastness against the US-Zionist oppressor and all its evils, terrorism, crimes and unequalled ferocity” (continued ) APPENDIX A: THE STATEMENTS 197 # Date Elite Statement Reference 6 4 Mar Ali Hasan, Zionism as the Devil: “Zionism is BBC Summary of 1982 Arafat’s the Devil, we do not negotiate with World Broadcasts assistant it; anyway, it will not survive for (Lexis Nexis) long” 5 March 1982. Source: Israel television service 7 28 Jul Yasser Arafat Zionist force as evil: “…these evil Letter to King Fahd 1988 Zionist forces have as their objective bin Abdalaziz, BBC the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Summary of World mosque and the Dome of the Rock” Broadcasts (Lexis Nexis) 8 18 Aug Hamas Zionist invasion as “evil,” devious Covenant of the 1988 Covenant and sinful: “The Zionist invasion is a Islamic Resistance vicious invasion. It does not refrain Movement of from resorting to all methods, using all Palestine (Hamas), evil and contemptible ways to achieve PASSIA, vol. 4, its end. It relies greatly in its infi ltration p. 18 and espionage operations on the secret organizations it gave rise to…All these organizations, whether secret or open, work in the interest of Zionism and according to its instructions. They aim at undermining societies, destroying values, corrupting consciences, deteriorating character and annihilating Islam. It is behind the drug trade and alcoholism in all its kinds so as to facilitate its control and expansion” 9 18 Aug Hamas Oppressors as “unclean, vile and Ibid. 1988 Covenant evil”: “calls upon Muslims to raise the banner of Jihad in the face of the oppressors, so that they will rid the land and the people of their uncleanness, vileness and evils” 10 13 PLO radio Israel’s “evil doings and sins”: “… BBC Summary of May broadcast the existence, meaning and destiny of World Broadcasts 1989 Israel are linked to the wish of the US (Lexis Nexis) administration and to the US military, political and economic umbrella that shields Israel from the consequences of its evil doings and sins, including its daily offi cial, systematized terrorism against our kinfolk in the occupied territories” (continued ) 198 APPENDIX A: THE STATEMENTS # Date Elite Statement Reference 11 4 Mar Jibril Rajoub, Settlers to hell: “Rabin has to Israel’s War against 1994 former head remove all the settlers from the West Terror. Source: of Preventive Bank and Gaza and transfer them to Yediot Ahronot Security hell” Force in the West Bank 12 4 May Imad Selling the soul to the Devil: “He BBC Summary of 1994 al-Alami, added that Palestine was not owned World Broadcasts Hamas by those who sold themselves to the (Lexis Nexis) devil, including the Arafatist 6 May 1994. leadership, which disowned our Source: Al-Quds people’s revolution, struggle, and all Palestinian Arab Islamic and Arab values” Radio in Arabic 13 7 Aug Yasser Arafat Settlements as “demon”: “The most New York Times 1996 important thing is to confront this (Lexis Nexis) demon that swallows up everything, including the peace process” 14 15 Mar Othman Abu Character trait: “We are fi ghting and Israel’s War against 1997 Gharbieh, struggling with an enemy who is Terror. Source: Arafat’s Shylock. We must know that he is Voice of Palestine adviser on Shylock” national political guidance 15 17 Mar Nabil Accusation of deliberate harm: Quote from a 1997 Ramlawi, “Israeli authorities…infected by session of the UN Palestinian injection 300 Palestinian children Commission on representative with the HIV virus during the years Human Rights in of the intifada” Geneva. Cited in Israel’s War against Terror. Source: Jerusalem Post 16 29 Mar PA Israeli governments’ deliberate Israel’s War against 1997 Information harm: “Since the very beginning of Terror. Source: a Ministry press the Arab-Israeli confl ict, Israeli “PA source” release governments were anxious to apply the most dangerous ethnic cleansing theory against the Palestinian people” (continued ) APPENDIX A: THE STATEMENTS 199 # Date Elite Statement Reference 17 25 Jun Abdel Hamid Accusation of deliberate harm: Israel’s War against 1997 al-Qudsi, PA “Israel is distributing food containing Terror. Source: deputy material that causes cancer and Yediot Ahronot minister of hormones that harm male virility and supplies other spoiled food products in the Palestinian Authority’s territories in order to poison and harm the Palestinian population. We absolutely feel that it is an organized plan and conspiracy which is under the auspices of the Israel Defense Forces… this is a planned and initiated war against the Palestinian people” 18 9 Jul Abdel Hamid Israeli mafi a and generals’ deliberate Speech at the 1997 al-Qudsi, PA harm: “There is an Israeli mafi a which Chamber of deputy is distributing spoiled food products Commerce. Cited in minister of under the aegis of Israeli generals in the Israel’s War against supplies territories of the Palestinian Authority… Terror. Source: Itim they are distributors of death” news agency 19 17 Mar Hamas Occupation as “evil”: “Hamas called BBC Summary of 1998 website on the foreign ministers of the World Broadcasts Organization of the Islamic Conference (Lexis Nexis). [OIC] to affi rm the right of the Source: Hamas Palestinian people to resist against website in Arabic occupation using all available means, thus expressing their rejection of the occupation and repulsing it and its evils” 20 18 Jun Hamas The Oslo agreements as evil: “We Statement to 1998 emphasize that our acceptance to this President Yasser meeting is not in any way linked with Arafat regarding the consultations on the composition of negotiations with the governmental council, which is the PA, PASSIA, part of the evil Oslo Agreements, vol. 5, p. 356 which have been rejected by our people as well as by our movement” 21 18 Aug Ibrahim Israeli leaders’ secret “evil “Israeli report proof 1998 Nimre designs”: “Israeli leaders speak about of rampant racism” Hussein, equality and co-existence in public by Khalid Amayreh former mayor and plot evil designs against us in in Middle East of the Arab secret” Newsfi le (Lexis town of Shafa Nexis) Amre in the Galilee (continued ) 200 APPENDIX A: THE STATEMENTS # Date Elite Statement Reference 22 3 Nov PA TV Jews as seeds of Satan: “The Jews Israel’s War against 1998 Religious are the seed of Satan and the devils…. Terror. Source: Broadcast To their Prophets they attribute the “a PA religious greatest of crimes: murder, broadcast” prostitution, and drunkenness….They have distorted the faith and exchanged the gift of God for heresy, rebellion and prostitution, and distorted the Torah” 23 12 Sep Yasser Arafat Sinful and vicious attempts: “Sinful Remarks on the 1999 and vicious attempts are now being Sharm el-Sheikh made to cast despair and frustration memorandum to the in the hearts of the Palestinian Arab foreign refugees, to undermine their splendid ministers council, patriotic steadfastness, which has Cairo, PASSIA, protected the Palestinian cause from vol.