Conspicuously, the Swedes are totally oblivious to the fact that Human Rights pertain to all humans not just Palestinians. Ashrawi has been an advocate for and an apologist of violence through decades of her "activism" as a Palestinian "legislator" and an official of the Arab League having and had little to do with peace or with coexistence. The Palme Center and the current Swedish Foreign Minister are doing a disservice to humanity and to the cause of peace by this dubious honor. And Ashrawi? She is laughing all the way to the (west) bank.....
Ashrawi represents a group that is actively engaged in violence and for the convenience of the occasional propaganda campaign(s) she utters words like "peace" that are absolutely obsequious and mean nothing other than serving as a deceptive component in a campaign of disinformation. This campaign takes place at several levels but the most important one is that of the Arab public which is being fed an overdose of anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish, and anti-American convoluted propaganda that became the "objectified reality" for millions of captive consumers who are not offered other views or the option of choosing between them. The infamous Egyptian TV series has now reached the stage of the blatant blood libel against the Jews suggesting "they have a plan to rule all of humanity" ("The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: "The Jew's racist plan to rule all of humanity," Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin, November 21, 2002).
Some Arab writers maintain that airing this TV series has little to do with freedom-of-expression (one notes that it does not exist in the Arab world) and they debunk Arab arguments that they are Semites too and hence "cannot be anti-Semitic." However, the majority of the Arab press supports the airing of the defaming series as a given truth, as a right, and as a good move to bring the "word" to the viewers ("Arab Press Debates Antisemitic Egyptian Series: 'Knight Without a Horse' - Part II," MEMRI, Inquiry and Analysis - Egypt/Arab Antisemitism, November 20, 2002, No. 113; see MEMRI's synopsis of the series at the end of the article).
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Perhaps it might be helpful to examine
Who are the Palestinians? (Yashiko Sagamori, National Unity Coalition, November 18, 2002, Our Jerusalem, 11/20/2002) in order to develop a better understanding to one of the greatest international frauds ever concocted. What the Palestinians and Arabs want can be best described as a child of a very large family who wants to take away the toys AND the playground of the neighbors' only child. When the police think that this is a simple feud between two children that could be resolved, it turns out that the family and other neighbors lay (unsubstantiated) claims to the toys and to the playground alike and have beaten up the kid. Even when the court later rules that the claims for the property are unfounded, those decisions are ignored and not respected. Appeasing the bullies will work only if there is a readiness to give up. The bully will not change his way with appeasement. Short of that it is imperative to do exactly the opposite ("A return to Jacksonian Zionism, "Caroline B. Glick, The Jerusalem Post, Nov. 22, 2002).
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The head of the (Palestinian) Islamic Jihad (Sheikh Assad Tamimi, author of a 1982 booklet "The Obliteration of Israel: A Koranic Imperative" - see "The Islamic Jihad: the Imperative of Holy War," A Special Report, Boaz Ganor, ICT) stated in 1990 that "The Jews have to return to the countries from which they came. We shall not accede to a Jewish state on our land, even if it is only one village." And shortly before his death, Faysal Al-Husseini gave an interview to an Egyptian newspaper where he openly admitted that the Oslo peace overture with Israel was a Trojan Horse aimed to dismantle Israel. Thus past Palestinian "peace offerings" (not to mention signed agreements) were nothing but a deception campaign. Interestingly enough, one could point out to Sheikh Tamimi that the Jews have indeed returned to the country they came from, namely, Israel.
(full article online)
With Peace Like This Who Needs War?