Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Northern Israel called "1948 lands" and "occupied territories" on PA TV kids program

Itamar Marcus/Barbara Crook
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW)
02 November '10

A children's program on official Palestinian Authority television presents Northern Israel to Palestinian children as "occupied territories" and "1948 lands."



A recent episode of The Best Home on PA TV takes a group of children on a trip to Tiberias and the Galilee in Northern Israel. During a break, the kids are told that they are on "occupied land" and "1948 land," the PA's way to describe all of Israel as "occupied" since its founding in 1948. The children are never told they are in Israel, and when referring to places in Israel, the PA TV host says "How beautiful our land is."

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