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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110305824.html
Israel Takes Aim at Palestinian Incitement
(AP-Washington Post) Ian Deitch - Israel announced Wednesday it will officially monitor incitement by the Palestinians, taking aim at what it says are widespread provocations against the Jewish state that undermine efforts to reach Mideast peace. Israel claims that Palestinian leaders promote - or tolerate - hatred in school textbooks, public speeches and their official media. Israelis have especially bristled at maps in schoolbooks and documents that do not designate Israel, and Palestinian TV broadcasts of mosque leaders denigrating Jews. All this feeds off - and perhaps amplifies - what Israelis consider a hostile atmosphere, reflected in the fact that militants who carried out deadly attacks against Israeli civilians are widely regarded as heroes in the Palestinian territories. Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, said incitement has increased since peace talks resumed in September.