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What the Palestinians Teach Their Children
(New York Times) Isabel Kershner - A new book by Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli watchdog group, catalogs dozens of examples of messages broadcast by the Palestinian Authority for its domestic audience that would seem at odds with the pursuit of peace and a two-state solution. Instead, the authors say, their findings show a pattern of non-recognition of Israel's right to exist, demonization of Israel and promotion of violence. For years, many Israeli and Palestinian analysts have said that what Palestinian leaders tell their own people in their own language is the truest reflection of their actual beliefs. "There is no doubt in my mind that in the mainstream of the Palestinian national movement, Israel is not considered legitimate," said Shlomo Avineri, an Israeli professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "This is the inner truth of the Palestinians," he said. "They really mean it. It is not what they say on CNN, but it is what they teach their children."