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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-to-blame-for-Jlem-violence-381301
Israel: Hateful Beliefs about Jews Are Ingrained into Palestinian Psyche
(Jerusalem Post) Daniel K. Eisenbud - Fueling months of chronic rioting and terrorist attacks by Palestinians is a widespread and systematic campaign of the dehumanization of Jews, who must be eradicated "by any means necessary," Strategic Affairs Ministry Director-General Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser said Sunday. Core tenets comprising the Palestinians' "psychological infrastructure" include the belief that Jews are "defiling" Jerusalem "with their presence," and if you kill them you will "become a hero." These hateful beliefs are ingrained into the Palestinian psyche at birth, via textbooks, social media, cultural activities, and PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas is culpable for this narrative because he is contributing to it by commending killed terrorists, while implicitly stating that "this is what you are expected to do." "In the morning Abbas says we don't want escalation, and in the evening he says, 'by all means necessary'," Kuperwasser explained.