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Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Itamar Marcus
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A delegation of Australian and Bri=ish politicians visiting Israel and the Palestinian Authority used <= style="color: blue;
text-decoration: underline;" track="off" shape==rect" href="http://www.palwatch.org"linktype="1"
alt="http://www.pa=watch.org" target="_blank">Palestinian Media Watch's findings=to challenge and question PA
officials. After confronting the PA officials= Australian MP Glenn Sterle "strongly recommended a briefing from
Palestinian Media Watch before any meetings with the PA," Th= Jerusalem Post reported.
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The Australian and British delegation had hea=d a presentation by PMW director Itamar Marcus, which, among other
things,=documented the PA's practice of glorifying terrorists who have killed Israeli ci=ilians
<http://www.palwatch.org/mai=.aspx?fi=448> . After the PMW presentation, the delegation met with PA Pr=me
Minister Rami Hamdallah and PA Minister of Education Sabri Saidam. The =ritish and Australian delegates confronted
and questioned the PA officials=about the PA practice of naming schools and sporting=events
<http://palwatch.org/main.as=x?fi=157&doc_id=16439> after terrorists and their educating Palestinian children
<http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=16353> and=youth to hate Israelis and Jews
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PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdall=h denied that any schools in the West Bank are named after terrorists, des=ite the fact
that PMW has clearly documented
<http://www.palwatch.org/STORAGE/sp=cial%20reports/PA%20Education%20Report%20for%20Teachers%20Union%20
210715.p=fttpage=11> this. Hamd=llah even "defencliedj the practice of 'honoring' terrorist-suicide b=mbers,"
Australian MP Glenn Sterle said. Hamdallah had further told=the delegation to "check their information." [The Jerusal=m
Post, Dec. 15, 20151
After the meeting with the Australian-British delegatio=, the PA Minister of Education Dr. Sabri Saidam =aid that he "was
surprised by the group's 'explosive, blunt and rude' ques=ions about Palestine's education system." "There was a lot of
incitement l=would say on behalf of the delegation meaning or implying that the Palesti=ians are the ones terrorizing
Israel," Saidam said. He complained that Aus=ralian Federal Industry Minister Christopher Pyne had not discussed
educat=on with him but instead about "political difficulties." Minister Saidam st=ted that Minister Pyne "had a list of
questions and they were misinformed.= [SB5 News, Dec. 16, 20151
=span>Recently, Swedish MP Ekeroth also used PMW docu=entation
chttp://palwatch.or=/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=16614> to show Swedish Parliament that the PA does not seek p=ace.
PMW has re=orted on the PA and Fatah's ongoing terror glorifica=ion
<http://palwatch.=rg/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=16468> and promotion of violence
<http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx=fi=157&doc_id=16156> =/span> during the current wave of terror attacks against
Israelis. <Apan>
The following are=the reports on the delegation's use of PMW documentation at the meeting wi=h PA officials in the
Jerusalem Post and SEM
Headline: "Gra=evine: Between Jerusalem and Berlin"
By Greer Fay Cashman
"PRIOR TO the dinner on Sunday, following a presentation by It=mar Marcus from Palestinian Media Watch, Dialogue
participants went to Ram=llah to meet with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and =he PA education
minister, who were asked about the naming of a girls high =chool after a terrorist, Dalal Mughrabi; sporting events
named after terro=ists; branding anyone who supported peace initiatives through sport as tra=tors; and the preaching of
hatred through the education system. According =o the Australian Labor Party's Glenn Sterle, who is the senator for
Wester= Australia in the Parliament of Australia, Australian and UK delegates wer= at all times respectful and courteous
to the prime minister when putting =heir questions.
The prime minister gave a brief o=erview of the situation between Israel and the PA. He shared the concerns =he PA has
with Hamas and the reconstruction effort of the PA in Gaza. He t=ld the group that the Palestinians are willing to
commence peace talks tow=rd a two-state solution with Israel, but not until there is a freeze on th= expansion of
settlements.
The term "occupation" was us=d numerous times, said Sterle.