The Palestinian Authority, just a lovely bunch.

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**djones520**

Teaching kids how great Hitler was.

A children's educational magazine sponsored by the Palestinian Authority extols the wit and wisdom of Adolf Hitler -- by wrongly attributing 10 quotes to the Nazi leader.

Zayzafuna, a youth magazine whose advisory board includes Palestinian Authority Deputy Minister of Education Jihad Zakameh, published the list of quotes in its August edition in a section titled “Among Hitler’s sayings,” Palestinian Media Watch reported.

“If you were stabbed in the back, know that you are in front,” one saying read.

Several of the sayings appear to be slight variations from anonymous quotations or those found on “words of wisdom” websites. For example, “Don’t argue with a fool because people won’t be able to tell you apart” has commonly been attributed to American author Mark Twain.

Palestinian Media Watch officials said the purpose of the list is seemingly to present Hitler as a “sharp-witted and wise” person.

“This is not the first time that the PA-associated youth magazine has presented Hitler in a positive light,” PMW’s website reads. “In 2011, PMW exposed an essay in Zayzafuna that glorified Hitler and portrayed him as a role model. The essay expressed admiration for Hitler because he killed Jews – an act presented as benefiting all of humanity. In the essay, Hitler says to a Palestinian girl in her dream: ‘I killed them [the Jews] so you would all know that they are a nation which spreads destructions all over the world.’”

In late 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reportedly canceled its funding of the Zayzafuna magazine, citing “inflammatory statements” made in the periodical.

Nazi sympathy among some Palestinians has made headlines twice this year, first when a flag with the swastika was flown next to a mosque in the Arab town of Beit Omar, about a half-hour south of Jerusalem. Israelis in the area notified the Israel Defense Force, which had the offensive banner removed.

"I felt we were going back 75 years, losing our hold on the land," a man identified as Uri Arnon told the Tazpit News Agency. "The Arabs no longer feel the need to hide their murderous tendencies, announcing out loud that they wish to annihilate us."

Just last week, a similar flag appeared along a major road in Beit Umar and was removed.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/22/palestinian-authority-kids-mag-publishes-bogus-wit-and-wisdom-adolf-hitler/?intcmp=latestnews

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These are the good guys in some peoples eyes...

**Breotan**

The irony is that Hitler would have let the Nazis kill any and all arabs in the way had he secured arabian oil reserves. Ask the Dutch and the Greeks.

**Wyrmalla**

Philistines. =P

**Da Boss**

I don't support Israel's expansion into Palestinian territory or their bulldozing of Palestinian homes, but I don't think the Palestinian Authority or Hamas are the "Good Guys" any more than I think the Israelis are the "Bad Guys".

Shockingly, the world is more complicated than that.

But yeah, the vicious anti-Semitism in the region is a disgrace.

**DogofWar1**

Well, the Palestinian people as a whole have a strong argument to be made that they deserve a state of their own, and I sympathize with that. A two state solution would likely be the best solution, if implemented properly. The problem is their leadership pulls things like this which acts counter to that goal.

**Manchu**

Hitler wrote:Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
And I'll tell you how I became the fresh prince of Deutschland

**Frazzled**

DogofWar1 wrote:
Well, the Palestinian people as a whole have a strong argument to be made that they deserve a state of their own, and I sympathize with that. A two state solution would likely be the best solution, if implemented properly. The problem is their leadership pulls things like this which acts counter to that goal.

They have a state of their own, two in fact. One is Egypt and the other is Jordan. Neither country wants the little dens O terrorists.

**Ouze**

Consistently attributing quotes to historical figures to serve their own ends while we all laugh at how transparently manipulative it is? Are you sure it was the Palestinians, and not the Tea Party on Facebook?

**Orlanth**

What is so easy to miss from cosy homes in the west is the level of depravation to which the Palestinians are subjected to constantly.
Their Calamity, as they call it, has been ongoing since 1967, which is longer than most of us have been alive.
They are subjected to brutal discrimination, oppression and extreme hardship, they are denied many of the goods and utilities we take forgranted by policy and any headway to better themselves is all too often destroyed by the Israelis to keep them down.

It is not surprising they hate Jews, personally UI think a lot of the oppression is designed to keep them angry. So long as the Palestinians are angry the Israelis can point out how evil they are, and despite the gross hypocrisy it will hold some weight in the west. What Israel could not oppose is a peace movement, so by keeping the occupied territories close to the boil they keep them how they want them, angry uncoordinated in their rage and unwise in what they say. And at every turn their land is stolen plot by plot, first by claiming security concerns to bulldoze an area, then again to wall it off and from that point its easy to steal the land.

**Frazzled**

Considering the PLA was formed before the were even Palestinian territories:
"Don't start wars you can't finish"
-William Westmoreland

This is why the West should continue to divest itself of the whole situation.

**AlmightyWalrus**

Frazzled wrote:
Considering the PLA was formed before the were even Palestinian territories:
"Don't start wars you can't finish"
-William Westmoreland

That applies to Israel as well though.

**Frazzled**

AlmightyWalrus wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Considering the PLA was formed before the were even Palestinian territories:
"Don't start wars you can't finish"
-William Westmoreland

That applies to Israel as well though.

not disagreeing.