by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
One
day after Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi was condemned
internationally for saying that Jews and their Talmud are responsible
for international drug trafficking, no less than five articles in the
official PA daily cited different Palestinian Authority officials
accusing Israel of having a policy to disseminate drugs among
Palestinian youth.
The Governor of Jericho said that Israel "is
encouraging and turning a blind eye to [drug] dealers and their efforts
to distribute drugs, through a systematic policy to destroy Palestinian
society, targeting the youth."
The District Governor of Jenin said Israel "seeks to harm the Palestinian people and to destroy it and its national enterprise [through drugs] as a continuation of its Zionist enterprise."
The District Governor of Ramallah spoke about the drug problem, mentioning Israel's "efforts to humiliate our youth, to break their willpower, and to distance them from their [Palestinian] cause and their principles, by spreading drugs among them" and emphasized that "the occupation does not hesitate to exercise all forms of control over our youth, using dirty and inhuman methods."
This is not the first time that Israel has been accused by the PA of intentionally spreading drugs.
Advisor to Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has claimed that Israel "spreads
prostitution and drugs" among Arab residents of Jerusalem. [PA TV
(Fatah), June 23, 2010]
The PA has also accused Israel of spreading AIDS among Palestinians:
Similarly, at a seminar about drugs organized by the UN Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the head of the Palestinian Authority's drug
fighting agency said:
"This plague [AIDS] is a political problem which is nurtured by Israel."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 24, 2010]
The official PA daily reported that a Health Ministry official blamed Israel for the spread of AIDS among Palestinians:
"Director
of Public Health in the Health Ministry, Dr. Assad Ramlawi... [said
that] 'the reason for the spread [of AIDS] is the growth in the
phenomenon of drug use, considered one of the principle ways of passing
on this disease...' He noted that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is an
influential factor in the spread of these diseases."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 9, 2011]
Palestinian Media Watch
has reported repeatedly that the Palestinian Authority has a policy of
disseminating libels and lies to accuse Israel of scheming to destroy
Palestinian society and its holy places.
Other ongoing PA libels include:
Israel murdered Arafat
Israel murders and poisons
Israel imitates Holocaust crimes
The following are the five Palestinian statements that falsely accuse Israel of spreading drug abuse among Palestinian youth:
"District
Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh, Laila Ghannam... noted that her
meeting with [Giampaolo Cantini, the Italian] General Consul, is taking
place on the International Day against Drug Abuse, which requires that
we remind the world and call its attention to the occupation's (i.e.,
Israel's) efforts to humiliate our youth, to break their willpower, and
to distance them from their [Palestinian] cause and their principles, by
spreading drugs among them... She emphasized that the occupation does
not hesitate to exercise all forms of control over our youth, using
dirty and inhuman methods."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 27, 2012]
"Social
worker Sonia Diba held the Israeli occupation responsible for the fact
that residents of Jerusalem are falling 'victim to drugs, because
[Israel] distributes huge quantities of them, in addition to the
increasing unemployment and the lack of centers and institutions in
Jerusalem to absorb the children and adolescent youth, causing them to
turn to drugs, which are distributed with the aid of the occupation and
its branches."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 27, 2012]
"A
seminar was held yesterday... under the slogan, "Pay attention! Say
'no' to drugs"... Governor of Jericho and the [Jordan] Valley district,
Majed Al-Fatiani, said in the opening address that the Israeli
occupation is encouraging and turning a blind eye to [drug] dealers and
their efforts to distribute drugs, through a systematic policy to
destroy Palestinian society, targeting the youth."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 27, 2012]
"Ramallah
and El-Bireh district governor, Laila Ghannam, said that the spread of
the plague of drugs is a deliberate act by the Israeli occupation, which
is trying to harm the younger generation of Palestinians, upon whom we
are relying to achieve our legitimate aim - the establishment of a
Palestinian state."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 27, 2012]
"The
Jenin district held a seminar yesterday, sponsored by the district
governor, Talal Dweikat... to mark the opening of the International Week
against Drug Abuse, under the slogan, 'Yes to life, no to drugs.'
Dweikat emphasized that it is important to unify the efforts of the
official and popular institutions in order to deal with this plague,
which is dangerous for our society, especially since the Israeli
occupation is not satisfied with occupation of Palestinian land, but
also seeks to harm the Palestinian people and to destroy it and its
national enterprise, as a continuation of its Zionist enterprise."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 27, 2012]
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