PA TV: “Rain cleanses Jerusalem of Jews’ impurity.”
The Arab attempt to erase the Jewish connection to the land of Israel is ongoing. Whether claiming that Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem is actually a mosque, or denying the existence of the Jewish Temple while destroying its remnants on the Temple Mount, these tactics reflect an ongoing attempt to rewrite Jewish history and distance the Jews from their Jewish homeland.
In a recent rendition of this tactic, as depicted in a new video which aired on PA TV November 6, 2011, the Jews of Jerusalem are cast as “foreign impurity.”
Transcript:
“The golden dome [of the mosque] shines with colors of the sky, with the white of clouds, while the joyous holiday [Eid Al-Adha] is good to the residents. The light rain cleanses the steps of the foreigners [Jews] so that the feet [of Muslims] in prayer will not step on impurity.”[PA TV (Fatah), Nov. 6, 2011]
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