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In a recent thread Palestine Media Watch were given as the source for a claim, repeated in the Jerusalem Post , that " it is permissible under Islam to kill Israeli civilians because they are criminals. The message came in a television series broadcast on Hamas' Al Aqsa TV." see link at botttom.
Having watched the " scene " for the alleged claim, it becomes wholly apparent that the dialogue has been completely misrepresented. Not only was it misrepresented to try to support the claim , when one watches it , the woman involved actually states the opposite. The distinction made is that it is okay for Palestinians to attack the Israeli military personnel.
Throughout the JP article we are met with the commentary of one Marcus Itamar , director of PMW .
I like a research project every now and then , so, having stumbled across this misrepresentation by Palestine Media Watch ( PMW) I decided to spend some time having a look at them. Itamar Marcus, it turns out, is originally from NY but lives in the occupied West Bank as an illegal settler. He was the " expert witness " in a 2013 case brought before an Israeli court against the PA media on the charge of " incitement" ( oh the irony given his actions above ). He was basically laughed out of court and the case fell to pieces , according to +972 magazine under the title " Judge dismisses credibility of Palestine Media Watch"( see link below )
The judge, Dalia Ganot, in Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court , stated that " “Marcus’s expert-witness testimony does not meet the definition of ‘expert-witness testimony." Although it was found that some " incitement " against Israel could be found in a small section of the Palestinian media, the case depended on it being an official policy of the PA over a 15 year period. This was conclusively dismissed because it was shown that Itamar Marcus had selectively quoted the Palestinian media and had ignored entirely the most read/watched sections of it. In other words he had cherrypicked information to make a case that was dismissed in court.
Now you would think people would be wary of such an outfit after such a damning indictment, ( there was much more damning stuff stated by the court but time constraints etc etc ) but aparaently not the case with Donna Rachel Edmunds , the author of the Oct 2020 piece in the JP.
The top and bottom of it is, imo, is they are an obviously biased outfit that cherry pick and, obviously too, as was shown in the recent cited article in the JP, are apt to completely misrepresent media so much so they could be slated for engaging in incitement themselves.
All links as promised
Having watched the " scene " for the alleged claim, it becomes wholly apparent that the dialogue has been completely misrepresented. Not only was it misrepresented to try to support the claim , when one watches it , the woman involved actually states the opposite. The distinction made is that it is okay for Palestinians to attack the Israeli military personnel.
Throughout the JP article we are met with the commentary of one Marcus Itamar , director of PMW .
I like a research project every now and then , so, having stumbled across this misrepresentation by Palestine Media Watch ( PMW) I decided to spend some time having a look at them. Itamar Marcus, it turns out, is originally from NY but lives in the occupied West Bank as an illegal settler. He was the " expert witness " in a 2013 case brought before an Israeli court against the PA media on the charge of " incitement" ( oh the irony given his actions above ). He was basically laughed out of court and the case fell to pieces , according to +972 magazine under the title " Judge dismisses credibility of Palestine Media Watch"( see link below )
The judge, Dalia Ganot, in Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court , stated that " “Marcus’s expert-witness testimony does not meet the definition of ‘expert-witness testimony." Although it was found that some " incitement " against Israel could be found in a small section of the Palestinian media, the case depended on it being an official policy of the PA over a 15 year period. This was conclusively dismissed because it was shown that Itamar Marcus had selectively quoted the Palestinian media and had ignored entirely the most read/watched sections of it. In other words he had cherrypicked information to make a case that was dismissed in court.
Now you would think people would be wary of such an outfit after such a damning indictment, ( there was much more damning stuff stated by the court but time constraints etc etc ) but aparaently not the case with Donna Rachel Edmunds , the author of the Oct 2020 piece in the JP.
The top and bottom of it is, imo, is they are an obviously biased outfit that cherry pick and, obviously too, as was shown in the recent cited article in the JP, are apt to completely misrepresent media so much so they could be slated for engaging in incitement themselves.
All links as promised
Hamas' TV: Islam allows for murder of Jews as they are criminals
Viewiers tuning in to the TV show "Self-Sacrificing Fighter" (Fida’i) watched Jewish characters say they hate all Arabs, and Arab characters justify the murder of Jews.
www.jpost.com
Judge dismisses credibility of Palestinian Media Watch testimony - +972 Magazine
An Israeli district court judge metes out scathing criticism of Palestinian Media Watch director Itamar Marcus’s expert witness testimony on incitement in Palestinian media, in a civil case against the PA and its leaders. Marcus’s testimony, Judge Dalia Gano wrote, was incomplete, biased and...
www.972mag.com