SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — StandWithUs is bringing Itamar Marcus, founder and director Palestinian Media Watch to SDSU and UCSD on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Marcus is an authority on Palestinian ideology and policy. By monitoring Palestinian Authority and Hamas media, he has uncovered the discrepancies between what they relay to the international community and to their own people, including during the recent peace talks. He will show concrete examples of television video footage, schoolbooks, crossword puzzles and newspapers that provide a unique, in-depth perspective of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. www.palwatch.org
Marcus speaks at UC San Diego at 5:30pm in the Bear Room Sun God Lounge. StandWithUs Emerson Fellow and Media Communications Chair of Tritons for Israel Omer Ben-Zvi is bringing him to campus. Itamar’s presentation at San Diego State is at 7:30pm at Storm Hall 247. StandWithUs Emerson Fellow and Aztecs for Israel President Michelle Golan is hosting him. Topic: “The Sword of Media.” Is the Palestinian Authority an honest partner for peace? What does it take to incite a child to hate?
Since 1996, PMW has monitored Palestinian Authority and Hamas society by studying their media and PA schoolbooks in Arabic. Itamar has presented PMW’s findings three times before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, in Canadian, Australian, Norwegian, Swedish, French, British, Dutch parliaments and the European Union.
PMW believes that the key to peace is peace education and has been publicizing problematic education and television with a goal to eliminate these impediments to peace. His work has already brought about numerous improvements in PA media and education, according tothe StandWithUs organization.
Marcus testified before the US Senate Appropriations committee in 2007 examining whether US financial support to the Palestinians was directly or indirectly funding PA indoctrination of children to seek Martyrdom and hatred. Marcus’s reports on how foreign aid is misused by the PA for hate and terror promotion have led to changes in US legislation and US funding procedures, StandWithUs said.
Hillary Clinton has held three events with PMW including a press conference in the Senate with Marcus stating,”we must stop the propaganda to which Palestinian children are being exposed… it profoundly is poisoning the minds of these children.”
PMW uncovered the use of a Mickey Mouse-type character utilized by Hamas television to indoctrinate children to martyrdom, the destruction of Israel and hatred of the West.
Marcus was appointed by the Israel Government to represent Israel in negotiations with the Palestinian Authority on Incitement. He gives analysis on CNN, FOX News, BBC, and the full range of world TV news.
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