Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)April 22 ,
2007
For illustrations:
www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/anti_semitism_e0407.htm
The hate industry: Articles and cartoons in Jordanian press combining
blatant anti-Israeli incitement with anti-Semitic and anti-American themes
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in a glass full of blood with the word ” Palestine ”
written on it. To his right is US President George Bush in a similar pose;
the word ” Iraq ” is written on his glass of blood. Both are holding small
glasses of blood. The two glasses are on a service tray carried by a hand
which has the words “the Arab impuissance” written on it (Ad-Dustour, March
3, 2007). The cartoon was drawn by Jalal al-Rifa’i, a Jordanian cartoonist
of Palestinian descent, who frequently publishes hateful cartoons hostile to
Israel and the Jewish people in the daily Ad-Dustour.
Overview
1. The Jordanian media occasionally publishes articles and cartoons which
combine vicious messages of hate against Israel with anti-Semitic and, at
times, anti-American themes. The newspapers in which the cartoons are
published are Ad-Dustour, Al-Arab al-Yawm, and Al-Ra’i. The Jordanian
government, which signed a peace treaty with Israel , does not put an end to
those publications, which contribute towards an atmosphere of hate and
hostility against Israel and the Jewish people.
2. On December 19, 2006, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
published an Information Bulletin titled “The hate industry: anti-Semitic
articles published in the Jordanian press over the past two months”. The
current Information Bulletin examines other anti-Semitic articles recently
published in the Jordanian press and presents a selection of anti-Semitic
and anti-Israeli cartoons published in Jordan in the past year.
A review of two recently published articles
“From the Holocaust industry to terrorism”
3. On April 12, 2007, the independent Jordanian newspaper Al-Arab al-Yawm
published an article titled “From the Holocaust industry to terrorism”,
dealing with Holocaust denial. The writer of the article is Muwaffaq
Muhaddin, a pro-Syrian journalist associated with the Jordanian left wing,
who also published anti-Semitic articles in the past. 1 The article was
republished in the same newspaper on April 16, the date of the Holocaust
Memorial Day in Israel .
4. Citations from the article:
“Not a single country in history was founded by turning fiction into
fact-save for the country of the Jewish enemy. The beginning of that country
was by making up or creating the Holocaust. That fiction was what truly
brought about the foundation of that country.” “There were other massacres
perpetrated against other peoples, worse than those perpetrated against the
Jews. The number of gypsies killed by the Nazi capitalism is greater than
the number of Jews killed, not to mention the 20 millions of Russians killed
in World War II.” “The Jews turned their losses [in World War II] into a
different kind of massacre. They made up the story of death in the gas
chambers, a story which was proven scientifically false.” “The other thing,
that is, the other invention made up by the Jews, is the [false] story about
Arab and Islamic terrorism, concurrently with the ever-intensifying argument
after their first fiction was exposed. It is precisely here that the scent
of Jewish kitchens is most evident. What is important for those kitchens is
controlling public opinion and harnessing it against Arabs and Muslims.”
“The integral relationship between Zionism and Nazism”
5. On March 9, 2007, the pro-Palestinian daily Ad-Dustour published an
anti-Semitic article titled “The integral relationship between Zionism and
Nazism”. The article was written by Rakan al-Majali, a regular columnist for
Ad-Dustour. It should be mentioned that on the same day, the article was
also published on Jordan Explorer, a Jordanian news and tourism website. 2
6. Highlights of the article:
a. “The war of eradication and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon ” has
opened the eyes of the Arabs and of the entire world, allowing them to
understand “the racist nature of Zionism” and “the characteristics of Jewish
personality”.
b. “The Jewish personality” is based on “resentment, vindictiveness, and
non-recognition of everything not Jewish.” The author claims to be citing
Professor Israel Shahak, 3 who supposedly said that “Zionism is the twin
brother of Nazism” and that “Nazism is coursing through the veins of the
Jews, who embraced a racist, wicked, and resentful culture.”
c. The author of the article cites another columnist named Husni Ayish, 4
according to whom the Jews’ superiority complex and their “call to eliminate
the others” are the central components of the Nazi-like Zionist ideology. He
refers to Zionism as “Nazi-Zionism” and “proves” that, following verses from
the Torah, the Jews have perpetrated genocides against other peoples.
d. The Zionist ideology sanctifies everyone who is Jewish while any other
person and all those who confront the Jews “are considered an abomination
that must be rooted out”. The Jews terrorize the Western world, extort it,
and “force it to sanctify everything that is Jewish”.
e. Having made such statements about Jews and Zionism, the writer of the
article praises the “firm stand” of the “resistance” (i.e., Palestinian
terrorism), which opposes Zionism.
Cartoons of anti-Semitic character
7. The Jordanian press publishes hateful anti-Semitic and, at times,
anti-American cartoons. In those cartoons, Israel and the Jews are portrayed
as thirsting for Arab and Palestinian blood and following in the footsteps
of Hitler and Nazism. Some of the cartoons make use of the image of the
stereotypical Jew and portray Jews as a snake and a vulture with
blood-dripping talons.
8. Most of the cartoons were created by Jalal al-Rifa’i, a Jordanian
cartoonist of Palestinian descent. They are published in the pro-Palestinian
daily Ad-Dustour (partly owned by the Jordanian government).
A selection of cartoons
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh arguing with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu
Mazen) while an evil-looking stereotypical Jew threatens to swallow them
both (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, January 9, 2007) Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
portrayed as a vulture with blood-dripping talons, carrying the American
Secretary of State on its back with the peace dove in her hand (Jalal
al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, February 26,
Four evil men: the Roman emperor Nero, the Mongolian ruler Hulagu (noted for
his brutality), Hitler, and US President George Bush = the morals of the
Israeli army, depicted as a skull with a helmet on its head, laying in a
puddle of blood (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, August 16, 2006) Satan with
his trident: his eyes are UK PM Tony Blair and US President George Bush,
while his nose is Israeli PM Ehud Olmert (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour,
August 14, 2006)
Ehud Olmert watering with blood a Star of David which sprouts swastikas;
underneath the Star of David are killed children and the American Secretary
of State, Condoleezza Rice, portrayed as a vulture carrying a letter that
says “A new Middle East” (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, July 31, 2006).
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert with blood-dripping hands and a peace dove, whose
droppings form a swastika on his chest; the caption reads: “A decoration
[swastika] on Olmert’s chest” (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, August 5, 2006)
Ehud Olmert swimming in a river of blood (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, July
15, 2006) Ehud Olmert giving birth to a Hitler-like baby; the caption
nearby reads: “A new Middle East ” (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, July 26,
2006)
Ehud Olmert drinking blood from a glass while an Israeli plane is dropping
ice cubes inside (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, June 15, 2006) Ehud Olmert
drinking blood with former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon; the caption on the
latter’s bloated stomach reads: “Arab blood” (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour,
July 8, 2006)
Ehud Olmert in a bath full of blood while former Israeli Defense Minister
Shaul Mofaz is pouring “Palestinian blood” (as written on the jar) on his
head (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, March 8, 2006) Ehud Olmert and Hitler
giving a Nazi salute (Jalal al-Rifa’i, Ad-Dustour, April 13, 2006)
The American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and the Israeli Foreign
Minister, Tzipi Livni, depicted as two snakes coiled around the world with
the caption “True love” appearing between them; the snake is considered to
be a despicable animal and, in many anti-Semitic cartoons, symbolizes Jews
(Al-Ghad newspaper, August 30, 2006)
1 See article published in Al-Arab al-Yawm on November 23, 2006, in which he
writes that the ideology documented in the Pentateuch must be denounced,
since those books are “a series of Nazi, barbaric, and racist guidelines”.
For more articles on Holocaust denial published in the Jordanian press, see:
an article by Dr. Samir Qumati published in Al-Ra’i on November 14, 2006; an
article by Ahmad Dhiban (”The Bomb of the Pope”) published in Al-Ra’i on
September 18, 2006.
2 See
http://jordan-explorer.com/article.asp?version=31&newsid=39574�ion=65.
3 A professor of chemistry and former member of Matzpen, an Israeli
anti-Zionist left-wing movement. He has written anti-Zionist books and
articles, some of which have been translated into Arabic. His publications
are used by Arab writers to incite against Israel and the Jewish people.
4 Husni Ayish used to work for the Jordanian Education Ministry and wrote
books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On November 21, 2006, he wrote
an anti-Semitic article in the Al-Ra’i newspaper, claiming that the Jews
teach their children that, according to the Torah and the Talmud, killing
civilians is acceptable and even desirable.
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