March 14, 2014 Children – The Palestinian narrative: The missing link in the ‘peace process’

March 14, 2014 Islamic Murder, Mayhem, and Mutilation

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The Palestinian narrative: The missing link in the ‘peace process’

Palestinian boys dressed to look like members of the PA security forces take part during a rally marking ‘Nakba Day,’ the ‘catastrophe’ of the founding of Israel, in Nablus on May 15, 2011. (Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)

“When you say ‘accept Israel as a Jewish state,’ you are asking me to change my narrative.” ― Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat.

It is essential to understand how Palestinian Arabs think and what they believe. The Palestinian Arab national identity is almost exclusively defined by negating the Israeli narrative, including Israel’s legitimate right to exist as a Jewish state, with precious few positive Palestinian nationalistic qualities.

Palestinian Arabs mark their historical time by memorializing what others perpetrated upon them. The quintessential narrative marked in time is the “Nakba,” the catastrophe of the creation of the State of Israel. Delegitimizing Jewish historical connections to the land extends from mosques to school textbooks, from the PA press to the PA leadership. They view the Jewish historical narrative as at best exaggerated, but more likely fabricated.

Source: The International Jerusalem Post. March 14 – 20, 2014.