BY ITAMAR MARCUS AND NAN JACQUES ZILBERDIK—-
There are signs that the Palestinian Authority is beginning to present the signing of the Oslo Accords with Israel as a negative event as bad as Israel’s creation and the defeat of the three Arab states, Syria, Jordan and Egypt, in the Six Day War.
“The deceased: ‘Arab History’
death… 1948, 1967, 1993, 2003, 2008 or 2010.”
Two visual expressions of this message appeared in the last two weeks in the official PA media.
One was a cartoon in the official PA daily, depicting a man preparing a headstone for a grave, who is wondering which date to inscribe to complete the text. The headstone reads:
“The deceased: ‘Arab History’
death…”
The man considers which year to add to the inscription as the year Arab history died. The dates he thinks possible are: “1948, 1967, 1993, 2003, 2008 and 2010.”
The dates refer to events considered negative for and by the Arab world. Significantly 1993, the year the Oslo Accords were signed, is included.
1948 – Israel’s creation
1967 – The Six Day War
1993 – Signing of Oslo Accords between Israel and the PLO
2003 – US invasion of Iraq
2008 – The Gaza War
2010 – Possibly refers to the Flotilla to Gaza that ended in violence
The second visual appeared in a music video of a song encouraging Palestinians to overcome their tragedies. Children are seen sitting around a table drawing. One drawing included in the video shows the dates “1948, 1967, 1993.”