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Israel to Start Formally Monitoring PA Incitement


(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Israel is to begin officially monitoring incitement in the Palestinian Authority and will periodically issue a report on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last week. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of Military Intelligence's research department, will serve as government coordinator for incitement in the PA. "We will set parameters by which to measure the level of incitement," Netanyahu told the committee. "People must know exactly what is happening on this issue, because for a peace agreement, education toward peace and acceptance of Israel are needed." Building a "culture of peace...should not wait until the day a state comes into being," a senior Israeli government official said. The "incitement index" will be produced by monitoring broadcasts in the official PA media, statements and actions by senior PA officials and textbooks.
2010-03-10 07:51:22
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