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Source: http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=5133
PA Says: "If I Forget Thee, Oh Jerusalem" Was Crusader Expression Usurped by Zionists
(Palestinian Media Watch) Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - As part of the continuing Palestinian denial of Jewish history in Jerusalem, Palestinian researcher Dr. Hayel Sanduqa claimed on PA TV on June 2 that the well-known verse of the Hebrew psalm, "If I forget thee, oh Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill," is not from a Jewish source at all. He said the words were uttered by a Christian Crusader, and have only recently been "borrowed" by Jews and "falsified in the name of Zionism." The verse is in fact from Psalm 137 of the Hebrew Bible, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army in 586 BCE. It has appeared in Jewish sources for thousands of years.