wemustcontinuetobevigilantaboutmonitoringhateandincitementandanti-semitism,notonlybythepalestinianauthoritybutthroughoutthearabworld.sauditextbookscharacterizejewsaswicked.iraniannewsreports,obviouslyrepresentingtheopinionoftheirgovernment,havelentcredencetoholocaustdeniers.thisisaniuethatallofusneedtobeconcernedabout.
andfiveyearsago,istoodwithmyfriend,eliewiesel,todenouncethisincitement,thisviolence,thisanti-semitisminpalestiniantextbooks.andi''vebeenworkingonthisiuebecausetomeitisoneofthosebasiciuesthat--howdoweexpecttohaveademocraticallyelectedpalestiniangovernmentiftheirtextbooksarestillpreachingsuchhatred,andifweallowthisifweallowthisdehumanizingrhetorictogounchallenged.becausewhatishaeningisyoungmindsarebeinginfectedwiththisanti-semitism,andthatisgoingtoruncountertowhatwehopecanhaenoverthenextyearsaswedoworkforpeaceandstability.
sowemustcontinuetoshineabrightotlightonthesemeagesofhatredandtheseenticementsformartyrdominthesetextbooksandonthemediathattakeyoungmindsandtwistandpervertthemandcreateanewgenerationofterroristsandiurgents.
aboutayearandahalfago,iheldahearingwithsenatorecteronthepalestinianmedia,andiconfrontedthepalestinianauthorityrepresentativeaboutthisiue,whomwehadinvitedtocomeandaddrethesenatecommittee.iurgedhimtoacknowledgethatwhenitcomestochildren,whoeverthosechildrenare,shieldingthemfromhateandviolenceshouldbethenumberonepriorityoftheirfamiliesandtheirgovernmentsandtheentireglobalcommunitytopreventthishatredfromfestering.
usingchildrenaspawinapoliticalproceistantamounttochildabuse,andwemustsayithastoendnow!
and,ofcourse,thatinfectioniscontagious,and