Monday, 31 October 2011

MEMRI - The Middle East Media Research Institute

MEMRI Daily: October 31, 2011


The following are clips published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch series and TV Project.

MEMRI TV Clip No. 3164

Saudi Prince Khaled Bin Talal Offers $900,000 to Anyone Who Captures an Israeli Soldier

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To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3164.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 4235–Palestinians/Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: I Will Never Recognize a Jewish State; The Capturing of Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit Was a Good Thing

Following are excerpts from an interview with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, which aired on Dream2 TV on October 23, 2011:

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3163.htm.

For more from the MEMRI Palestinian Media Studies Project, visithttp://www.memri.org/palestinianmediastudies.

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Mahmoud Abbas: "First of all, let me make something clear about the story of the 'Jewish state.'

"They started talking to me about the 'Jewish state' only two years ago, discussing it with me at every opportunity, every forum I went to – Jewish or non-Jewish – asking: 'What do you think about the "Jewish state"?' I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I will never recognize the Jewishness of the state, or a 'Jewish state.'" [...]

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To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5759.htm.