"Jews are scum of the earth": Jew-hatred in Arab media this week

Virulent antisemitism continues in the Arab media, completely unreported in the West.

As is often the case, Jordan is the source of a great deal of this incitement, and the killing of a Jordanian judge (who was apparently attacking Israeli soldiers) at the Allenby Bridge this week fueled it even more.

Al Madenah News has a column from a woman, Dalida al-Utti, who says that Jews are even worse than "descendants of apes and pigs" - they are actually "children of dogs." 

Another woman, Magda Atallah writing in Assawsana, says that any Jew who does not kill a non-Jew in his lifetime faces the wrath of God, according to the Talmud. She also says the Holocaust is a lie and that "Jews are the murderers of the prophets and apostles and have been the basis of the scourge everywhere from Khyber to Jerusalem to Beirut and Cairo."

Fayez Da'jah in JordanZad laments that Jordan sometimes saves Israeli tourists who get into trouble while hiking, even though they are only in Jordan to plant fake Jewish archaeological treasures to later claim them - or to steal real archaeological artifacts.  He is sorry that such a policy of saving lives is being implemented for these Jews.

Dr. Ahmad Shawabkeh in Assabeel is upset that Jews continuously kill and destroy, while Arabs only condemn them. He states simply that "Jews are the scum of the earth." Twice.

Dr. Mohammed Al-Majali in Al Ghad discusses the Quranic quote that the people most hostile to Muslims in the world are the Jews. Jews, we are told, regard all non-Jews as beasts who must serve them. He helpfully adds that Jews "are people of treachery and deceit" and he compares them to the Devil.

On a more "scholarly" note, Ahmad Samih has written a book about Jewish schemes to take over Africa. Its actual title is "Jews and Judaism in the modern era in Africa."

Another new book, reviewed in a couple of articles and written by a Palestinian Arab, is called "Zionist schemes of the 21st Century." Here's the cover:

Finally, Al Manar discusses a new organization meant to allow Jews in France to defend themselves from constant attacks. They headline the story as saying that the organization trains Jews to break Arabs' bones.

Any single one of these articles would make instant headlines and result in full-throated condemnations had they been written for Western media. But no one expects Arabs to adhere to the same standards of decency that they expect from anyone else. This expectation of Arab hate is, frankly, racism.

The writers of these articles and books are often academics. The newspapers publishing these are mainstream. The pushback against this antisemitism is nonexistent. The NGOs that supposedly are against antisemitism are silent. And the world thinks that Arab hatred of Jews is natural, and not worthy of being mentioned.