"Travel Palestine" site has some whoppers

The official Palestinian Authority tourism site, TravelPalestine.ps, is about as interested in facts as any other official Palestinian Authority site.

Here are a couple of their whoppers:

From their front page:

With a history that envelops more than one million years, Palestine has played an important role in human civilisation.

A million year history! That's even longer than Saeb Erekat's 9,000 year history!

Luckily, I found the details behind this history in one of their booklets:

Ah, the Lower Paleolithic! I'm surprised they didn't mention the Big Bang as one of the major events in Palestine's history.

Notice who is missing in this little chronology. Besides the British, that is.

That's not the only place that Jews are erased from history in this site. the only mentions of Jews are when they claim that "The Golden Gate, called Bab-Dahiriyeh in Arabic or Gate of Eternity, on the east is blocked pending the arrival of the Messiah, according to Jewish religious zealots." and that a synagogue in Jericho from the 8th century is interesting. Otherwise, there have been no Jews in the Holy Land, according to this site.

Here's a much smaller lie but one that can easily be overlooked.

In the "Palestine Destination Overview 2014" they say:

Pope Francis' prayer at the security barrier was silent. No one knows what he prayed for. As far as I could tell, in none of the public prayers or speeches during his visit did he say a word about "ending occupation."

(h/t Messy57)

UPDATE: By request:

If I had time I'd put Raquel Welch in a hijab.