Palestinians: "Don't shame us by telling the truth!"

The official Wafa press agency of the Palestinian Authority has published another of its lists of "incitement" in Israeli media.

Here's a great example of what they call incitement in a story published last week:

"We must not speak in Hebrew," is the answer that Ariel Ginsburg, a resident of Nof Galilee, received on Saturday evening at the Arab restaurant "Al Reda" in Nazareth, with his family. Ginsburg, surprised to find that although the waiter understands Hebrew, he refuses to answer him back in Hebrew. "We arrived at the restaurant and saw four tourist tables," Ginsburg says. "I asked the waiter in Hebrew whether the restaurant is for tourists only. The waiter answered in English that the place is open to everyone, and that I can sit inside or outside, for my choice. But then he replied in English, "I can't speak to you in Hebrew, these are our rules." I asked him who wouldn't let him speak in Hebrew, and he answered "my boss."

Wafa is upset that this story was published.  After quoting the entire part above, it said, "The aim is to shed light and create a stir that could end with a boycott of Arab restaurants in Nazareth."

Reporting that a Christian Arab restaurant owner is a bigot is of course newsworthy. But Wafa doesn't like it because it is embarrassing and shameful to Arabs. Instead of accepting that, the PA lashes out at the reporter and publisher for daring to publicize the truth that makes them look bad.

And this is what they call "incitement."

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