Itamar Marcus

Itamar Marcus is founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures, as he attends a swearing-in ceremony for the newly formed cabinet, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, March 31, 2024.

Palestinian Authority antisemitism resembles Nazi ideology - opinion

SLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Gen. Hossein Salami speaks at a memorial ceremony for eliminated Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah (left) and Hashem Safieddine, in Tehran, earlier this week. Iran’s goals have not faded simply because of the demise of its proxies, says the writer

Destroying Iran's nuclear assets isn't enough, the West needs to dismantle the regime - opinion

 Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

Even before the war: 44% of young Gazans considered emigrating - opinion


The PA admits: UNRWA is a political organization - opinion

Democratic countries, together with humanitarian organizations, must confront UNRWA with the PA’s own words and end the charade of a “humanitarian” UNRWA, and stop the violation of human rights. 

 UNRWA COMMISSIONER-General Philippe Lazzarini attends a meeting on implementing a two-state solution, in Oslo, last month. The PA has inadvertently admitted that the essential role played by UNRWA in the Middle East is political and not humanitarian, says the writer.

Israel’s ceasefire deal with Hezbollah jeopardizes the lives of the hostages - opinion

Another Hezbollah achievement is maintaining its status quo in Lebanon. There is no demand by Israel to further dismantle its military or political power.

 GRAFFITI sign in Tel Aviv calls for the immediate release of the hostages in Gaza.

Blinken’s statement about Oct. 7 demonstrates a misunderstanding - opinion

Secretary Antony Blinken and the United States must understand that if they are seeking a solution, it cannot be achieved by treating the actions of October 7 as a one-time horrific isolated event.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 9, 2024

Blinken should know PA just as bad as Hamas rule in Gaza - opinion

Before anyone should talk about giving additional jurisdiction to the poisonous PA, Israel needs to see a fundamental and extended detoxification of Palestinians.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits across the table as he meets with former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief Gadi Eisenkot and former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024

Hamas is seen as representative of the Palestinians - opinion

Tragically, Abbas and the Fatah party put themselves firmly behind Hamas and its atrocities, celebrating the massacres and even laughing at the victims.

 Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 28, 2023.

The PA views terror against Israel as an Islamic war against the Jews - opinion

While the Palestinian Authority tells the international community that it fights and kills Israelis on nationalistic grounds, it tells its own people that killing Israelis and Jews is for Allah.

 MOURNERS EMBRACE at the funeral of Batsheva Nagari, last month. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades took credit for the killing as an Islamic religious act.

The Palestinian peace process was meant to increase terrorism - opinion

Whereas the terror that Oslo enabled made it a tragic failure for Israel, for the PLO the terror is what made it a success, because that was one of the goals set by the Palestinian leadership.

 PLO CHAIRMAN Yasser Arafat reaches to shake hands with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, as US president Bill Clinton encourages them, after the signing of the Declaration of Principles, at the White House, September 13, 1993.

Israel must never again withdraw from Judea and Samaria - opinion

Reading of Oslo Accords shows Israel has territorial claims against the PA

 RESCUE WORKERS search the wreckage of a bus destroyed in a Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem, 2003.

Israel must expel the EU’s antisemitic diplomat - opinion

Not only is Von Burgsdorff’s libelous rant insulting to every Israeli, and especially to the families of victims of Palestinian terror, but it is also a strong terror motivator

 EUROPEAN UNION Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff walks during an EU tour of Sheikh Jarrah, in December.

The Palestinian Authority's child soldier strategy against Israel - opinion

With the PA feeding Palestinian children a steady diet of child soldier promotion, when the PA launches its terror waves it has a cadre of children ready to be called to action.

 GIRLS WITH automatic rifles lead Fatah’s anniversary parade as seen, according to Palestinian Media Watch, on the official Fatah Facebook page.