A quote from the website of the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv, 2 September 2008 (original in Hebrew, English translation via RedOrbit)

The Arab MKs [Members of the Knesset] are up in arms over the intention of (National Union- NRP) MK Arye Eldad to screen in Jerusalem excerpts from the controversial film Fitna, which presents the Koran as advocating killing and terrorism, on 3 September.

The movie by Netherlands MP and leader of the extremist Party for Freedom Geert Wilders was banned in the Netherlands. It strongly censures Islam and attempts to show that the Koran is "the inspiration for intolerance, murder, and terrorism." Eldad plans to screen select excerpts from the film in a news conference scheduled for tomorrow, 3 September, in one of the hotels in the capital in anticipation of a larger convention that will be held later on this year, entitled "Jihad Must Be Stopped; If Jerusalem Surrenders, Europe Will Be Next." Eldad is expected to declare on that occasion the establishment of a new coalition of European parliamentarians, who he claims "share the recognition that the expansion of Islam constitutes a serious threat to Western civilization."

MK Ahmad al-Tibi (RA'AM-TA'AL) has commented and said that "this is a tasteless and racist movie that promotes Islam phobia. MK Eldad's initiative to assemble here weird people from all over the world who hate Arabs and Muslims as he shows the film is madness and incitement originated by the extreme right-wing."