"provoke hatred" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when writing about someone or something that is causing feelings of dislike or hostility from others. For example, "Rather than bridge the divide in opinion, the speaker's comments seemed only to provoke hatred amongst those in the audience."
The divers and the climbers were charged with "vandalism and hooliganism aimed to destabilize the situation in Moscow and provoke hatred".
He said: "His [Choudary's] attempt to demonstrate at Wootton Bassett was set out to provoke hatred between communities and is not welcomed in the Muslim communities.
I believe that "freedom of opinion" ends at the point where people intend to provoke hatred between nations and religions under the cover of this principle.
He would provoke hatred -- perhaps even physical violence -- against Muslims, Mexican immigrants, and women.
One, called the "sausage and wine apertif", generated a lot of publicity for the group, before it was banned by the authorities for attempting to provoke hatred of Muslims.
He was found guilty of "provoking hatred".
Aggression is stoked by television…The Kremlin is cultivating and rewarding the lowest instincts in people, provoking hatred and fighting".
AIDS still carries a huge stigma and provokes hatred wildly out of proportion with the fact that it is simply a new virus.
"National traitors", "fifth column", "fascist junta"—all these terms are coming from the same Kremlin office…The Kremlin is cultivating and rewarding the lowest instincts in people, provoking hatred and fighting.
Prosecutors say Wilders, a key figure in a new coalition poised to take power in the Netherlands, provoked hatred against Muslims with remarks comparing Islam to nazism and by calling for a ban on the Qur'an.
Douglas Frantz (NYT) TURKEY: PRIEST ON TRIAL An Assyrian priest in Diyarbakir went on trial, accused of "provoking hatred" by telling reporters that his Christian minority had been the victim of Turkish genocide.
