Palestinian Authority Working Overtime To Honor Terrorists
They're really ecumenical about this. It doesn't matter if it's a Hezbollah terrorist...
Senior Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh has been placed on a pedestal of glory in various articles in the official Palestinian Authority Fatah daily... One article by a senior Fatah leader describes Mughniyeh as an "extraordinary hero... unequaled Hezbollah commander ... a beacon of light." His killing is called a "murder in broad daylight... a tragedy that has hurt every Lebanese, every Palestinian, every Arab, and every free man on the face of this earth." The revenge for his death will be more terror and eventually Israel's destruction.
... or an Islamic Jihad terrorist...
The Palestinian Authority will rebuild the home of a West Bank terror leader who was killed by Israeli forces last week, an official said Sunday, in an apparent response to similar offers from Hizbullah and Hamas. Muhammad Shehadeh, the Islamic Jihad leader in Bethlehem, was killed along with three other operatives in an IDF raid there last week. His house was demolished by the IDF a week earlier. Salah Haniyeh, spokesman for the PA Ministry of Public Works, said the death of Shehadeh "shook Palestinian society." He said rebuilding the family's home "must be a priority."
... the important thing is to show solidarity with intransigent mass murderers. The one thing Fatah members won't tolerate, however, is a Fatah minister who won't lend his full-throated support to the glorious cause of killing Israeli civilians. Because that's out of bounds:
Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to fire Prime Minister Salaam Fayad and open a "new page" with Hamas. "We renew our call to President Abbas to fire Salaam Fayad and form a new government that would not abandon the armed struggle," the group said in a leaflet distributed in Ramallah.
Totally out of bounds.
References:
* "An extraordinary hero... a beacon of light!" Arch terrorist Imad Mughniyeh lauded in PA - Fatah paper [PMW]
* Official: PA to rebuild slain Islamic Jihad leader's home [JPost]
* Aksa Brigades tell Abbas to fire Fayad [JPost]
Previously:
* Abbas Reverses Pre-Annapolis Position, Calls For Reconciliation With Hamas: "No Way" Fatah Is An Alternative To Hamas
* Israeli Security Foils 7 Suicide Bombings From Fatah-Controlled West Bank
* Terrorists Strike Jerusalem Religious School - At Least 7 Dead (UPDATE: Idiotic But Predictable Media "Cycle Of Violence" Spin Right On Cue ... Fatah Terrorist Wing That Had Been "Dismantled" Claims Responsibility For Attack)
