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PA daily op-ed claims that kidnappings are part of legitimate “resistance to the occupation and self-defense”

Headline: “The Israeli Parliament [Knesset] legitimizes racism.” Op-ed by Izzat Daraghmeh, regular columnist for Al-Hayat Al-Jadida. “The fact that the Israeli [Parliament] Knesset yesterday [July 8, 2015], Wednesday, approved, at first reading, the bill sentencing anyone who kidnaps an Israeli...”

Jul 9, 2015

PLO Ambassador expresses joy over Hezbollah bombing

On Jan. 28, 2015, Hezbollah bombed Northern Israel, killing two Israeli soldiers. Adli ‎Sadeq, PLO Ambassador to India and regular columnist for the official PA daily Al-Hayat ‎Al-Jadida, wrote the following op-ed in response to the bombing: "Hezbollah’s operation (i.e., shooting of missiles) at..."

Jan 29, 2015

PA daily calls murderers of 3 Israeli teens "Martyrs" and claims Israel assassinated them

Marwan Al-Qawasmi and Amer Abu Aisheh were Hamas terrorists who kidnapped and murdered three Israeli youths on June 12, 2014: Eyal Yifrach,19, Gilad Shaar,16, and Naftali Frenkel,16. The Israeli boys' bodies were found by Israeli security forces near Hebron on June 30, 2014. The two terrorists were...

Sep 24, 2014

PA daily: Netanyahu "invented" a kidnapping "story" out of a "crazed ambition" to prevent a Palestinian state

Op-ed by Yahya Rabah, columnist for the ‎official PA daily and a member of the ‎Fatah Leadership Committee in Gaza ‎ “Israel, which embarked on this war over a ‎month ago – [this war] which culminated ‎in a bloody attack in Gaza ten days ago – ‎had been negotiating with the PLO, and ‎these...”

Jul 16, 2014

Hamas leader Haniyeh announces reconciliation with Fatah a week before signing unity agreement; promotes kidnapping Israeli soldiers

"Yesterday morning [April 15, 2014], Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of the deposed Hamas government in Gaza, said that the next stage would be the implementation of the reconciliation [between Fatah and Hamas] agreed on in the past, and the announcement of the end of the schism... Haniyeh emphasized..."

Apr 16, 2014

PA daily: Shalit deal shows that kidnapping Israelis is the only way to release Palestinian prisoners

In October 2011, the Israeli government agreed to release 1,027 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prison in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years. PA daily columnist Hani Al-Masri on the exchange deal: Headline: "Legitimate questions..."

Oct 18, 2011

PA official quoted in PA daily expresses pride over kidnappings and hijackings that have led to prisoner exchanges with Israel

"If this [exchange for Gilad Shalit] deal is carried out today, the number of prisoner exchange deals with Israel since 1948 will reach 36 – so said the head of the statistical department at the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, Abd Al-Nasser Farawneh, on his Internet site, 'Palestine Behind Bars'…..."

Oct 18, 2011

Islamic Jihad senior member: Use violence and kidnappings to free Palestinian prisoners

Headline: “Rights, dignity and resistance will remain deficient in view of the rift and the non-release of prisoners” “During the weekly sit-down strike by the families of prisoners… Sheikh Khaled Al-Batsh, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad movement… emphasized: “In order to honor the prisoners...”

Mar 1, 2011