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Abbas allocates $5 million for Palestinian prisoners released in Shalit deal
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Oct. 23, 2011
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PA TV program about the fate of the female prisoners remaining in Israeli prisons after the Shalit deal and the ramifications of the deal (i.e., prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas in Oct. 2011, in which Israel released 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit).
Abu Ein, Deputy Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs:
"We, as the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, have begun – and there is a gesture on the part of the honorable President [Abbas], approved by the Palestinian government, and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad hurried to implement it: There is a grant, a 'release grant', a grant from the President [Abbas] to all the released prisoners, whether they are in the Gaza Strip, in Turkey, in Egypt, or in Syria. Starting yesterday [Oct. 21, 2011] we began distributing [the grants] to the released prisoners in order to help meet their expenses. This grant is around $5 million, disbursed by his honor, the President [Abbas], to be distributed to the [released] Palestinian prisoners inside [the PA] and outside of it."
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Note: Hundreds of the released prisoners were convicted on charges of murder and terror offenses.
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Abbas issues directive to give grants to prisoners released in Shalit deal
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WAFA news agency, Oct. 20, 2011
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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.
Headline: "Presidential gift as token of honor to prisoners"
"[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas issued a directive today that monetary gifts be awarded as a token of honor to the prisoners released in the exchange deal. Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake, said in a telephone conversation with WAFA [Palestine News and Information Agency] that the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, in cooperation with the district governors and the national institutions, began today awarding monetary release grants to all the released prisoners, without exception, both to those released to their homes and to those who were expelled."
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Note: Hundreds of the released prisoners were convicted on charges of murder and terror offenses. |
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Abbas honors terrorist prisoners serving life sentences for murder and calls for their release
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Oct. 18, 2011
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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.
Abbas' speech on the day of the prisoners’ release, as broadcast on PA TV:
"The enforced absence which was imposed on you was because you are people of struggle and Jihad fighters for Allah and the homeland... Your sacrifice and your efforts and your actions were not in vain. You acted and struggled and sacrificed... We now see some of the most prominent among them [the released] and the rest, Allah willing, will be [freed] soon, very soon. Allah willing, soon we we will see here brother Marwan Barghouti, brother Ahmad Sa'adat, Ibrahim Hamed, and Abbas Al-Sayid."
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Note: Click "full article" below to view the full excerpt of the speech with descriptions of Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa'adat, Ibrahim Hamed, and Abbas Al-Sayid. |
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Abbas calls on French President to help release French-Palestinian terrorist prisoner
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 15, 2011
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Headline: "President [Abbas] will ask Sarkozy to exert efforts to release prisoner Salah Al-Hamouri"
"[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas praised France's efforts to release the French-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. He expressed hope that [France] would make the same effort to release the French Palestinian, Salah Al-Hamouri, imprisoned in Israel since 2005… His term ends at the end of November."
Note: Salah Al-Hamouri – member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Arrested in 2005 and convicted of planning to assassinate Israeli Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Shas party Ovadia Yosef. The PFLP, which rejected the Oslo Accords (1993), planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians since its founding in 1967 and throughout the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000- 2005 (the Intifada). |
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Abbas congratulates Hamas on Shalit prisoner exchange deal
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 13, 2011
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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.
Headline: "Mashaal and Haniyeh inform [PA] President [Abbas] of details of exchange deal"
"[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas received a telephone call yesterday from the head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, informing him of the outline of the prisoner exchange deal. During the conversation the President and Mashaal exchanged congratulations over the release of the prisoners of freedom who were included in the deal. The President received another call from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, updating him concerning the outline of the deal…
The President repeated his congratulations over the conclusion of the deal and said, 'I applaud the conclusion of the long-awaited agreement.' He expressed hope that all the prisoners would be released from the Israeli prisons, and expressed appreciation for the efforts of Egypt, which participated in achieving the agreement."
Note: Hundreds of the released prisoners were convicted on charges of murder and terror offenses.
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Abbas “applauds” the conclusion of the Shalit prisoner exchange
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 12, 2011
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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.
Headline: "President [Abbas] applauds conclusion of [prisoner exchange] deal and considers it an achievement for the people"
"[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, immediately upon his arrival in Caracas yesterday, applauded the prisoner exchange agreement, saying: 'I applaud the conclusion of this long-awaited agreement.' He expressed hope that all the Palestinian prisoners would be released from Israeli prisons."
Note: Hundreds of the released prisoners were convicted on charges of murder and terror offenses.
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Abbas conveys greetings to family of terrorist prisoner
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 8, 2011
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Headline: " District Governor of Hebron presents presidential gift to family of prisoner Al-Sharabati and visits released prisoners"
"District Governor of Hebron Kamel Hamid presented a presidential gift to the Al-Sharabati family, four of whom are prisoners in the occupation's prisons. This was during [Hamid's] participation in a fast-breaking meal with the family of prisoner Yasser Al-Sharabati, in the presence of Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake… During his meeting with the prisoner's family, the district governor emphasized that the issue of the prisoners is a central one, and one of the fundamental principles, and that the Palestinian leadership gives it priority. He conveyed to them greetings from President Mahmoud Abbas. Also, the district governor and the Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake, visited released prisoners Amjad Abu Ramuz, Imran Abu Sbeih, Raed Qfeisha, Ammar Al-Hashlamoun and Basel Al-Ja'abari, who were released two days ago from the occupation's prisons, to congratulate them. They noted that their joy will not be complete until all the prisoners are released from the occupation's prisons, and that there will be no peace, security and stability without the release of all the prisoners."
Note: Al-Sharabati - was a senior member of the Tanzim and was involved in planning a suicide terror attack in Jerusalem. He was given two life sentences.
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Abbas provides assistance to family of terrorist prisoner
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 1, 2011
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"President Abbas met yesterday evening at the Presidential Office in Ramallah with residents of the village Al-Maghir and its dignitaries, in the presence of District Governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam. The President instructed the relevant personnel to act to rehabilitate the homes of the civilian Yusuf Al-Na'asan and prisoner Talal Al-Na'asan who has spent more than 12 years in the occupation's prisons, to take on their cause, and to provide all assistance so that they can live in dignity."
Note: Talal Al-Na'asan was a member of the terrorist infrastructure under Arafat’s Force 17. The terrorist infrastructure was responsible for a number of terror attacks, including the murder of two members of the Kahana family in December 2000, as well as two soldiers.
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Abbas' advisor: PA should honor "Martyrs" and not worry about donors' grants
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 19, 2011
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Sabri Saidam, Advisor to Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and under-secretary of the Fatah Revolutionary Council:
Headline: "Are we loyal to the path of our fighters?"
"We have named streets after leaders who are not of our people, and have marked the birthdays of other heroes who are not from our society, as a sign of honor and esteem for them. This in itself is good and admirable, but there must be equal or even greater zeal for the heritage of our own struggle. How many of our young children and school pupils know of Abu Ali Iyad, Abd Al-Fatah Hamoud, Ahmad Al-Shuqeiri, and others like them? What is their position on our study curriculum? How it pains me to see people who view our Shahids (Martyrs) as a burden because the donors will be angry and some countries will complain, or because economic and everyday interests will be harmed... Blessings to the souls of our Shahids, whom we will not forget - not for the sake of a grant, not for the sake of a deal, and not for the sake of a position."
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Note: Abu Ali Iyad was appointed head of Fatah military operations in 1966, and was responsible for several terror attacks.
Abd Al-Fatah Hamoud was one of the founding members of Fatah.
Ahmad Al-Shuqeiri was the first chairman of the PLO.
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Abbas: "Sports should be separate from politics"
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 18, 2011
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Abbas’ moderate statement to the Italian newspaper is contradicted by the PA's active policy of naming sports events after terrorists:
Headline: “President Abbas hopes that Barcelona will win the League”
“President Abbas said in an interview published in the well-known Italian sports paper, Gazzetta dello Sport… that sports should be separate from politics. He highlighted the value of sports as a medium with ‘positive messages’.”
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Abbas spokesman at Fatah event: Abu Jihad is "the most famous of the great Shahid (Martyr) commanders"
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 2, 2011
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“During a ceremony held by the Fatah movement and the National Association of Families of Shahids (Martyrs), marking the anniversary of the Martyr death of the commander Khalil Al-Wazir [Abu Jihad]…
In [speech delivered on behalf of] President Abbas… Mahmoud Al-Aloul said: ‘I am honored to represent the President at this large gathering, the gathering [in honor] of Shahid Khalil Al-Wazir, the most famous of the great Shahid commanders who bore the yoke of leading this campaign.’ He added, ‘We speak about the heroism and about the Shahids, and hold these gatherings every year in order to remember their life stories. Many [people] wonder, what is the point of these ceremonies? We hold them in order to get to know their lives, their acts of heroism, and their qualities.’ He called to take them [the Shahids] as an example and to act with courage, as they did…
Al-Aloul emphasized that the negotiations would not continue in a pointless manner, and that activity would continue to restore unity to our people and to our homeland. He added, ‘Our principal conflict will continue to be with the occupation, and we shall remain united because the Shahids were united.’
Mahmoud al-Aloul said that the main challenge is how to continue to be in conflict with the occupation, and noted: ‘The President’s steps are in this direction, and in the direction of this choice. What is the President’s initiative [for reconciliation with Hamas] for, if not so that our people will be a single row facing the occupier.’
Note: Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) – one of the founders of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. Headed PLO’s military wing. Planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the most lethal in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children. |
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Abbas glorifies terrorist Abu Jihad at Prisoner's Day event
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Apr. 17, 2011
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Headline: “President [Abbas]: The prisoners are the torch illuminating our path to freedom, sovereignty and independence”
[Text of address by Mahmoud Abbas broadcast on PA TV on April 16th, 2011:]
"It is the national obligation of all of us, and especially of the official institutions of the PLO and of the Palestinian Authority, to make every effort to free our prisoners, and to devote attention to their cause and the cause of their families, since they are the torches that illuminate our way to freedom, sovereignty and independence…
This is the month of the Martyrdom of the first bullet and the first stone, comrade Abu Jihad, Khalil Al-Wazir, the commander and engineer of the first intifada; the man who was a model of conscientious and quiet activity, combining modesty and toughness, and who was among the first companions of the Shahid (Martyr), our symbol, brother Yasser Arafat. Mercy and prayer be upon your pure soul, my brother Abu Jihad, and upon all the Shahids (Martyrs). We promise to continue the journey up until liberation and the establishment of our independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Note: Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization’s military wing and planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the most lethal in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children. |
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Seminar on terrorists, "the great Shahids [Martyrs] of Palestine," held under the auspices of Abbas
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Apr. 14, 2011
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Announcement published in the official PA daily:
“Under the auspices of his honor, President Mahmoud Abbas
The Rissala Forum for Philosophy and Dialogue will hold
A seminar under the heading:
‘Heroism – the Values and Culture of National Liberation’
On the subject of the great Shahids (Martyrs) of Palestine,
Commanders
Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
Kamel Adwan Abu Yusuf Al-Najar Kamel Nasser
On Sunday, April 17th, 2011, in the hall of the Palestinian Red Crescent – Jerusalem Road
At 10:30am"
Note: All the “Martyrs” listed, except for Abu Jihad, were killed during the Israeli army raid on PLO targets in Beirut and Sidon, in April 1973.
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - one of the founders of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization’s military wing and planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the most lethal in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
Click "full article" link below to view the descriptions of the other "Martyrs" mentioned in the announcement. |
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Abbas at Martyrs' event: We "honor and sanctify" our Shahids [Martyrs]
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Apr. 14, 2011
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“The Nablus branch of the National Association of Families of the Shahids of Palestine held an open day of fun for Shahids’ children, their wives and mothers, in honor of International Orphans’ Day, in the tourist village of Hadad, east of Jenin.
Jenin district governor, Qadura Musa, welcomed the families of the Shahids… and conveyed greetings from President Mahmoud Abbas to the families of the Shahids. He emphasized the interest which the President and the PA show in this group (i.e, the families), and said that [President Abbas] always emphasizes that they should be taken care of, and their needs provided. He added, ‘The Shahids are the ones who have illuminated our path to freedom, with their blood which has poured out and irrigated the ground of the homeland. We are a nation which honors and sanctifies its Shahids.’ He stated that all the PA institutions will make every effort to provide a dignified life for this fighting group from among our people [the Families of Shahids]. The district governor served a light meal for the children and mothers.”
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Abbas encourages holding ceremonies honoring terrorist prisoners
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Apr. 5, 2011
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Headline: “During ceremony honoring prisoners Nael and Fakhri Barghouti, that was held in their home, the sister of the most veteran prisoner…”
“’He has lived longer inside the occupation’s prisons than outside of them’ – thus Hanan Barghouti described the situation of her brother, prisoner Nael Barghouti, who is now in his 34th year of captivity…
Hanan conveyed her brother Nael’s letter during a ceremony held yesterday by the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs and the Ramallah and El-Bireh district, honoring prisoners Nael Barghouti and Fakhri Barghouti, on the occasion of their commencement of their 34th year of imprisonment…
The ceremony was held in the presence of Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Karake; Ramallah and El-Bireh district governor, Laila Ghannam; chairman of the Prisoners’ Club, Qadura Fares…
Karake said: ‘True peace is that which is forged with the prisoners and with their families.’…
He added, ‘For the past 35 years our prisoners have been rotting in the prisons so that we could live as a free people…’
He also emphasized that peace has been distanced because our prisoners have not been released, but are dying slowly…
[Ramallah and El-Bireh district governor Laila Ghannam] noted that the district [municipality] participates in these activities on the instructions of President Mahmoud Abbas, who emphasizes that we must all volunteer and devote ourselves for the sake of the freedom of our prisoners and their release from the occupation’s prisons.”
Note: Nael and Fakhri Barghouti were part of a Fatah squad who killed an Israeli officer in 1978. |
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Abbas extols mothers of Palestinian Shahids and prisoners
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Mar. 29, 2011
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Headline: “President calls for meeting of the Constitution Committee and the Committee for PLO Development”
"During his meeting with Hajja Zakiya Zaid (88) and Hajja Farsakha Al-Dik (65), President Mahmoud Abbas said that it is the Palestinian mothers who defend the national enterprise through their great sacrifices for the sake of freedom and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
He emphasized that all means should be provided to ease the suffering of the mothers who stand resolutely, who gave birth to the fighter, the Shahid (Martyr) and the prisoner, and who suffer after parting from their own flesh and blood as a sacrifice as a sacrifice for the homeland.” |
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Abbas representative expresses “loyalty” to terrorist Abdallah Daoud and to the “struggle”
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Mar. 21, 2011
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Headline: “Shahid (Martyr) Abdallah Daoud – struggle, expulsion, siege, and Shahada (Martyrdom)”
“At the Shahid (Martyr) Salah Khalaf Center in the Tubas district, a conference of intellectuals was held to mark the anniversary of the Martyrdom of Abdallah Daoud, who was among those expelled from the [Bethlehem] Church of Nativity, under the title, ‘Stations of the Shahid’s Struggle’.
Attendees at the conference, held by the Shahid Salah Khalaf Center; the National Campaign for the Safe Return of the Church of Nativity Expellees; and the National Association of Families of Shahids, included Salfit district governor Issam Abu Bakr; member of the Fatah Central Council Tawfiq Tirawi; and Chairman of the Prisoners’ Club, Qadura Fares…
[Marwan] Tubasi, the district governor, on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, congratulated those responsible for organizing the conference, and conveyed greetings to the participants. He emphasized that loyalty to the Shahid commander Abdallah Daoud is embodied in the continuation of the struggle on the basis of adherence to Palestinian positions.”
Note: Abdallah Daoud was responsible for many terror attacks. He was one of the terrorists who stormed the Church of the Nativity in 2002, continuing to fight against Israel for several weeks while using the monks and the religious site as shields.
The above article mentions that the conference was held at the Shahid (Martyr) Salah Khalaf Center. Terrorist Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) was one of the founders of the Fatah organization. He was head of the Black September branch, whose terrorist attacks included the murder of 11 Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Shahid Salah Khalaf Center was financed by USAID in 2004.
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Abbas advisor expresses "his pride" in terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, and supports naming a square after her
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Mar. 14, 2011
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Headline: “Residents insist on naming square in Ramallah after the Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi”
“Popular Palestinian activists announced yesterday that they were insisting on naming a square in Ramallah after the Shahida Dalal Mughrabi...
Deputy secretary of the Fatah Revolutionary Council [and advisor to Abbas], Sabri Saidam, told Agence France Presse: ‘Today a popular inauguration of the junction is being held. There has been insistence on naming this junction after the Shahida Dalal Mughrabi. Every one of us has tried in his own way to express his pride in this Shahida.’
The junction was supposed to be inaugurated in March 2010, but Israeli protest at naming the junction after Dalal Mughrabi caused the PA to postpone the official inauguration.
Saidam said: ‘The inauguration of the junction and the naming of roads lie within the jurisdiction of the local government in each town. What I know for certain is that there is no official withdrawal from [the intention to] name the junction after the Shahida Dalal.’...
Senior Fatah members said that they had decided to inaugurate the “Shahida Dalal Mughrabi” square in the town of El-Bireh, close to Ramallah, despite Israel’s threats in the past to destroy it...
A granite slab has been placed at the center of the square, featuring an engraved image of Dalal Mughrabi inside a map of historical Palestine, in the shape of a sail. Another photograph of Dalal has been placed in a different spot on the square; she is draped in a Palestinian keffiyeh and holds an AK-47 machine gun.”
Note: Dalal Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history in 1978, when she and other terrorists hijacked a bus and killed 37 civilians, 12 of them children. |
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Abbas gives terrorist's family $2000
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 25, 2011
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"The District Governor of Jenin, Qadura Musa, has handed a presidential grant to the family of the Shahid (Martyr), Khaldoun Najib Samoudi… The grant is financial aid in the amount of $2000 which the President [Mahmoud Abbas] is awarding to the relatives of the Shahid, who was recently killed as a Martyr."
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Note: Khaldoun Najib Samoudi is a Palestinian terrorist who attempted to attack an Israeli checkpoint. Carrying two pipe bombs, he ran towards the Israeli soldiers, screaming "Allahu Akbar" - "Allah is Greater" - and was shot and killed before he could detonate the bombs. |
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PA Chairman Abbas supports Sudanese president accused of Darfur genocide
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 28, 2010
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In addition to glorifying Palestinian terrorists, Mahmoud Abbas, recently glorified the Sudanese President, who is under indictment for genocide and war crimes connected to the slaughter of 2 million in Darfur.
Azzam Al-Ahmad, member of Fatah Central Committee:
"President Abbas's letter says that the Palestinian people and its leadership stand side by side with the brother country Sudan, and that they have complete faith in the wisdom of President Omar Al-Bashir in coping with these dangers. We emphasize our complete willingness to stand with Sudan in everything it wants and in the way it wants, in order to support the unity of the land of Sudan and its people."
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