Fatah official justifies kidnapping: "If they don't want to be kidnapped, don't want stones to be thrown at them and don't want to be attacked, they should leave, leave our land"
Official PA TV program The State of Politics interviewed Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee and Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub
Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub: “There are three kidnapped Israelis. Kidnapped or not, I think it’s a mistake [to discuss this], and the newspapers have said this and that, this subject is not our concern. Three Israelis have disappeared. They were at the wrong place at the wrong time. They are in occupied territories, the Palestinian people’s territories, [which are] part of the Palestinian state, at a time when there are manifestations of tension: prisoners on [hunger] strike, two children died as Martyrs (Shahids) in Beitunia, settlement, constant attacks by settlers against our pride, fields and lands, roadblocks and more. This policy has created an environment [that encourages kidnapping]. And let’s suppose there was a response [to this Israeli policy], and they were kidnapped in an attempt to exchange [hostages] with the occupation authorities, because the example of Shalit (i.e., the Israeli soldier Shalit was exchanged for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners) founded the belief among the Palestinian public that this [Israeli] government only responds to the language of pressure and force. In other words, the peace process, and even the American intervention were not able to release the 104 prisoners who had been [in prison] before the Oslo [Accords were signed]…
At first, the whole world identified with the story of the three settlers, none of whom should have been [in] our [territory], as I said, alright?
None of them should have been [here]. This is our land.”
Official PA TV host: “Their very presence [there] was illegal.”
Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub: “This is our land and they need to think and leave it. If they don’t want to be kidnapped, don’t want stones to be thrown at them and don’t want to be attacked, they should leave, leave our land. Then they should see whether or not there are security guarantees…
Of course, they frightened all of Europe with the story of the Holocaust, and they are [now] doing the same thing to us. We are 12 million: a little over 6 outside and a little over 5 inside the homeland. 70 percent of our people in Gaza are refugees, alright? In the West Bank, a third of the population are also refugees, and even half of those who are in the 1948 [territories] (i.e., Israel) are refugees, even in their [own] country.”
Notes:
On June 12, 2014, Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists while they were hitchhiking in the West Bank. The boys' bodies were found by Israeli security forces near Hebron on June 30, 2014. They appeared to have been shot to death soon after the abduction.
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.
In August 2013, Israel agreed to release 104 Palestinian terrorists from prison, which was the PA's precondition for renewing peace talks. The terrorists were released in stages. The first group of 26 was released on Aug. 13, 2013. The second group of 26 was released on Oct. 30, 2013. The third group of 26 was released on Dec. 30, 2013. The fourth group was scheduled to be released on March 29, 2014, but Israel delayed their release while negotiating the terms for continuation of the peace talks. When the PA submitted requests for admission as a state to several international bodies, Israel cancelled the release.
Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub: “There are three kidnapped Israelis. Kidnapped or not, I think it’s a mistake [to discuss this], and the newspapers have said this and that, this subject is not our concern. Three Israelis have disappeared. They were at the wrong place at the wrong time. They are in occupied territories, the Palestinian people’s territories, [which are] part of the Palestinian state, at a time when there are manifestations of tension: prisoners on [hunger] strike, two children died as Martyrs (Shahids) in Beitunia, settlement, constant attacks by settlers against our pride, fields and lands, roadblocks and more. This policy has created an environment [that encourages kidnapping]. And let’s suppose there was a response [to this Israeli policy], and they were kidnapped in an attempt to exchange [hostages] with the occupation authorities, because the example of Shalit (i.e., the Israeli soldier Shalit was exchanged for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners) founded the belief among the Palestinian public that this [Israeli] government only responds to the language of pressure and force. In other words, the peace process, and even the American intervention were not able to release the 104 prisoners who had been [in prison] before the Oslo [Accords were signed]…
At first, the whole world identified with the story of the three settlers, none of whom should have been [in] our [territory], as I said, alright?
None of them should have been [here]. This is our land.”
Official PA TV host: “Their very presence [there] was illegal.”
Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub: “This is our land and they need to think and leave it. If they don’t want to be kidnapped, don’t want stones to be thrown at them and don’t want to be attacked, they should leave, leave our land. Then they should see whether or not there are security guarantees…
Of course, they frightened all of Europe with the story of the Holocaust, and they are [now] doing the same thing to us. We are 12 million: a little over 6 outside and a little over 5 inside the homeland. 70 percent of our people in Gaza are refugees, alright? In the West Bank, a third of the population are also refugees, and even half of those who are in the 1948 [territories] (i.e., Israel) are refugees, even in their [own] country.”
Notes:
On June 12, 2014, Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists while they were hitchhiking in the West Bank. The boys' bodies were found by Israeli security forces near Hebron on June 30, 2014. They appeared to have been shot to death soon after the abduction.
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.
In August 2013, Israel agreed to release 104 Palestinian terrorists from prison, which was the PA's precondition for renewing peace talks. The terrorists were released in stages. The first group of 26 was released on Aug. 13, 2013. The second group of 26 was released on Oct. 30, 2013. The third group of 26 was released on Dec. 30, 2013. The fourth group was scheduled to be released on March 29, 2014, but Israel delayed their release while negotiating the terms for continuation of the peace talks. When the PA submitted requests for admission as a state to several international bodies, Israel cancelled the release.