PA and Fatah paved the way for today’s stabbing attack in Tel Aviv

Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Jan 21, 2015

The PA and Fatah paved the way

for today's stabbing attack in Tel Aviv

Recent PMW reports documented

that PA and Fatah have been encouraging stabbings

and other means of violence against Israelis

Abbas' advisor after synagogue murders:

"Blessed be your quality weapons, the wheels of your cars,
your axes and kitchen knives... because [they are
being used] according to Allah's will.
We are the soldiers of Allah."

[Facebook page of Abbas' advisor Sultan Abu Al-Einein, Nov. 19, 2014]

Official PA daily after stabbing attempt:

"Every Palestinian has the right to feel proud

of what is seen in the video

of the stabbing of the two soldiers in Jerusalem...

Now, every Palestinian raises his hand

holding a knife together with this young Palestinian,

and stabs the Zionists"

[Al-Asima, bi-weekly distributed with official PA daily, Jan. 5, 2015]

Fatah video after synagogue murders:

"I'm coming towards you, my enemy,
We're going down from every house with cleavers and knives,
With grenades we announced a popular war.
I swear, you won't escape, my enemy"

[Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," Nov. 22, 2014]

by Nan Jacques Zilberdik

Todays' terror attack in which over a dozen Israelis were stabbed in a bus in Tel Aviv is a result of the ongoing violence promotion carried out by Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority and Fatah. They both encourage the use of violence against Israelis, and Palestinian Media Watch has documented that this violence promotion in recent months has mentioned "stabbings" and the use "knives and cleavers" specifically.

Immediately after terrorists murdered five people in a Jerusalem synagogue using knives and axes, Abbas' advisor and Fatah Central Committee member Sultan Abu Al-Einein praised the terrorists and their weapons:

"Blessed be your quality weapons, the wheels of your cars,
your axes and kitchen knives... because [they are
being used] according to Allah's will.
We are the soldiers of Allah."

[Facebook page of Abbas' advisor and Fatah Central Committee member

Sultan Abu Al-Einein, Nov. 19, 2014]

Similarly, Fatah posted a video on Facebook promoting the use of "cleavers and knives" against "my enemy":

"I'm coming towards you, my enemy,
from every house, neighborhood and street

Our war is a war of the streets.

I'm coming towards you, my enemy

We're going down from every house with cleavers and knives

With grenades we announced a popular war

I swear, you won't escape, my enemy, from the revolution and the people.

How will you escape the ring of fire while the crowds are blocking the way?"

[Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," Nov. 22, 2014]

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Following the attempted stabbing of two soldiers in Jerusalem, the official PA daily ran an op-ed in its bi-weekly supplement that described the attempted murder as Palestinian "pride," stating that "now, every Palestinian raises his hand holding a knife... and stabs the Zionists":