Palestinian news agency publishes Hamas spokesman's congratulatory response to deadly terrorist attack
Headline: “Hamas: We welcome the stabbing operation in Bethlehem”
“The Hamas Movement welcomed the stabbing operation (i.e., terror attack, 1 murdered) at the Gush Etzion shopping center in Bethlehem (sic., at Gush Etzion Junction), which is in the southern occupied West Bank. It led to a settler dying from his wounds.
Hamas Movement Spokesman Abd Al-Latif Al-Qanu’a said following the operation: ‘We welcome the stabbing operation in Bethlehem, which took place in parallel to the sacrifices by our people in the March of Return (refers to violent riots on the Gazan border; see note below –Ed.).’
Al-Qanu’a emphasized ‘The Palestinian people’s continuation in the Jerusalem Intifada, and in its legitimate right to carry out resistance in all its forms (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror) against the Israeli occupation.’”
Khalil Jabarin - 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and murdered 45-year-old Israeli American civilian Ari Fuld, a father of four, in a supermarket parking lot at Gush Etzion Junction, south of Jerusalem, on Sept. 16, 2018. Before succumbing to his wounds Fuld, together with another civilian at the scene, shot and wounded Jabarin, leading to his capture.
"The March of Return" refers to massive violent riots in Gaza in which thousands of Palestinians are rioting on the border with Israel and attempting to cut through the security fence, attacking with firebombs, flaming kites, and gunfire. The riots began on March 30, 2018, and were scheduled to last for 6 weeks until Palestinian "Nakba" Day on May 15. On the day the US embassy opened in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018, the Palestinian attacks escalated and 62 Palestinians were killed. A senior official of the terror organization Hamas, Salah Bardawil, stated that 50 of the 62 belonged to Hamas, while Islamic Jihad identified 3 others as belonging to it.
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, an Israeli research institute, published research documenting that from the start of the riots on March 30 until May 15, 93 of the 112 Palestinians killed in the riots (approximately 83%) were members of terrorist organizations.
Petitions against the IDF's use of live fire to combat the rioting submitted by organizations that advocate for Palestinian rights were rejected by Israel's Supreme Court on May 24, 2018. The court accepted the state's argument that the riots were "organized and directed" by Hamas, a terrorist organization, and thereby rejecting the claim that the riots were peaceful and civilian in nature. PMW reports were referred to in the Supreme Court's decision.
The terms "all means”, "all means of resistance," “all forms,” are used by PA leaders to include using all types of violence, including deadly terror against Israeli civilians such as stabbings and shootings, as well as throwing rocks and Molotov Cocktails.
“The Hamas Movement welcomed the stabbing operation (i.e., terror attack, 1 murdered) at the Gush Etzion shopping center in Bethlehem (sic., at Gush Etzion Junction), which is in the southern occupied West Bank. It led to a settler dying from his wounds.
Hamas Movement Spokesman Abd Al-Latif Al-Qanu’a said following the operation: ‘We welcome the stabbing operation in Bethlehem, which took place in parallel to the sacrifices by our people in the March of Return (refers to violent riots on the Gazan border; see note below –Ed.).’
Al-Qanu’a emphasized ‘The Palestinian people’s continuation in the Jerusalem Intifada, and in its legitimate right to carry out resistance in all its forms (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror) against the Israeli occupation.’”
Khalil Jabarin - 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and murdered 45-year-old Israeli American civilian Ari Fuld, a father of four, in a supermarket parking lot at Gush Etzion Junction, south of Jerusalem, on Sept. 16, 2018. Before succumbing to his wounds Fuld, together with another civilian at the scene, shot and wounded Jabarin, leading to his capture.
"The March of Return" refers to massive violent riots in Gaza in which thousands of Palestinians are rioting on the border with Israel and attempting to cut through the security fence, attacking with firebombs, flaming kites, and gunfire. The riots began on March 30, 2018, and were scheduled to last for 6 weeks until Palestinian "Nakba" Day on May 15. On the day the US embassy opened in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018, the Palestinian attacks escalated and 62 Palestinians were killed. A senior official of the terror organization Hamas, Salah Bardawil, stated that 50 of the 62 belonged to Hamas, while Islamic Jihad identified 3 others as belonging to it.
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, an Israeli research institute, published research documenting that from the start of the riots on March 30 until May 15, 93 of the 112 Palestinians killed in the riots (approximately 83%) were members of terrorist organizations.
Petitions against the IDF's use of live fire to combat the rioting submitted by organizations that advocate for Palestinian rights were rejected by Israel's Supreme Court on May 24, 2018. The court accepted the state's argument that the riots were "organized and directed" by Hamas, a terrorist organization, and thereby rejecting the claim that the riots were peaceful and civilian in nature. PMW reports were referred to in the Supreme Court's decision.
The terms "all means”, "all means of resistance," “all forms,” are used by PA leaders to include using all types of violence, including deadly terror against Israeli civilians such as stabbings and shootings, as well as throwing rocks and Molotov Cocktails.