PA TV “proud” of murderers, mother of murderer: “We are not embarrassed of them, we are proud”

Official PA TV host: “We will be with one of the great ones of the homeland… the family of the prisoner who spent 35 years in the darkness of the prisons…that is prisoner Rushdi Saleh Abu Mukh (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of 1)… We are going with full honor and pride to Rushdi Abu Mukh” …  

Released terrorist Rushdi Abu Mukh: “On behalf of my whole family and the mother of our brother and beloved prisoner Karim Younes- the two prisoners Karim and Maher Younes (i.e., terrorist cousins, murdered 1), and the mother of-

(Mother:) “The two prisoners Muhammad and Ibrahim.

(TV host:) “Ibrahim and Muhammad Agbaria (i.e., terrorists, murdered 3), Allah give them health... [Rushdi,] we are proud of you and your heritage of struggle and your giving” …

Mother of terrorist murderer Maher Younes: “We are not embarrassed of them, [they are not imprisoned] for theft or something. We are proud. We are proud of them, of all the young people like them” …

Host: “We too are proud of you families of the prisoners, mothers of the prisoners… Allah willing, you will rejoice over Maher soon, and we will also rejoice over him, one of the great ones of the homeland in whom we take pride.”

Rushdi Abu Mukh - Israeli Arab terrorist who was part of the terror cell that kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Moshe Tamam in August 1984. The cell - which included Abu Mukh's brother Ibrahim Abu Mukh, Walid Daqqa, and Ibrahim Bayadseh - was apprehended in 1986 and its members were sentenced to life, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced their sentences in 2012 to terms of 35 to 45 years. Abu Mukh was released on April 5, 2021, at the end of his reduced 35-year sentence.

Karim and Maher Younes - Israeli Arab terrorists and cousins who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980. They were originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced their sentences to 40 years in 2012. In May 2017 Karim Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee. Karim Younes was released from prison on Jan. 5, 2023, and Maher Younes was released two weeks later on Jan. 19, 2023.

The Night of the Pitchforks - Four Islamic Jihad terrorists entered an army training camp and used knives, axes, and a pitchfork to murder three sleeping soldiers Guy Friedman, Yaakov Dubinsky, and Yuri Ferda on Feb. 14, 1992. The Israeli Arab terrorists Ibrahim Agbaria, Yahia Agbaria, Muhammad Agbaria, and Muhammad Jabarin are each serving 3 life sentences. The attack, near Kibbutz Gilad in northern Israel, is known as “the night of the pitchforks.”