PA TV says terrorist murderer brothers are "shining stars in the skies of Palestine"
Official PA TV program I Call You, on terrorist prisoner and cancer patient Nasser Abu Hmeid who was responsible for the murder of 7 people, as well as other veteran terrorist prisoners
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Posters are seen in the background of terrorist prisoners including: Karim and Maher Younes, cousins who murdered 1 person together; Nasser Abu Hmeid, who was responsible for the murder of 7; Hassan Salameh, who was responsible for the murder of 46; Abdallah Barghouti, who was responsible for the murder of 67; Nasser Abu Sorour, who was involved in the murder of 1; Mahmoud Abu Kharabish, who was involved in the murder of 5; Marwan Barghouti, who orchestrated three attacks in which 5 were murdered; Nael Barghouti, who was involved in the murder of 1; and Ayman Ibrahim Al-Awawdeh, who murdered 1 together with an accomplice.
The screenshot shows two children holding posters of terrorist Nasser Abu Hmeid.
Released terrorist prisoner Zuheir Al-Shashniya, who murdered 1 person and shared a prison cell with Nasser Abu Hmeid, is hosted by the program.
Released prisoner Zuheir Al-Shashniya: “We say to Karim and Maher [Younes]: You are glowing names, shining names in the skies of Palestine. We say to our Palestinian people in the Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel): Decorate your skies and decorate your land for Karim’s reception. Every day that passes is a victory for us for the reception of these two mighty heroes, who taught us the organizational method of operation, what politics is, and what imprisonment is… They are shining stars in the skies of Palestine. We say to them: We bow before you in honor and admiration, you are greater than everything in Palestine. You are all of Palestine.”
Karim Younes - Israeli Arab terrorist who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980 together with his cousin Maher Younes. Younes was originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced his sentence in 2012. Younes is serving a 40-year sentence. In May 2017 Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee. Younes was released from prison on Jan. 5, 2023.
Hassan Salameh – Hamas terrorist who is serving 46 life sentences for heading the terror infrastructure that carried out 2 suicide bombings on no. 18 buses in Jerusalem (first attack on Feb. 25, 1996, second attack on March 3, 1996), and the suicide bombing at the Ashkelon Junction hitchhike point (Feb. 25, 1996). 46 people were murdered in the attacks and around 100 were wounded.
Mahmoud and Nasser Abu Sorour – Palestinian terrorists who participated in planning and carrying out the assassination of Israeli security agent Haim Nachmani on Jan. 3, 1993, in Jerusalem. Each is serving life in prison.
Jum'a Adam, Ahmad Takrouri, and Mahmoud Abu Kharabish - Palestinian terrorists who threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli bus in Jericho in 1988, murdering a mother and her 3 children, as well as an Israeli soldier who tried to rescue them. All 3 terrorists were sentenced to life sentences. Takrouri was released in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal in 2011. Adam and Kharabish were scheduled to be released in 2014 in an Israeli gesture as part of peace talks, but the release was cancelled.
Marwan Barghouti – Palestinian terrorist and member of the Palestinian Authority parliament who is serving 5 life sentences for orchestrating three shooting attacks in which 5 people were murdered: one attack on the Jerusalem-Maale Adumim road (June 12, 2001) in which Greek Orthodox monk Tsibouktsakis Germanus was murdered by terrorists Ismail Radaida and Yasser Ah'Rabai, another attack at a gas station in Givat Zeev near Jerusalem (Jan. 15, 2002) in which Yoela Hen was murdered by terrorists led by Mohammed Matla, and one shooting and stabbing attack at the Seafood Market restaurant in Tel Aviv (March 5, 2002) in which Eli Dahan, Yosef Habi, and Police Officer Sergeant-Major Salim Barakat, were murdered by terrorist Ibrahim Hasouna. When arrested by Israel in 2002, Barghouti headed the Tanzim (Fatah terror faction). After he was convicted and imprisoned, he was re-elected as a member of the Palestinian Authority parliament. On Dec. 4, 2016, he was elected to Fatah's Central Committee.
Nael and Fakhri Barghouti – Palestinian terrorists who murdered an Israeli army officer in January 1978, near Ramallah. Both were sentenced to life but were released in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal in 2011. Nael Barghouti was arrested again in 2014 for violating the terms of his release by offering Hamas to serve as its minister of prisoners' affairs, and is serving a life sentence plus an additional 18 years.
Ayman Ibrahim Al-Awawdeh – Palestinian terrorist and member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and the PA military intelligence who murdered 1 together with an accomplice and committed shooting attacks against Israelis during the PA terror campaign (the second Intifada, 2000-2005). Al-Awawdeh was arrested on March 23, 2003 and is serving a life sentence.
Zuheir Al-Shashniya – Fatah terrorist from the Gaza Strip who murdered 1 during the Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel (the first Intifada, 1987-1993) in which approximately 200 Israelis were murdered. Al-Shashniya was arrested in 1990 and given a life sentence, but was released in October 2011 as part of the Shalit prisoner exchange deal between the Israeli government and Hamas. In that deal, Israel released 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years.