PA Daily praises "martyr-seeking" terrorist prisoner responsible for the murder of 20 people
Headline: “Prisoner Thabet Merdawi began his 20th year in prison”
“Prisoner Thabet Azmi Suleiman Merdawi (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of 20 people), 46, from the town of Arraba south of Jenin, began his 20th consecutive year in the occupation’s prison yesterday [April 5, 2021].
Director of the [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club in Jenin Muntasir Sammour noted that prisoner Merdawi is one of the heroes of the Jenin battle (refers to battle when terrorists attacked Israeli soldiers during Operation Defensive Shield; see note below -Ed.), and that he was arrested after his ammunition ran out and after he was wounded by two bullets – one in the hip and one in the arm. He bled for hours, and then the occupation soldiers broke into the site and arrested him (sic., Merdawi turned himself in to Israeli security forces). A number of years after he was arrested, the occupation sentenced him to 21 life sentences and another 40 years, on charges of planning and carrying out a series of Martyrdom-seeking operations (i.e., suicide bombings) that left dozens dead and wounded in the ranks of the occupation soldiers (sic., the attacks targeted civilian areas).”