Sister of terrorist murderer says she is "proud" of her brother
Video posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture
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The video shows an interview with the mother and sister of terrorist As’ad Al-Rifai, who murdered 3 together with an accomplice.
Mother of terrorist As’ad Al-Rifai: “When the [Israeli] army came to us, of course they came quickly. In other words, we didn’t know anything. The news about our son came, and afterwards the army came to us and began measurements [of the house and] moved some items. They spent a long time with us, perhaps two hours. They came in at 2:00 a.m. and stayed with us inside until 4:30-5:00 a.m., and of course they told me: We will demolish this home, this home that you have lived in. How long have you lived in it? I told them: Since 2000 I have been in this home. And as far as I’m concerned, it’s fine. I don’t care about homes or anything. As far as I’m concerned, the most important thing is that my son As’ad is healthy and whole, but also that he will continue to hold onto life.
I got a strong feeling [that made me] hold onto life [from knowing] my son As’ad is [somewhere], I swear by Allah. I am sick with cancer and my son As’ad encourages me, he encourages me to go receive treatment, and every day he tells me: Mom, you have chemotherapy treatment, go take care of yourself with them. I was left with two final treatments and my son As’ad, before he went out to his work or to Ramallah, when I didn’t go he told me: Mom, take care of your treatments, keep getting treatment. I told him: Allah willing. I was in the middle of completing my treatment but now I held onto life stronger. It’s true that it saddened us and became a disaster for us in the home and distress. Four days that we don’t eat or drink, because we don’t know what his fate is, if he is alive or dead. But Allah be praised, when I learned that my son is alive, I held onto life stronger.”
Sister of terrorist As’ad Al-Rifai: “I’m the sister of As’ad, Hanin Yusuf Al-Rifai. I’m proud of you As’ad for what you did. You [said with your actions:] I will sacrifice myself for your sake, O land.”