Abbas to released Israeli Arab murderers: “We are proud of you… You are [role] models of this nation”
The video shows a phone conversation between PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and released terrorist prisoner Maher Younes, who murdered 1 together with his cousin Karim Younes.
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “You [Maher] and Karim [Younes,] (i.e., terrorists, murdered 1) are prominent figures among this Palestinian people. We are proud of you, and we say may Allah grant you health. You are [role] models of this nation, [role] models of this people.You are icons of the Palestinian people…Allah willing reward will come to you from our God and from the entire nation that honors and appreciates you and says: This man is a great man in the Palestinian people.”
Terrorist Maher Younes: “I want to bless you and your wonderful words... Allah will show us the entire homeland liberated.”
Mahmoud Abbas: “Allah willing you will see the entire [homeland] liberated, and the Palestinian state will be established, we will get rid of the occupation, and Jerusalem will be the capital of this [Palestinian] state and not any other capital. Then we will go to ‘Ara (i.e., Israeli town) and visit you there…”
Maher Younes: “We are all loyal to the promise and our common goal is Palestine... Regarding the revocation of [our Israeli] citizenship, I want to tell you, the Zionist entity is just 74 years old. My mother is 88. Therefore, let them sit and curse.”
Mahmoud Abbas: “Our identity is Palestinian and no one can rip our identity from us in any way.”
Maher Younes: “We have roots here in Wadi Ara…”
Mahmoud Abbas: “Right, we have been in this land for a long time, 5,000 years…”
Maher Younes: “Allah willing our meeting is near on the soil of the homeland. Let there be national unity… and we will liberate the land together.”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, Jan. 19, 2023]
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.