PA Foreign Minister condemns terror attacks in France and adds "Palestine… has been burned by the flames of terrorism”
On Jan. 7, 2015, Muslim terrorists Cherif and Said Kouachi carried out a shooting attack at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 12 people were killed in the attack, which was a response to cartoons the magazine published about Islam's Prophet Muhammad. On Jan. 8, in a connected attack, Muslim terrorist Amely Coulibaly shot and killed a policewoman in Paris and on Jan. 9, he shot and killed 4 Jewish shoppers at a Paris kosher supermarket.
While Abbas officially condemned the terror attacks in France, PMW has documented different PA reactions to the attacks. Some have condemned them while at the same time condemning Charlie Hebdo for mocking Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Others have compared the terror attacks in France to Israeli "terrorism" against Palestinians, and some have even claimed that Israel was behind the attacks.
“The [PA] Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the abominable terror attack that occurred today, Wednesday [Jan. 7, 2015] in France, - which claimed the lives of 12 French journalists who had worked for the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris. [PA] Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki emphasized that the State of Palestine, - represented by its President [Mahmoud Abbas], its government and its people, stands resolutely by France in these difficult moments, and expresses its solidarity with it against terrorism in whatever form or under whatever name. He emphasized that Palestine, which over the long years of occupation has been burned by the flames of terrorism – in particular, governmental terrorism – does not hesitate to express its clear opposition to all manifestations of terrorism, wherever [it occurs] and by whomever [it is carried out].”
While Abbas officially condemned the terror attacks in France, PMW has documented different PA reactions to the attacks. Some have condemned them while at the same time condemning Charlie Hebdo for mocking Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Others have compared the terror attacks in France to Israeli "terrorism" against Palestinians, and some have even claimed that Israel was behind the attacks.
“The [PA] Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the abominable terror attack that occurred today, Wednesday [Jan. 7, 2015] in France, - which claimed the lives of 12 French journalists who had worked for the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris. [PA] Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki emphasized that the State of Palestine, - represented by its President [Mahmoud Abbas], its government and its people, stands resolutely by France in these difficult moments, and expresses its solidarity with it against terrorism in whatever form or under whatever name. He emphasized that Palestine, which over the long years of occupation has been burned by the flames of terrorism – in particular, governmental terrorism – does not hesitate to express its clear opposition to all manifestations of terrorism, wherever [it occurs] and by whomever [it is carried out].”