PA daily op-ed: Turkish sources reveal that Israeli intelligence planned terror attacks in Paris
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.
Op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for the official PA daily:
“President Mahmoud Abbas’ participation in the mass [anti-terror] march in Paris last Sunday was a brave move that reflected the care that the Palestinian leadership, as represented by its main symbol [Abbas], is taking to emphasize its opposition to terrorism – in whatever form, under whatever name and for whatever motive [it may occur]. Its aim thereby is to proclaim to the entire world – not just to Europe – that the Palestinian people is continuously suffering from organized Israeli terrorism and that we oppose all forms of abominable terrorism; and to call on world leaders to uncover the face of Israeli racism and fascism, which take after IS and the other examples of terrorism.
In contrast hereto, he [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], who trades with the blood of the 17 victims of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and of the supermarket (i.e., the Jewish-owned kosher store), who came to Paris despite the opposition of the French leadership, especially of President François Hollande, who opposed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s participation in the march. [Hollande did so] not only [for fear] that he [Netanyahu] would exploit it for his election campaign, but also because he is part of terrorism, and because he, like many Israeli leaders, violated French sovereignty and sought to exploit the terrorism that struck some French Jews (which, according to Turkish sources, including [Turkish] intelligence and the mayor of Ankara, was planned by the Israeli [Secret Intelligence Service] Mossad) [parenthesis in source] to… call on French Jews to immigrate to Israel.”
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.
Op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for the official PA daily:
“President Mahmoud Abbas’ participation in the mass [anti-terror] march in Paris last Sunday was a brave move that reflected the care that the Palestinian leadership, as represented by its main symbol [Abbas], is taking to emphasize its opposition to terrorism – in whatever form, under whatever name and for whatever motive [it may occur]. Its aim thereby is to proclaim to the entire world – not just to Europe – that the Palestinian people is continuously suffering from organized Israeli terrorism and that we oppose all forms of abominable terrorism; and to call on world leaders to uncover the face of Israeli racism and fascism, which take after IS and the other examples of terrorism.
In contrast hereto, he [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], who trades with the blood of the 17 victims of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and of the supermarket (i.e., the Jewish-owned kosher store), who came to Paris despite the opposition of the French leadership, especially of President François Hollande, who opposed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s participation in the march. [Hollande did so] not only [for fear] that he [Netanyahu] would exploit it for his election campaign, but also because he is part of terrorism, and because he, like many Israeli leaders, violated French sovereignty and sought to exploit the terrorism that struck some French Jews (which, according to Turkish sources, including [Turkish] intelligence and the mayor of Ankara, was planned by the Israeli [Secret Intelligence Service] Mossad) [parenthesis in source] to… call on French Jews to immigrate to Israel.”