PA glorifies 3 killers who murdered Jews during the 1929 Hebron Massacre as “Martyrs”
Headline: “Conference in Jenin in honor of the 85th anniversary of the Al-Buraq Revolt and Red Tuesday”
“The Jenin District and the [PA] Ministry of Information held a conference yesterday [June 17, 2015] in honor of the 85th anniversary of the Al-Buraq revolt (i.e., the 1929 Hebron Massacre) and the death of Martyrs Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi and Ataa Al-Zir who were executed at the Citadel prison in Acre, which became known as ‘Red Tuesday’…
Assistant District Governor Ahmad Al-Qassem stated that the conference was meant to shed light on important aspects of our people’s history, since the land is at the heart of the conflict… Acting Director of the Information Ministry office in Jenin Abd Al-Basset Khalaf, stated that the [marking of the] anniversary of [the death of] Jamjoum, Hijzai and Al-Zir is in keeping with the office’s mission: To present the national milestones proving the heavy price our people has paid in its journey towards freedom.”
Note: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi, and Ataa Al-Zir “committed particularly brutal murders [of Jews] at Safed and Hebron,” according to the report by British Government to the League of Nations. They were convicted of attacking British soldiers and murdering Jews in the 1929 Hebron Massacre, in which 65 Jews were murdered. They were executed by the British in 1930.
“The Jenin District and the [PA] Ministry of Information held a conference yesterday [June 17, 2015] in honor of the 85th anniversary of the Al-Buraq revolt (i.e., the 1929 Hebron Massacre) and the death of Martyrs Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi and Ataa Al-Zir who were executed at the Citadel prison in Acre, which became known as ‘Red Tuesday’…
Assistant District Governor Ahmad Al-Qassem stated that the conference was meant to shed light on important aspects of our people’s history, since the land is at the heart of the conflict… Acting Director of the Information Ministry office in Jenin Abd Al-Basset Khalaf, stated that the [marking of the] anniversary of [the death of] Jamjoum, Hijzai and Al-Zir is in keeping with the office’s mission: To present the national milestones proving the heavy price our people has paid in its journey towards freedom.”
Note: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi, and Ataa Al-Zir “committed particularly brutal murders [of Jews] at Safed and Hebron,” according to the report by British Government to the League of Nations. They were convicted of attacking British soldiers and murdering Jews in the 1929 Hebron Massacre, in which 65 Jews were murdered. They were executed by the British in 1930.