PMW Bulletin

June 11, 2012

PA youth taught that suicide terrorists are "greatest role models" on
EU-funded NGO's TV program
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=6957

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org

f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

Last week, Israel transferred the bodies of 91 terrorists including numerous
suicide bombers to the Palestinian Authority. A PA TV program for youth,
Speak Up, glorified the 91 terrorists saying they were:
"More honored than all of us... They are the greatest role models for us."

The TV program is co-produced by PA TV and PYALARA, an NGO for youth funded
by the EU, Save the Children and other international donors.

The following is the statement on PA TV honoring the terrorists:
"Unfortunately, we couldn't part from them (i.e., the terrorists) or even
embrace them, but were satisfied standing before their bodies, standing up
before their sanctified message: The homeland won't die, but we will die for
it. These [Martyrs] are more honored than all of us... They are the greatest
role models for us, not only because they fought and struggled for the
homeland, but also because they went beyond the sacrifice [of] strain and
effort, to the stage where they actually sacrificed their lives for the
homeland."
[PA TV (Fatah), June 3, 2012]
Click to view
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=458&fld_id=458&doc_id=6959

Palestinian Media Watch reported that the PA leadership participated in a
national funeral treating these 91 terrorists as heroes and Islamic Martyrs.
At the funeral, suicide bombers and other terrorists were presented as role
models for others to "follow in their path":

This is the second time in a few weeks that EU-funded PYALARA has chosen to
glorify terrorists. In May, PYALARA, on its other PA TV program Jerusalem
Scenes, honored Palestinian terrorist prisoners serving multiple life
sentences for planning suicide bombings that murdered many Israelis. The TV
crew visited the homes and interviewed family members of three terrorists of
the "Silwan cell," which was responsible for terror attacks in 2002,
including:
- Hebrew University cafeteria, 9 killed
- Cafe Moment in Jerusalem, 11 killed
- Sheffield Club in Rishon LeZion,15 killed

The terrorists of the "Silwan cell" whose homes were visited by PA TV and
PYALARA:
1. Wisam Al-Abbasi, sentenced to 26 life sentences and another 40 years
2. Muhammad Ouda, sentenced to 9 life sentences and another 40 years
3. Alaa Al-Din Al-Abbasi, sentenced to 60 years

The mother of the terrorist Wisam Al-Abbasi who is serving 26 life-sentences
said on TV:
"I am proud and pride myself on having a son in prison."

The father-in-law of terrorist Alaa Al-Abbasi who is serving 60 years told
the PYALARA interviewer:
"I always remember Alaa - a person of exalted moral values."

Click to view
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=458&fld_id=458&doc_id=6960

The following is the transcript of the PA TV's visit to the homes of
terrorist prisoners on the program Jerusalem Scenes, produced jointly by
PYALARA and PA TV:

PA TV host: "More than 250 prisoners from Jerusalem are held in the
occupation's prisons, most of them on a hunger strike. It is our duty to
visit the families of some of the prisoners, to hear from them and to see
how they encourage their children to continue in the path of their struggle
against the Israeli occupation.
The first prisoner from Silwan, Jerusalem, whom we wish to visit is Wisam
Al-Abbasi, who was given 26 life sentences and another 40 years. In other
words, in total he is meant to serve 2,614 years in the occupation's
prisons."

In the home of prisoner Wisam Al-Abbasi:
Host: "Hello, how are you?"
Mother: "I'm the mother of prisoner Wisam Al-Abbasi, who was given 26 life
sentences and another 40 years. I am proud and pride myself on having a son
in prison."

In the home of prisoner Muhammad Ouda:
Host: "We are visiting now the home of another prisoner from Jerusalem,
Muhammad Ouda.Ouda has been imprisoned in the occupation's prisons for more
than 10 years, and was sentenced to 9 life sentences and another 40 years."

In the home of prisoner Alaa Al-Din Al-Abbasi:
Wife: "He was sentenced to 60 years. We were told [he was one of] the four
men of the Silwan cell."
Father-in-law: "I always remember Alaa - a person of exalted moral values."
[PA TV (Fatah), May 18, 2012]

PYALARA and Speak Up [http://www.pyalara.org/about_us.php?lang=1]

PYALARA's website lists the following as sponsors:

[http://www.pyalara.org/donors.php?lang=1]

The TV host telling youth to view terrorists and suicide bombers as "role
models" corresponds with PYALARA's agenda, as its website states that
creating "role models" is one of the important purposes of its TV program:
"The greatest success of [the youth program] Speak Up [Arabic- "Alli Sotak"]
comes from its peer-to-peer approach, in which young people act as role
models and reach out to their own peers through their active role in
reporting..."
[ http://www.pyalara.org/tv.php?id=9&lang=1 ]

For names and description of the suicide bombers honored among the 91
terrorists see PMW's recent bulletin.
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=6923