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PMW Bulletin
Oct. 12, 2015
Palestinian parents celebrate terrorist children's Martyrdom-death
Father of stabber:
"It is not a loss when you are talking about Palestine...
My son is an offering to the Al-Aqsa [Mosque]"
Mother of killer of 2:
"O mother of Martyr, let out cries of joy"
Father of killer of 2:
"He avenged [the women of Al-Aqsa]... against the impure enemies...
He made everyone lift his head up high.
May he find favor in the eyes of Allah"
Uncle of stabber:
"This is a wedding, it is a celebration.
We consider him [a Martyr] with Allah"
PA promotes Martyrdom-death
Fatah official about Fatah youth:
"Potential Martyrs for the beloved Palestine"
Fatah official posts music video:
"My blood will be shed for Al-Aqsa"
Children express desire to die for Allah and Al-Aqsa
"Mom, I want to die as a Martyr.
I want to carry out a Martyrdom operation (i.e., terror attack)
in order to kill some Israeli soldiers"
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=15869
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Amid the current Palestinian riots and wave of terror attacks, Palestinian
Authority and Fatah officials continue to praise terrorist murderers as
"Martyrs" and "heroes." Some also encourage Shahada - seeking death as
Martyrs for Allah. Becoming a Martyr (Shahid) represents the highest
religious achievement that can be attained by a Muslim.
Shortly after the murders of 4 Israeli civilians in two separate attacks on
Oct. 1 and 3, Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul addressed
Palestinian youth on his Facebook page. He encouraged them to "rise up
against the enemies," calling the youth "potential Martyrs for the beloved
Palestine":
"#Resist_boycott_rise up (literally "make intifada")
#General_mobilization_Fatah's_Shabiba [student movement]
More resistance and escalation against the occupation everywhere. Let us
make the country a hell for the enemies and tell them clearly, in a way that
will split the sky - resist, boycott, advance, rise up, for our land is
forbidden to the enemies, and all the members of the Shabiba (i.e., Fatah
youth and student movement) are potential Martyrs for the beloved
Palestine."
[Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook page, Oct. 5,
2015]
In another post, Al-Aloul stated that "whoever loves the Shahada (seeking
Martyrdom) is not afraid of the settler herds." He ended with the following
words of encouragement: "and #let's_continue_the_attacks" [Fatah Central
Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook page, Oct. 5, 2015]
Putting music to this message, Fatah official Al-Aloul also posted a video
and song encouraging Martyrdom for the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with visuals showing
Fatah fighters with weapons (see video above):
"O, Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (i.e., Fatah military wing),
Revolution, honor, victory and generosity,
My blood will be shed for Al-Aqsa
My blood will rebel until our return"
[Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook page, Oct. 1,
2015]
PA leaders have promoted Martyrdom-death as something to strive for,
presenting it as glorious and as "a wedding" in Paradise to the 72 Virgins.
As shown by Palestinian Media Watch, children have expressed their wish to
become Martyrs, and parents have expressed joy over their children's
Martyrdom-death when they have died carrying out acts of terror.
In keeping with this ideology, the father of Amjad Al-Jundi, an 18-year-old
terrorist who stabbed an Israeli soldier and stole his weapon in the
southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat on Oct. 7, 2015, and who was shot dead
by Israeli police, expressed pride and willingness to sacrifice his son for
"Palestine" and the Al-Aqsa Mosque:
"It is not a loss when you are talking about Palestine or the homeland. My
son is an offering to the Al-Aqsa [Mosque], congratulations to him on the
Martyrdom-death (Shahada)."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 11, 2015]
The official PA daily further reported that the terrorist's mother "sat
among the women who came to the Martyr's home in order to see him one last
time, making cries of joy and blessing herself: 'My son is a groom,
congratulations.'"
This PA ideal was also exemplified by the mother of terrorist Muhannad
Halabi, who stabbed two Israelis to death in Jerusalem on Oct. 3, 2015.
Following the attack, he was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. A
video on YouTube shows the killer's mother singing, celebrating his
Martyrdom-death:
"O mother of Martyr (Shahid), let out cries of joy, all the youth are your
sons"
[Youtube channel of MAS FM, Arabic radio station in Sweden, uploaded Oct.
10, 2015]
The murderer's father expressed pride over his son's killings, referring to
Israelis/Jews as "impure enemies" (see first video above):
"He avenged the women carrying out Ribat (religious conflict/war over land
claimed to be Islamic) at the Al-Aqsa [Mosque]... He avenged them against
the impure enemies... He made everyone lift his head up high. Muhannad, may
he find favor in the eyes of Allah"
[Wattan (independent Palestinian news agency), Oct. 9, 2015]
Another video shows funeral attendees praising the murderer, chanting to the
mother:
"Let out cries of joy, O mother of Martyr, your son is a bright candle."
[Wattan (independent Palestinian news agency), Oct. 9, 2015]
Wattan news agency stated that funeral-goers also expressed their wish to
become "Martyrs," shouting "congratulations, mother of the Martyr, I wish my
mother was in your place."
On Oct. 3, 2015, 19-year-old terrorist Fadi Alloun who stabbed and injured
Israeli citizen Moshe Malka (15) near the Old City in Jerusalem and was shot
dead by Israeli police when he fled the scene. His uncle praised his funeral
as "a wedding" and "a celebration":
Rami Alloun, uncle of terrorist Fadi Alloun: "We cannot prevent anyone from
attending the funeral of a Martyr (Shahid). This is a wedding, it is a
celebration. We consider him [a Martyr] with Allah. We will not prevent
anyone from [attending] this wedding. We cannot keep anyone from this
wedding."
Official PA TV reporter: "Condolences in the name of the entire Palestinian
people."
[Official PA TV, Oct. 5, 2015]
All three terrorists were young - 18 and 19 years old - and a product of PA
education. Just last month, the Secretary-General of the General Union of
Palestinian Teachers, Ahmed Sahwil, encouraged Palestinians to seek
Martyrdom-death and "sacrifice soul and blood for the blessed Al-Aqsa
Mosque."
Secretary-General of the General Union of Palestinian Teachers Ahmed Sahwil:
"The Union of Palestinian Teachers, Palestine's teachers and students, went
out today to the main squares on the West Bank and in Gaza, in order to say
'No to occupation, no to the despicable attack on the Al-Aqsa [Mosque].' We
will redeem the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] with our souls so that [Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu the criminal, the gangs of settlers, his
soldiers and robbers will understand that the Palestinian people will
sacrifice its soul and blood for the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque."
[Official PA TV, Sept. 21, 2015]
Also applauding the Martyrdom ideal for Palestinian youth was a mother who
wrote in the official PA daily about the joy she felt upon hearing her
daughter's wish to die a Martyr:
"'Mom, I want to die as a Martyr. I want to carry out a Martyrdom operation
(i.e., terror attack) in order to kill some Israeli soldiers.'
More than they filled me with fear, my daughter's words filled me with joy."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 8, 2015]
The following are longer excerpts of the statements encouraging and praising
Martyrdom-death:
"Residents of the village of Yatta accompanied the Martyr (Shahid) Amjad
Hatem Al-Jundi on his last journey.
The Martyr's father said: 'My son left for work in the 1948 territories
(i.e., Israel). He said goodbye to me and his mother, like always, and asked
us to be pleased with him. Later in the day, residents of Yatta began to
come to our home, and I had no idea that there is a Martyr. Later I learned
from the neighbors that my son died as a Martyr.'
The father, who parted with his son today, said: 'It is not a loss when you
are talking about Palestine or the homeland. My son is an offering to the
Al-Aqsa [Mosque], congratulations to him on the Martyrdom-death (Shahada).'
Amjad's mother sat among the women who came to the Martyr's home in order to
see him one last time, making cries of joy and blessing herself: 'My son is
a groom, congratulations.'"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 11, 2015]
Amjad Al-Jundi, from Hebron in the West Bank, stabbed an Israeli soldier and
stole his weapon in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat on Oct. 7, 2015.
Al-Jundi then broke into an apartment in a nearby building and tried to
attack two Israeli women, but they managed to escape. Al-Jundi was
subsequently shot and killed by Israeli police. The soldier and one of the
women were lightly wounded in the attack.
Video title: "The cries of joy of Martyr Muhannad Halabi's mother"
Murderer Muhannad Halabi's mother singing: "O mother of Martyr (Shahid), let
out cries of joy, all the youth are your sons"
[Youtube channel of MAS FM, Arabic radio station in Sweden, uploaded Oct.
10, 2015]
Muhannad Halabi killed 2 Israelis, Rabbi Nehemiah Lavi and Aharon Bennett,
and injured Bennett's wife, Adele, and their 2-year-old son in a stabbing
attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on Oct. 3, 2015. Following the attack,
he was shot and killed by Israeli security forces. Prior to his attack, in a
post to his private Facebook page, the terrorist referred to recent terror
attacks as part of a "third Intifada," and said that it was a response to
Israel's actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and that the Palestinian people would
not "succumb to humiliation." This is a reference to the PA libel that
Israel is plotting to take over and destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to the
PA's portrayal of Jews praying on the Temple Mount as "an invasion of the
Al-Aqsa Mosque."
Attendees at terrorist's funeral:
"Let out cries of joy, o mother of Martyr,
your son is a bright candle
Your son is surely in Paradise
This is our popular revolution
Let out cries of joy, o mother of Martyr,
your son is a bright candle"
[Wattan (independent Palestinian news agency), Oct. 9, 2015]
Mother of murderer Muhannad Halabi: "I speak while I am blessing my son, on
his Martyrdom-death (Shahada), and I am proud that he died to defend the
women of Palestine..."
Father of murderer Muhannad Halabi: "He avenged the women carrying out Ribat
(religious conflict/war over land claimed to be Islamic) at the Al-Aqsa
[Mosque]. He avenged them. He avenged them against the impure enemies. He
avenged them and made everyone lift his head up high. He made everyone lift
his head up high. Muhannad, may he find favor in the eyes of Allah, may he
find favor in the eyes of Allah, praise Allah, Master of the World , praise
Allah."
[Wattan (independent Palestinian news agency), Oct. 9, 2015]
Text published on Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook
page
"We were brought up on the expression 'potential Martyrs' and whoever loves
the Shahada (Martyrdom seeking) is not afraid of the settler herds, who will
vanish sooner or later, or of a fascist standing army which aims the rifle
of cowardice at the chests of innocent children and accuses their rocks of
being terror. Blessings to a mighty, gigantic people
and #let's_continue_the attacks"
[Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook page, Oct. 5,
2015]
Text and image published on Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud
Al-Aloul's Facebook page:
"#Resist_boycott_rise up (literally "make intifada")
#General_mobilization_Fatah's_Shabiba [student movement]
More resistance and escalation against the occupation everywhere. Let us
make the country a hell for the enemies and tell them clearly, in a way that
will split the sky - resist, boycott, advance, rise up, for our land is
forbidden to the enemies, and all the members of the Shabiba (i.e., Fatah
youth and student movement) are potential Martyrs, for the beloved
Palestine."
[Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook page, Oct. 5,
2015]
Official PA TV news:
PA TV host: "The General Union of [Palestinian] Teachers in all districts of
the homeland organized demonstrations and marches in support of the Al-Aqsa
Mosque and the holy sites."
PA TV reporter: "In all districts of the homeland, the teachers cancelled
their classes and went out to demonstrations and marches in support of the
blessed Al-Aqsa [Mosque]. Here at the Al-Manara Square, in the center of
Ramallah, teachers and students demonstrated, with calls condemning the
occupation's crimes against the holy city (i.e., Jerusalem)."
Secretary-General of the General Union of Palestinian Teachers Ahmed Sahwil:
"The Union of Palestinian Teachers, Palestine's teachers and students, went
out today to the main squares on the West Bank and in Gaza, in order to say
'No to occupation, no to the despicable attack on the Al-Aqsa [Mosque].' We
will redeem the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] with our souls so that [Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu the criminal, the gangs of settlers, his
soldiers and robbers will understand that the Palestinian people will
sacrifice its soul and blood for the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque."
A girl at the demonstration: "We left the schools in order to participate
and to stand by the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] and to identify with them [the
Murabitin] (i.e., those carrying out Ribat, religious conflict/war to
protect land claimed to be Islamic) and to stop the movement of the
occupation in the Al-Aqsa [Mosque], and we hope it will be liberated."
Pictures from the demonstration shows sign with text: "Millions of Martyrs
(Shahids) are marching to Jerusalem."
[Official PA TV, Sept. 21, 2015]
The PA considers any presence of Jews on the Temple Mount an "attack."
Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul posted on his Facebook page
a video showing fighters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades holding weapons.
The chorus of the song encourages dying for Al-Aqsa:
"O, Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (i.e., Fatah military wing),
Revolution, honor, victory and generosity,
My blood will be shed for Al-Aqsa
My blood will rebel until our return"
[Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul's Facebook page, Oct. 1,
2015]
Op-ed by Samaa Hassan, appeared on "The morning tweet" - a daily column with
changing authors
Headline: "This is Palestine, oh little one"
"I was extremely happy when I saw my young daughter shed tears, as she held
her novel mobile phone and watched, using its advanced technologies, a video
about one of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs. The camera panned around, showing his
home, his personal belongings.
The stifled tears continued to flow from the little one's eyes, until
suddenly she stood up on the couch as though bitten by a scorpion and
shouted: 'Mom, I want to die as a Martyr. I want to carry out a Martyrdom
operation (i.e., terror attack) in order to kill some Israeli soldiers.'
More than they filled me with fear, my daughter's words filled me with joy,
and I felt joyous because I could see myself during the days of the Stone
Intifada(i.e., Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel,
1987-1993). I was 17 at the time, that is, I was two years older than her,
but I had the same youthful, fervent fighting spirit, forged from the love
of Palestine, and we would leave school and cheer for Palestine and repeat
the one and only slogan: 'In spirit, in blood, we will redeem you, O
Palestine.'
My little one was glad, and I said to her, hugging her: 'Long live those
past days,' and she is the one who used to [jokingly] scold me for being
old-fashioned, and although she thinks that of me, something great unites
us, for me and my daughter have dedicated our souls to it - to Palestine. My
daughter decorated her phone with all the pictures she could find of the
freedom Martyrs killed in the last few days, and I was very happy when she
brought me an article about a father in Gaza who had named his newborn baby
Muhannad after Martyr Muhannad Halabi, the Martyr of the Jerusalem operation
(i.e., terror attack, 2 killed, see note). Gaza is and always has been this
way, since we [Palestinians] share the sentiments of our sisters all over
Palestine, and our demand is one, far removed from all the political
wrangling, and from all those who try to divide the homeland into [a number
of] small states."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 8, 2015]
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