PMW Bulletin: Terrorist murderers are "heroes," Abbas said four times in
speech
Jan. 19, 2014


Abbas' terror glorification continues
as he calls murderers "heroes"
four times in same speech

Last September Abbas called murderer of 15 civilians
"a legend... a hero... a beacon"
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=10526

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
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In December 2013, Israel released 26 Palestinian terrorist murderers from
prison. In his speech at the PA event celebrating their release, Mahmoud
Abbas welcomed the terrorists and called them "heroes" four times during his
speech:


"[The release of our prisoners] is a day of joy for our nation, for our
people, for our heroic prisoners... There will be more groups of heroes who
will come to us... They [the Israelis] postponed these heroes' release by 24
hours... we congratulate you and ourselves for the [release] of these
heroes."
[Official PA TV, Dec. 31, 2013]
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Israel released these terrorists because the PA demanded Israel release 104
prisoners from jail, all of them murderers, in order for the PA to resume
peace negotiations with Israel.

Three released terrorist "heroes" celebrated with Abbas on stage:


Jamal Abu Muhsin - stabbed a 76 year-old Israeli civilian to death in a park
in 1991.

Ahmad Kmeil - a commander of a terrorist cell that murdered an Israeli
soldier and 15 Palestinians who they suspected of helping Israel.

Na'im Al-Shawamreh - placed a bomb in 1993 that killed the police sapper who
was trying to defuse it.

Abbas regularly presents murderers as "heroes." Palestinian Media Watch
documented that Abbas welcomed the previous group of released terrorists in
a similar way, calling them "our heroic brothers."

In September 2013, on the same day that Abbas was at the UN talking about
peace, the PA held a memorial honoring terrorist Abu Sukkar who planned a
bombing in 1975 using a refrigerator filled with explosives. 15 Israelis
were killed and over 60 were wounded in that attack. Abbas, in his speech
for the event (which was read by Jibril Rajoub), called the murderer "a
hero," "a legend," and "a beacon."

In his recent speech to the released terrorists, Abbas promised that "there
will be no final agreement [with Israel] unless all the prisoners are in
their homes." PMW has reported that in the past, Abbas has stated that his
goal is to see the release of specific terrorists, who Israel refuses to
release because of the severity of their crimes. When Israel released 1,027
terrorists in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held
hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years, Abbas ended his welcome speech
wishing for the release of four specific murderers:

"Allah willing, soon we will see here brother Marwan Barghouti, brother
Ahmad Sa'adat, Ibrahim Hamed, and Abbas Al-Sayid."

Marwan Barghouti - serving five life sentences for orchestrating terror
attacks against Israeli civilians.

Ahmad Sa'adat - serving a 30-year sentence for heading the PFLP terror
organization. A song at a PFLP event also praised him for planning the
assassination of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi in 2001, but he
has not been tried for this crime.

Ibrahim Hamed - Hamas military leader serving 54 life sentences for planning
many suicide attacks and bombings, at the Hebrew University, Cafe Moment and
Cafe Hillel suicide bombings, and others.

Abbas Al-Sayid - serving 35 life sentences for planning two suicide
bombings, one in 2002 at a Passover dinner, killing 30 Israelis, and another
in 2001, killing 5 and wounding 100.

In another speech in 2008, Abbas chose to "send greetings of honor and
esteem" to some of the same terrorists as well as others.

Click to see more examples of Abbas' glorification of terrorists.
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=709&fld_id=709&doc_id=10527
The following is an excerpt from Abbas' speech in which he referred to
released murderers as "heroes" four times:


"[The release of our prisoners] is a day of joy for our nation, for our
people, for our heroic prisoners... We promise you that this will not be the
last time. There will be more groups of heroes who will come to us one after
the other, Allah willing, soon. We promise you that there will be no final
agreement [with Israel] unless all the prisoners are in their homes. They
[the Israelis] postponed these heroes' release by 24 hours and this is
something we do not accept. Once again, we congratulate you and ourselves
for the [release] of these heroes."
[Official PA TV, Dec. 31, 2013]

Jamal Abu Muhsin - stabbed 76 year-old Shlomo Yahya to death in a park on
September 26, 1991. He was serving a life sentence but was released in
December 2013 as one of the 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to
fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.



Na'im Al-Shawamreh - was arrested on March 14, 1995 for placing the
explosive device that killed Yossi Hayoun, a police sapper, while he was
defusing the bomb (June, 1993). Al-Shawamreh was serving a life sentence but
was released in December 2013 as part of the 104 terrorists whom Israel
agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing
negotiations.



Ahmad Kmeil - was the commander of the terrorist cell that murdered soldier
Yoram Cohen and 15 Palestinians who they suspected of collaborating with
Israel. He was serving 16 life sentences but was released in December 2013
as one of the 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the
PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.