Honoring hero terrorists
How do you get more terrorists? Reward and honor them:
The terrorists honored most highly amongst Palestinian society are those who have killed the greatest number. Abd Al-Baset Udeh, killer of 30 at the Passover Seder massacre, had a soccer tournament for 14-year-olds named for him. His brother was honored with distributing the trophies. Dalal Mughrabi, terrorist bus hijacker (led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history in 1978, when she and other terrorists killed 37 civilians, 12 of them children) has had summer camps, schools, graduation ceremonies and sporting events named for her, as well as many TV documentaries honoring her. Palestinian newspapers also frequently glorify Mughrabi, as in the Al-Ayyam article which described Mughrabi as writing “the most glorious page of heroism in the history of the Palestinian struggle. [Aug. 2, 2009]. Thaer Hammad, who as a lone gunman murdered 10 Israelis in 2002, was glorified by the official PA daily as “the hero of the Intifada.”
Most people on the right are well aware of this. But I think it’s interesting to note how long this has been happening—for many many decades. And it is mind-boggling that so many people still don’t know about it, because it’s not as though the information hasn’t been out there. It just hasn’t been covered much if at all by the MSM, who want to present an alternate narrative, shall we say.
And of course, some on the left would say that terrorists are freedom fighters, and should be rewarded and honored. Long ago I wrote an article about this romance with terrorists; you can find it here. In it, I wrote:
So, who are the Romantics of today? From the foregoing discussion, it should be clear: Romanticism has found a cozy home on the Left. Romanticism (and Leftism) dictates not just sympathy for the Third World, but near-veneration of those there who combine a sense of victimhood (real or imagined) with what the poet Yeats called “passionate intensity,” which is the essence of Romanticism.
Interestingly enough, however, Facebook has recently been trying to stop the glorification of terrorists on its pages:
During 2017, Facebook took action against 200 Palestinian accounts, the statement said. The measures also included the removal of posts and photos deemed inflammatory and supportive of terrorism.
Earlier this week [February 2018], Facebook removed the Hamas-affiliated “Palestine.net” page, which had more than 180,000 likes.
And then there’s the issue of payment:
The PA’s relationship with the Israeli government is a bundle of contradictions. Israel recognizes the PA as the Palestinians’ political leadership. Israel collects taxes for it and turns revenues over to it. Security forces of Israel and the PA cooperate against some terrorists who threaten common interests. Abbas says he opposes widespread violence of the type that occurred during the First and Second Intifadas (1987”“1993 and 2000”“2005) and his security forces work with Israelis to prevent the outbreak of a new intifada.3
At the same time, however, the PA stokes hatred of Israel (and of Jews), urges anti-Israel attacks, and rewards terrorists. In other words, the PA encourages small-scale terrorism but cooperates with Israeli authorities to prevent larger-scale terrorism…
In the case of “pay for slay,” the relevant legislation is the PA’s “Amended Palestinian Prisoners Law No. 19 (2004).”
It guarantees “a dignified life” to anyone Israel has imprisoned “for his participation in the struggle against the occupation.” That is, it promises benefits to anyone caught for knifing, shooting, running over, or bombing people in Israel. The law lauds current and former terrorist prisoners as “a fighting sector and an integral part of the fabric of the Arab Palestinian society.”
Articles 5 and 8 apply to terrorists released from Israeli prisons. Those who served a year or more are exempted from
a. tuition fees at government schools and universities.
b. health insurance payments.
c. tuition fees for all professional training programs offered by the relevant official bodies.
Some released prisoners work as PA civil servants. For each of these, prison time served is accounted for as if it had been civil-service work: The law says the PA “shall pay his social security and pension fees”‰.”‰.”‰.”‰for the years he spent in prison.”
Articles 6 and 7 apply to terrorists still incarcerated. “Every incarcerated prisoner” is entitled to a monthly salary “linked to the cost-of-living index.” A portion thereof goes directly to the prisoner’s family…
The law guarantees a “salaried position in a State institution” to any male ex-prisoner incarcerated for 10 or more years, and any female who served five years. The positions for such prisoners are high-ranking and highly paid, ensuring not only that long-incarcerated terrorists are financially comfortable but that they dominate the PA’s various bureaucracies. The PA has organized itself not only to be for terrorists, but also of and by terrorists.
There’s much much more. But you get the idea.
“The terrorists honored most highly amongst Palestinian society are those who have killed the greatest number.”
If the most important infidels cannot yet be slain… well as Joseph Stalin once observed, “Quantity has a quality all its own”
“And of course, some on the left would say that terrorists are freedom fighters”
Freedom has NOTHING to do with their terrorism. Allah has EVERYTHING to do with it. Classic deflection from those on the left unwilling to face the nature of the threat.
Allah in the Qur’an repeatedly commands ALL Muslims that ALL infidels in the world are to be subdued. These are theological imperatives. Devout Muslims believe that their fate in the afterlife depends on how faithful they were to Allah’s edicts in this life.
“People of the Book” are to be given a choice of conversion, second class enslavement or death. People NOT of the Book only have the ‘choice’ of conversion or death. Which of course comprises most on the left.
“According to Muslim teachings, God first revealed His word in the Holy Qur’an to the prophet, Muhammad, during the month of Ramadan. That word has guided billions of believers across the centuries, and those believers built a culture of learning and literature and science. All the world continues to benefit from this faith and its achievements.”
Remarks by the President George W. Bush At the Iftaar Dinner in The State Dining Room, Washington, D.C. November 19, 2001
It’s not just people on the left that are in denial…
Islam is a death cult.
It’s been going on for so long that Saddam Hussein was in the business of rewarding the families of Palestinian suicide bombers with cash payments. And Hussein has been dead for 15 years.
Amazing that there’s anyone not aware of this practice. Probably the same people who thought the Iran Deal – particularly the part where they were given billions in cash – was a good idea.
Just this April, the NY Times published a piece by one of its reporters, Nellie Bowles, in which she said the idea that the PA paid terrorists was a “far-right conspiracy”. A bit from a good piece in the Tablet about it:
Cornhead said all that needs to be said.
“Most people on the right are well aware of this”
I agree because I see most people on the political right as trying to keep themselves truly informed.
Most people, and most people on the left, do not keep informed. Hence, they are more likely to hear more about Christian bakers refusing to bake a gay wedding cake than hear about the details of what actually happens in the Middle East.
You’re getting the same error that we are seeing at Chicagoboyz, comment ID is not being saved.
Anyway, this is what I thought back in 2015 when teenaged girls were running away to join ISIS.
Now they are being executed. OK with me.
Bear with me now. How is that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism?
And American soldiers/prison guards are guilty of of mistreating Muslim terrorist prisoners without acting in sufficient respect for Islam?
Mishandle a Quran in GITMO and watch how fast the “Islam has nothing to do with terrorism” crowd launches into you.
They only know about it because the terrorists who have nothing to do with Islam know who to complain to.
“reporters like Kessler and Bowles, and the editors who fail to ensure the quality of their work.”
No the editors are doing their job. NYT publisher and drooling idiot Pinchy Sulzberger hates Israel and the coverage of Israel is mandated, truth be damned.
“Just this April, the NY Times published….”
The NYT. ‘Nuff said.
One must understand: they don’t care any more. They have an agenda that must be promoted.
At any price. At all costs.
They call it “virtue”. “Truth”. (Or, “false but accurate”. Whatever.)
Moreover, they haven’t cared for many, many years.
One might say it’s unfortunate, but that doesn’t change anything.
And it’s not just the NYT.
Yes, Truth is not always monolithic, but one might say that there is a range beyond which, it is no longer Truth but distortion and even Lies.
When the idea of Truth breaks down so completely, so widely, so ubiquitously—and lies are spread so much and so often by people who really ought to know better—then the culture is in deep, deep trouble.
neo: Much worse than I thought. Thanks for the digging.
I didn’t realize Palestinians were handing out college scholarships for terrorism.
“I didn’t realize…”
1. It’s called a “peace dividend”. (AKA “How to make friends and influence people”.)
2. They all seem to have advanced degrees in “Pushing Buttons”. (But hey, whatever gets you through the night…)
if you seek peace!
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