Abbas and other Palestinian “moderate” leaders glorify Dalal Mughrabi, perpetrator of worst terrorist attack ever against Israeli civilians
So, the new year starts where the old one left off. The politically correct agendas which run riot in the BBC and much of the rest of the mainstream media in Europe continue to ensure the censorship of vital information about the Israel-Palestine conflict, snuffing out the truth and leaving much of the population in a state of unawareness.
Fortunately, though, anyone who actually wants to know what is going on can take advantage of the services of groups such as Palestinian Media Watch (link below) which is currently reporting on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s appalling glorification this week of Dalal Mughrabi, perpetrator of the 1978 bus hijacking in Israel in which she oversaw the slaughter of 37 civilians including more than 10 children.
Abbas and company ordered and presided over proceedings to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mughrabi’s birth. According to Palestinian Media Watch:
“Present at the ceremony were Palestinian dignitaries and a children’s marching band. Earlier this year, Abbas sponsored a computer center named after Mughrabi. The PA further glorified Mughrabi on the date of her birth when the Governor of Ramallah announced the naming of the “Dalal Mughrabi Square”. An article by Fatah spokesman Jamal Nazal in the official PA daily defined the terrorist Mughrabi as “the heroine of Palestine’s heroines.” (My itallics).
And, PMW, continues:
“The text on the giant banner carrying Mughrabi’s portrait at the birthday ceremony read:
“Under the auspices of President Mahmoud Abbas The Political and National Education Authority
Ceremony on the anniversary of the birth of the bride of the cosmos The Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi.”
Since such a story goes right to the core of Israel’s problem with the Palestinians — it explains precisely why it is that peace with such people is so immensley difficult to broker; it shows for all to see why Israel’s concerns about terrorism and security are fully justified — the story would inevitably get saturation coverage across the European media, right?
Wrong, a search on my (extremely comprehensive) Factiva database returns not a single reference to Mughrabi’s name during the period in which the story should have broken. Likewise, there is nothing on the BBC — though there is plenty about Gaza, one anniversary they do seem to be taking notice of.
To read the Palestinian Media Watch story in full, click here:
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1526
Tags: Israel
January 1st, 2010 at 1:22 pm
From a Wikipedia article about Mughrabi (may her name be blotted out):
‘The Palestinian Authority named a Hebron girls’ school in honor of Mughrabi. Her name has also been given to summer camps and both police and military courses.[3]
A girls high school in Gaza is named after her.[4]
According to an article in the Gulf News in July 2008, “Dalal is still seen by Palestinians and Arabs as a hero and an outstanding fighter. She inspired thousands of young Palestinian and Lebanese women to follow in her footsteps, such as Sana Muhaidaly, Yvonne Abboud, Wafa Edris, Ayat Al Akhras and Hanadi Jaradat among others. ” ‘
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalal_Mughrabi
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
This story is shocking and it’s crucially important that people become aware of this type of thing, not least Obama. How can Israel make peace with a nation that officially celebrates terror against civilians ? Abbas has put himself truly Beyond the Pale with this one.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:03 am
thank you for providing such an important web site and fighting a battle for truth against so many media organisations and criminally viscious web sites