The PA lies to defend terror
PA presents Palestinian terrorist murderers as victims of Israeli "executions in cold blood," and shootings and stabbings as Israeli "pretexts" to kill
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdiik
One of the ways the Palestinian Authority is keeping its population angry, willing to riot and continue terror attacks against Israelis, is by falsely portraying every terrorist as an innocent victim of Israel.
PA Chairman Abbas' spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeina, stated that Israel had "executed" Hassan Manasrah (15), one of two young Palestinian terrorists, who repeatedly stabbed and critically wounded a 13-year-old boy (name undisclosed) who was riding his bike and also stabbed Yossef Ben Shalom (21) in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of East Jerusalem yesterday:
"Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina stated that the execution of child Hassan Manasrah... is an abominable crime, and the legal, humanitarian and political responsibility for it is on the Israeli government. He demanded that the Israeli government catches those who committed this crime. Abu Rudeina stated: 'If the government of Israel continues this escalation [of violence] by carrying out more grave acts of execution, the situation in the region will go out of control, and everyone will pay a heavy price for these Israeli crimes.'"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 13, 2015]
PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah also made the same false accusation before the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee:
"Just yesterday the Israeli occupation forces assassinated in cold blood the child Hassan Manasrah and his innocence and calls for help did not help."
[WAFA, Oct 13, 2015]
As Palestinian Media Watch has been reporting, the official PA media has been glorifying the murderers of Israelis by portraying the killed terrorists as Shahids - Islamic Martyrs. Today this was repeated as the PA daily presented the dead terrorist who critically injured the Israeli 15-year old as a "Martyr," adding that the stabbing attack as a "claim" made by Israel:
"Child Hassan Manasrah, 15, died as a Martyr yesterday and his cousin, Ahmad Saleh Manasrah, 13, was seriously wounded by the occupation's gunfire, after, according to [Israel's] claim, they stabbed two settlers in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev, which is situated on the lands of Hizmeh and Beit Hanina in the north of occupied Jerusalem."
The two terrorist stabbers were described as innocent schoolboys:
"The two of them were on their way home from school. They went to the commercial center next to their homes in the settlement Pisgat Zeev, and were shot, based on the claim that they had tried to stab settlers."
[WAFA (the official Palestinian news agency), Oct. 13, 2015]
The PA news agency also falsely stated that Israel "attacked and executed in cold blood" terrorist Muhammad Nazmi Shamasneh (22) who choked and stabbed an Israeli soldier in order to take his weapon, and stabbed two others, yesterday on a bus near the central bus station in Jerusalem:
"The last attack and execution of Palestinians residing in Jerusalem was the execution of the young Muhammad Nazmi Shamasneh (i.e., terrorist who stabbed 3)... in the Jerusalem bus station, based on the claim he had attempted to take a soldier's weapon. This despite the fact that in the picture the Martyr (Shahid) is seen bound before he was executed in cold blood."
[WAFA (the official Palestinian news agency), Oct. 13, 2015]
Also contrary to the PA claim that it is not supporting the terror, the terrorists who shot and killed one and wounded several in bus 78 in Jerusalem today were referred to by WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, as "Martyrs" who had killed "settlers" in a "a shooting and stabbing operation." [WAFA, Oct. 13, 2015] Calling them Martyrs means in the PA's opinion murdering and injuring Israelis are acts Allah desires.
The following are longer excerpts of the reports mentioned above:
Headline: 'Hundreds [of Palestinians] prefer not to go to work in West Jerusalem out of fear for their lives"
"Many of the [Palestinian] residents of occupied Jerusalem who work in the western part of the city, preferred not to go to work for the fourth day in a row, for fear of being attacked by the settlers or occupation forces.
A number of Jerusalem residents reported that what has been exposed in the local media and news websites regarding the murder of some residents of the city in cold blood, while making accusations against them to justify the executions, has begun to cast a heavy shadow, and cause many of the [Palestinian] Jerusalem workers not to go to their workplaces in Jerusalem out of fear for their lives.
The last attack and execution of Palestinians residing in Jerusalem was the execution of the young Muhammad Nazmi Shamasneh (i.e., terrorist who stabbed 3), from the village of Katana northwest of Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem bus station, based on the claim he had attempted to take a soldier's weapon. This despite the fact that in the picture the Martyr (Shahid) is seen bound before he was executed in cold blood.
This sight was repeated yesterday [Oct. 12, 2015] in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev next to the Shuafat refugee camp in the center of occupied Jerusalem. Bullets were shot at two children: Martyr Hassan Khaled Mahaineh Manasrah, 15, a 10th grade student at the Ibn Khaldun school, and Ahmad Saleh Mahaineh Manasrah, 13, an 8th grade student at the Al-Jil Al-Jadid school, who was injured. The two of them were on their way home from school. They went to the commercial center next to their homes in the settlement Pisgat Zeev, and were shot, based on the claim that they had tried to stab settlers. Hassan was killed by the shooting, while settlers and people from the occupation forces gleefully tortured the child Ahmad and did not give him any aid, despite the fact that he was seriously injured, while cursing and saying very crude things, which were widely quoted in the social media.
The student Marah Al-Bakri was seriously wounded by a settler's gunfire, on the pretext she had tried to stab him, and before that the student Mustafa Al-Khatib was executed in the area of the Lion's Gate, for the same accusation (an attempted stabbing of a soldier) [parentheses in source]. Local human rights organizations published a guide for students in the city, which tells them how to deal with the gangs of settlers and the occupation forces' soldiers, out of fear for their lives."
[WAFA (the official Palestinian news agency), Oct. 13, 2015]
Muhammad Nazmi Shamasneh (22) terrorist who choked and stabbed an Israeli soldier in order to take his weapon on Oct. 12, 2015, on bus 185 near the central bus station in Jerusalem. The terrorist also stabbed and injured two additional people. He was shot and killed by police.
Pisgat Ze'ev stabbing attack - On Oct. 12, 2015, two Palestinian terrorists, Hassan Manasrah (15) and Ahmad Manasrah (13), stabbed Yossef Ben Shalom (21) in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of East Jerusalem, then repeatedly stabbed a 13-year-old boy (name undisclosed at time of writing) who was riding his bike. One terrorist was hit by a car while fleeing the scene, and the other terrorist was shot by Israeli police. Both victims of the attack were seriously injured. The terrorists, who are cousins, came from the nearby Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina.
Mustafa Al-Khatib - 18-year-old terrorist who tried to stab a soldier near the Lion Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem and was shot and killed by Israeli police.
Marah Al-Bakri - 16-year-old female terrorist who stabbed an Israeli border policeman at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem. She was shot and wounded by the policeman.
Headline: "3 youths died as Martyrs and 3 settlers were killed in Jerusalem."
"3 [Palestinian] youths died as Martyrs and three settlers were killed today, Tuesday [Oct. 13, 2015] before noon in a shooting and stabbing operation (i.e., terror attack) inside an Israeli bus in the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
According to Hebrew sources, two [Palestinian] citizens aged 22 and 23 died as Martyrs, while 2 settlers were killed and more than 9 wounded 'during a shooting and stabbing operation the two [Palestinians] carried out inside a bus with settlers in the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood.' At this time it is impossible to verify their identity.
The sources stated that in a run-over operation (i.e., car terror attack) carried out in a bus parking in Jerusalem, a [Palestinian] citizen died as a Martyr and a settler was killed, and a few more settlers were wounded.
In a second stabbing operation (i.e., terror attack) in Ra'anana near Tel Aviv, two settlers were wounded, according to Hebrew sources. Previously, an additional stabbing attempt occurred in the same area. The [Palestinian] who carried out the operation was arrested after he was seriously wounded as a result of [Israeli] passersby attacking him.
On the Hebrew websites, it was claimed that 'the youth was carrying a knife, and attacked a group of settlers near the Ra'anana municipality building, and lightly injured one of them.'"
[WAFA (the official Palestinian news agency), Oct. 13, 2015]
Headline: 'Abu Rudeina: The execution of child Manasrah (i.e., terrorist who stabbed 2) is a crime Israel is responsible for'
"Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina stated that the execution of child Hassan Manasrah in front of the media, as child Muhammad Al-Dura was executed in the year 2000, is an abominable crime, and the legal, humanitarian and political responsibility for it is on the Israeli government. He demanded that the Israeli government catches those who committed this crime. Abu Rudeina stated: 'If the government of Israel continues this escalation [of violence] by carrying out more grave acts of execution, the situation in the region will go out of control, and everyone will pay a heavy price for these Israeli crimes.'
Child Hassan Manasrah, 15, died as a Martyr yesterday and his cousin, Ahmad Saleh Manasrah, 13, was seriously wounded by the occupation's gunfire, after, according to [the Israelis'] claim, they stabbed two settlers in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev, which is situated on the lands of Hizmeh and Beit Hanina in the north of occupied Jerusalem."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 13, 2015]
Pisgat Ze'ev stabbing attack - On Oct. 12, 2015, two Palestinian terrorists, Hassan Manasrah (15) and Ahmad Manasrah (13), stabbed Yossef Ben Shalom (21) in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of East Jerusalem, then repeatedly stabbed a 13-year-old boy (name undisclosed at time of writing) who was riding his bike. One terrorist was hit by a car while fleeing the scene, and the other terrorist was shot by Israeli police. Both victims of the attack were seriously injured. The terrorists, who were cousins, came from the nearby Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina.