A couple of weeks ago, an Israeli father of seven, Meir Avshalom Chai was killed. Immediately afterwards, the IDF pursued and killed three suspects. (The same day the IDF killed three men attempting to infiltrate from Gaza.) Of course the Palestinian Authority complained.
An adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and spokesman for the Palestinian Authority, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned the two incidents.
“The Israeli escalation in the West Bank and Gaza and the return to the policy of assassinations and random killings in virtual excuses shows that the the Israeli government decided to destroy the independence and security of the Palestinian people and is pulling our people into a bloody circle of violence,” Rudeineh told CNN.
“The Israeli government should bear the responsibility for the killings and also bear the responsibility for the dead end in moving the peace process forward because of Israel’s refusal to stop the policy of settlement and to commit to the references of the peace process,” he said.
Of course this raises the question what the Palestinian police were doing. Now we apparently know the answer: they were preparing for a bonfire. Yesterday was a big event, where the Palestinians burned products that were produced in Judea and Samaria. Everyone, seemingly, got into the act, even “moderate” Palestinian President Salam Fayyad. (h/t Israelly Cool)
I’m not sure how this helps build a Palestinian state, but apparently it’s more important than fighting terror.
Meanwhile the moderate PA is also promoting a music video starring Wafa Idris.
Wafa Idris, the first Palestinian female suicide terrorist, was honored as a “Shahida” – holy Martyr – in a new Fatah promotional music video broadcast this week on Palestinian Authority TV. Idris killed one Israeli and wounded 150 in her suicide bombing in 2002.
This picture of Wafa Idris with the text “The Shahida (Martyr) Wafa Ali Idris” appears in the new PA TV music video, which blends scenes and pictures paying tribute to the PLO, Fatah, Yasser Arafat and PA and Fatah Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. PA TV is under the control of Abbas’s office.
Nice to know that Israel’s peace partners have this state building and confidence building stuff down to a science.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
