September 01, 2004

Palestinians celebrate Beersheba attacks

While hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in major cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to celebrate the double suicide bombings in Beersheba, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat reiterated his call for sacrificing millions of martyrs to "liberate Jerusalem."
[Sneer quotes, mine. Don't know why the JPost left them off, because Arafat wants to liberate Jerusalem from whom or what exactly?--Jen]

Women in Nablus ululated in joy as Arab satellite TV stations interrupted their normal programs to break the news of the bombings. Scores of gunmen opened fire into the air, shouting "Allahu Akbar!" or God is Great.

Similar expressions of joy were reported in Tulkarm and Jenin.

In Gaza City, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the streets carrying pictures of slain Hamas leaders Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi. The protesters hailed the suicide bombers as heroes and urged Hamas to launch more attacks inside Israel. Some of the demonstrators handed out sweets to the crowd as a sign of their jubilation.
[Just like they did when they heard we were attacked and had had 3,000 citizens murdered by Islamist henchmen on 9/11.
I hate this creepy death cult!--J.T.]

The attacks in Beersheba took place as Arafat was meeting with hundreds of supporters from the West Bank town of Salfit. Arafat told the crowd that the Palestinians were determined to sacrifice millions of people to liberate Jerusalem.

"We will march towards Jerusalem, we will sacrifice millions of martyrs," Arafat said in his famous battle cry. "Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Palestine."

PA officials said the visit was in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike. As Arafat flashed V-for-victory signs at the crowd, many chanted, "With our blood, with our soul, we will redeem Abu Amar [Arafat] and Palestine."

Then, in English, for the benefit of the Western, Leftist media who enable and support his group of murderers, Arafat turns around and does this:

Arafat later issued a statement condemning the twin suicide bombings in Beersheba and calling for keeping Israeli and Palestinian civilians outside the cycle of violence.

"The position of the Palestinian Authority is clear," said the statement issued by Arafat's office in Ramallah. "We are against any aggression against Palestinian and Israeli civilians."

It's become more than clear over the last 4 years of the Intifada that the "Palestinians" will never pursue anything but the slaughter of Jews and the eradication of the state of Israel as long as Arafat is in charge.
Whether they can change after he's gone remains to be seen.
Apparently, the suicide bombers were able to hit the buses in Beersheba because it's a place in Israel where the security fence isn't in place yet.
What a tragedy--16 dead and over 100 wounded.
Aren't you glad that President Bush has recognized Arafat for the thug that he is and doesn't receive him at the White House, like Clintoon?
Arafat and his death squads from Hamas, Hizbollah or wherever are IslamoFacist killers to be pitilessly defeated and not appeased or accomodated and thank God both Ariel Sharon and our President know this and act accordingly.
God rest the victims of the bombings.
Israel, fight on and build the rest of the fence!