Netanyahu criticizes Abbas for meeting Palestinian terrorist freed in Shalit deal
Palestinian President meets Amna Muna during Turkey visit; PM's Office: The man who says he wants peace goes out of his way to meet a 'despicable murderer.'
By Barak Ravid Tags: Shalit swap Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud AbbasPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for meeting freed Palestinian terrorist Amna Muna during a visit to Turkey on Wednesday.
Muna, who was freed to Turkey during the first stage of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange swap with Hamas, was serving a life sentence for her part in the murder of Ofir Rahum, an Israeli teen from Ashkelon.
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Mahmoud Abbas and Amna Muna during a meeting in Turkey. |
Muna was supposed to go to the Gaza Strip, but she refused to enter the territory - apparently because she is a secular Muslim.
On Wednesday Israel Radio reported that Abbas had met Muna in private during his visit to Turkey after holding a group meeting with the rest of the Palestinians deported to Turkey in the Shalit deal.
In response to Abbas' meeting, the Prime Minister's Office released a statement later Wednesday, saying that it was "shocking to see the man who claims to the whole world that he aims for peace with Israel, going as far as Turkey to meet a despicable murderer."
Fatah strongman Jibril Rajub addressed the PA president's meeting with Muna, saying the freed prisoner wasn't in seclusion, telling Israel Radio: "If she doesn't deserve to live, why did you let her go?"
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The headline made me laugh...until I remembered how often this brand of stupidity occurs in the Middle East!!!
lehi
This is YOUR fault for releasing the terrorists. If she was rotting in jail she wouldn't have net him.
And stop playing the victim.
It was Netanyahu , not Abbas, who freed the "despicable murderer".
before Benjamin Netanyahu criticized anyone,he should apologise for his people stealing my father home and carpentary shop in jerusalem in 1948.
did not only meet Israeli politicians, but became such themselves? Must I mention Begin?
I also noticed Bibi always wears his gay red tie when dealing with Abbas. That is logistics.
He has two months only, then he goes. Give or take a week or two
The Irgun never targetted civilians. There were no such attacks against Arab civlians in "buses, market places and cinemas" THERE WERE NO CINEMAS MARKET PLACES OR BUSES When the Irgun blew up the King David Hotel...the only reason there were civilians casualties is because the British didn't listen to Irgun's prior warning
he should also change the likud charter calling for additional expansion over the the Jordan, AND take ACTIONS to cstem the ongoing Settler Terrorisim.
what else can be said?
The only reason there were civilian casualties is because Irgun detonated a bomb!!! You want to blame the victims???
Peace! Peace! they cry! And, there is no peace!