PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel
Dalal al-Mughrabi died while carrying out 1978 attack on Haifa-Tel Aviv highway in which 35 were killed.
By Reuters Tags: Palestinian Authority Fatah Israel newsThe Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead.
The cancellation of the ceremony planned for Thursday coincided with a visit to the West Bank by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who met with Palestinian leaders as part of Washington's efforts to revive the moribund Middle East peace process.
Three Palestinian officials involved in organizing the event to honor Dalal al-Mughrabi, killed in the attack, said Israel told the Palestinian Authority to cancel the ceremony at which a traffic circle near Ramallah was to have been named after her and a memorial plaque unveiled.
The Israel Defense Forces, which controls access to the city, said initial checks could not find record of such a demand.
Mughrabi is remembered as a heroine by Palestinians, while Israel considers her a terrorist.
A member of the Fatah group led at the time by the late Yasser Arafat, Mughrabi and a group of fighters landed by sea on a beach in northern Israel.
They shot dead an American woman taking photos of wildlife and then hijacked the bus on the busy Haifa-Tel Aviv highway, where they shot at passing cars.
The vehicle was brought to a halt at a police roadblock at the entrance to Tel Aviv, where a gunfight ensued and explosives detonated.
"The commemoration should have been on the 11th, on the anniversary of her martyrdom," said Rashida al-Mughrabi, Dalal al-Mughrabi's sister and an officer in the Palestinian Authority security forces.
"A decision to cancel the celebration came from official channels," she told Reuters.
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Typical of the so called "Palestinians" and their Arab/Iranian Muslim brothers. Celebrate a monster for committing mass murder SPECIFICALLY AGAINST CIVILIANS- meanwhile, the LEFT claims Israelis, who have NEVER deliberately targeted civilians are the murders! what has this world come to!?
You talk your shit about the Palestinians honoring their dead fighters, while Israelis regularly honor theirs; INCLUDING terrorists, by the way! Apparently you forget who it WAS that introduced "terrorist" tactics to the world. It sure the hell wasn't the Palestinians! You have the gall to denigrate THEM, while ignoring YOUR roots!
and those of every other israeli? you know...just to a get a good count of how many are names that originate elsewhere?
"Why? They used to love souless and dishuman persons?" Like Menachem Begin,Yitzak Shamir,Ariel Sharon?
"I`m sure the P.A. would have proceeded with this ceremony in Ramallah had V.P. Biden not been in the West Bank at the same time." Yes they would have but showed restraint. On the other hand, the Israeli Government announced the same day of V. P. Biden's visit to Israel that they were going to construct 1600 illegal homes, showing no restraint at all. Anyone who believes Israel is serious about peace is foolish.
The "pals" have nobody else to honor. They have no doctors that made a medical breakthrough. They have no architects that built any bridges or noteworthy buildings. No outstanding inventors. No ship builders. No explorers. No athletes. No notable musical performers. No artists (except for graffiti). No astronauts. No brain surgeons. No filmmakers (outside of YouTube stuff). No notable mathematicians. They had no brave warriors in their history, only terrorists. So they are doing their best with a bad hand. Honoring their terrorists that scored the highest number of kills is sort of the default position when you are looking to build a monument.
What he did was repulsive. His name should be stricken from the minds of all who love Israel. The same goes for this woman.
The palestinian arabs have proven for 62 years that they are not fit to govern one inch of land
"Israel honors Jewish Underground Terrorists. Whats the difference?" - James There is none. Here in the US we honor the Sons of Liberty. The general opinion of people is that terrorism is ok when the folks they like do it.
Sounds like someone decided NOT to embarrass Biden and the PA.
hide your heroes in the trash can, Biden doesn't need to be reminded of pal terror now, does he? ( that's their only specialty other than lies from sun up to sun down.)
hide your heroes in the trash can, Biden doesn't need to be reminded of pal terror now, does he? ( that's their only specialty other than lies from sun up to sun down.)
The difference is that Israel didn't cancel its commemoration of jewish terrorists. Blowing up an hotel is as bad as killing peoplein a bus. The history of Israels creation is full of jewish terrorism.
That's the why they can't have a state, they can't be civlized, Israel will never let this scumbags have a state for good.
You trying to tell us it's ok?
Whats the difference?
"...it is very clear that by now the Pals have their innocent people and children who were murdered by the enemy also to mourn..." It is very clear that your ignorance of the history of the Israeli/Arab conflict and strong anti-Israel bias dictate's your equating the Israeli/Israeli/Arab victims of Arab terror and its efforts to destroy the Jewish State with Arab civilians caught up in their leader's murderous actions.Your math is wrong as is your prejudice.
I'm sure the P.A. would have proceeded with this ceremony in Ramallah had V.P. Biden not been in the West Bank at the same time. The true character of the P.A. is very apparent. But Biden and Obama are too foolish to see through the P.A. and understand their real motives.
For someone who is not part in this conflict it is very clear that by now the Pals have their innocent people and children who were murdered by the enemy also to mourn and thT their number exedes that of Israel. Hold your Chutzpah of saying "these are supposed to be our partners? please".
Israel announces they are building 1600 houses in EJ. PA cancels something which would be controversial. Who has the class?
....that the world wants Israel to make peace with. Why not also mention that Abu Mazen has just announced that Mahmoud Damara, former Fatah head of Force 17, now serving multiple life sentences for murders of Israelis, has been promoted to the rank of Major General while he sits in jail. How about a posthumous promotion? We could all live with that.......
And these are are partners for peace??
The Palestinian leaders are a lost cause and walk around in a stupor fueled with historical revisionism, jealousy, rage, and plain stupidity. At this rate the Palestinian State they dream of attaining is unnecessarily and tragically a living nightmare for them.
So much for the argument that terrorists are Palestinian Arabs are the natives of the land trying to reclaim it. This woman's name was al-Mughrabi, clearly indicating her origins in the Maghreb of North Africa.