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| | According to Israeli media, Hamarsheh has ties to the Fatah terror group, and previously spent a year and a half behind bars for his terrorist affiliations. | | According to Israeli media, Hamarsheh has ties to the Fatah terror group, and previously spent a year and a half behind bars for his terrorist affiliations. |
| | He also had worked illegally at a building site in Bnei Brak.</blockquote></ref> who, while shouting in Arabic, carried out the massacre on March 29, 2022, targeting the Bnei Brack town of pious Haredi, overwlmingly avoiding IDF draft - conscientious objectors, (in addition, they avoid visiting the Temple Mount), thus exposing pure hatred. | | He also had worked illegally at a building site in Bnei Brak.</blockquote></ref> who, while shouting in Arabic, carried out the massacre on March 29, 2022, targeting the Bnei Brack town of pious Haredi, overwlmingly avoiding IDF draft - conscientious objectors, (in addition, they avoid visiting the Temple Mount), thus exposing pure hatred. |
| − | In [[Gaza]], they celebrated.<ref>Ashraf Amra @amra_ashraf Tweeted (Mar 29, 2022):<blockquote> | + | It was celebrated by official Fatah and by masses in Jenin, <ref>[http://www.memri.org.il/cgi-webaxy/item?5581 Palestinian Fatah Movement Glorifies Bnei Brak Terror Attack], Memri, March 30, 2022. |
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| | + | The March 29, 2022 shooting in the city of Bnei Brak in central Israel, which was perpetrated by Diaa Hamarsha (26), a Palestinian from the town of Ya'abad near Jenin in the West Bank, was met with celebrations and with expressions of praise in the Palestinian Authority, especially in the Jenin area. Although Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud 'Abbas condemned the attack, in which five Israelis were killed, other elements in the Fatah movement, which 'Abbas heads, condoned the attack and its perpetrator. |
| | + | When news of the attack and the identity of the attacker became known, celebrations broke out in the Jenin area and in particular in Ya'abad itself. Processions were held and locals handed out sweets, and a Fatah rally was held near the home of the shooter, who was apparently a member of this movement, at which statements and slogans praising the attack were heard. |
| | + | In addition, Fatah and its military branch, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, issued statements and posters glorifying the attack and the shooter. Fatah's local branch in Jenin province, for example, congratulated the "heroic martyr," and spokespeople for Fatah and its military wing promised that the intifada and the martyrdom operations would continue. |
| | + | This report reviews the expressions of praise for the attack and its perpetrator. |
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| | + | Locals In Jenin Province Rejoice Over The Attack, Chant "Millions Of Martyrs Are Marching To Jerusalem" |
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| | + | After news of the Bnei Brak shooting broke and the identity of the attacker became known, locals in his town of Ya'abad and in the Jenin area took to the streets to celebrate. According to an Al-Quds reporter in Jenin, "large-scale processions were held in the city, in the refugee camp [adjacent to it] and in the town of Ya'abad to express pride in the martyr Diaa Hamarsha, who carried out the operation in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv." The reporter also noted that "sweets were handed out during the processions to celebrate the operation."[3] |
| | + | Videos of the celebrations were posted on social media, including a video of a Fatah rally near the attacker's home, where the organization's secretary-general in Jenin, 'Atta Abu Ramila, praised the "hero" Hamarsha and participants chanted "with spirit and blood we shall redeem you, O Palestine." Other videos showed people marching and handing out sweets, and calling out slogans in praise of armed resistance, such as "millions of martyrs are marching to Jerusalem."...</blockquote></ref> as well as in [[Gaza]], they celebrated.<ref>Ashraf Amra @amra_ashraf Tweeted (Mar 29, 2022):<blockquote> |
| | A Palestinian man distribute sweets to people on the street after five Israelis were killed in shooting attack, in Deir al-Balah in the center of #Gaza strip, on March 29, 2022. Photo by Ashraf Amra.</blockquote>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPChdAcWYAgnz9i.jpg]</ref><ref>Daniel Wachtel (@WachtelDan) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/WachtelDan/status/1508878108451119105 March 29, 2022]): | | A Palestinian man distribute sweets to people on the street after five Israelis were killed in shooting attack, in Deir al-Balah in the center of #Gaza strip, on March 29, 2022. Photo by Ashraf Amra.</blockquote>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPChdAcWYAgnz9i.jpg]</ref><ref>Daniel Wachtel (@WachtelDan) Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/WachtelDan/status/1508878108451119105 March 29, 2022]): |
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| | Shortly before the massacre, was seen a combined drawing of "Palestine" [[PLO]] flag, a mosque and a swastika, some 800 meters of a distance from the scene of the massacre.<ref>[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/279545 The Palestine flag, mosque and Swastika prior to racist Arab massacre in Bnei Brak (March 29, 2022)], DP, March 30, 2022. | | Shortly before the massacre, was seen a combined drawing of "Palestine" [[PLO]] flag, a mosque and a swastika, some 800 meters of a distance from the scene of the massacre.<ref>[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/279545 The Palestine flag, mosque and Swastika prior to racist Arab massacre in Bnei Brak (March 29, 2022)], DP, March 30, 2022. |
| − | A tweeter: <blockquote>At noon, I received the number one brother-in-law, reported the police, when we brought that she would not do anything, I turned to a friend that he was close to the city of Barak, unfortunately, the result was not late to come, on its careless side. Do not know if they could have prevented, but the police did not do enough.</blockquote> | + | A tweeter: <blockquote>At noon, I received the number one sister-in-law, reported to the police... unfortunately, the result was not late to come, on its careless side. Do not know if they could have prevented, but the police did not do enough.</blockquote> |
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