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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
PMW: Fatah: Insincere condemnation by Abbas of murders of 4 Jews

From: PMW Bulletin
PMW Bulletin
Nov. 18, 2014
Abbas' Fatah:Abbas only condemned murder of 4 Jews because of international
pressure -just like Arafat
To justify why Abbas condemned this morning's murders, Fatah publicized a
video today that PMW had exposed in which Arafat's bodyguard explained that
Arafat was lying when he condemned terror attacks
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=13081

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

Following the Palestinian Authority's condemnation of this morning's terror
attack in which 4 Jews were murdered while praying in a Jerusalem synagogue,
Abbas' Fatah showed on its official Facebook page that Abbas' condemnation
is not sincere.

Fatah explained Abbas' condemnation of the murders by using Palestinian
Media Watch documentation showing Arafat's bodyguard explaining that Arafat
would lie and condemn terror attacks due to international pressure to do so,
but that "it wasn't true."
[Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page", Nov. 18, 2014]

Arafat's bodyguard: "Whenever an operation (i.e., terror attack) was carried
out in Tel Aviv, Arafat would go out and say [he condemned it] - of course,
after pressure. First and foremost [from Egyptian] President Mubarak. He
would call brother Arafat and tell him: "Brother Arafat, go and condemn it,
they'll screw you." [Arafat] would tell him: "But Mr. President, I have
Martyrs - they [Israel] destroyed us, they massacred us." [Mubarak] would
tell him: "Brother Arafat, go and condemn [it]. They'll screw you." Brother
Arafat would go and condemn it in his special way: I am against killing
civilians - and that wasn't true." [BBC Arabic YouTube channel, April 1,
2014]

Click to view
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=711&fld_id=723&doc_id=11730

Fatah posted this text with the video: "For those who argue with Fatah: Why
the PA condemns self-sacrifice operations!" [Facebook, "Fatah - The Main
Page", Nov. 18, 2014]

This shows that Fatah needed to justify the fact that Abbas, heading both
the PA and Fatah, issued a condemnation in the name of the PA. Arguing that
the reason Abbas issued the condemnation is the same reason Arafat condemned
the killing of civilians - namely international pressure - Fatah states that
Abbas' condemnation is not sincere.

Shortly after this post appeared on the Fatah Facebook page the content
became unavailable.

Fatah and Abbas' advisor have glorified this morning's attack, as documented
by Palestinian Media Watch.
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=13079

Note on the terror attack this morning: On Nov. 18, 2014, two Arab
terrorists, Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal, from East Jerusalem, entered a
synagogue in Jerusalem and attacked worshipers with guns, knives and axes,
killing 4 and injuring 8, 4 of them seriously. The terrorists were killed in
an exchange of fire with Israeli Security Forces that arrived on the scene.

The following is a longer excerpt of the interview with Arafat's bodyguard
explaining how the condemnations of terror attacks were not sincere:

TV host: "How can someone be a radio and TV engineer and agree to be the
bodyguard of a public personality, even if it is Yasser Arafat?"

Arafat's bodyguard Muhammad Dayeh: "As far as I'm concerned, even if I was a
doctor and he had asked me to work for him as a cook - I would have worked
for Arafat. My father and mother taught me - I suckled love for Arafat from
my mother's milk. We love Arafat passionately."
TV host: "[Former Israeli PM Ariel] Sharon called Arafat a pathological
liar, and many politicians who knew Arafat say he excelled at lying."
Bodyguard: "[Our] religion permits lying in three cases: to settle between
two people - religion allows you [to lie] in order to settle between two
people."
TV host: "For reconciliation."
Bodyguard: "Someone whose wife isn't pretty, [can] say, 'You're the most
beautiful woman in the world'; and the third [case] is in politics - you can
lie."
TV host: "Do you agree with this?"
Bodyguard:"Yes, yes."
TV host: "He would lie in front of you."

Bodyguard: "Yes. Arafat, yes. For example, whenever an operation (i.e.,
terror attack) was carried out in Tel Aviv, Arafat would go out and say [he
condemned it] - of course, after pressure. First and foremost [from
Egyptian] President Mubarak. He would call brother Arafat and tell him:
"Brother Arafat, go and condemn it, they'll screw you." [Arafat] would tell
him: "But Mr. President, I have Martyrs - they [Israel] destroyed us, they
massacred us." [Mubarak] would tell him: "Brother Arafat, go and condemn
[it]. They'll screw you." Brother Arafat would go and condemn it in his
special way: I am against killing civilians - and that wasn't true."

[BBC Arabic YouTube channel, April 1, 2014]

© Palestinian Media Watch, 1996-2014. Writings, translations, and videos may
be used, provided that clear attribution is given to Palestinian Media
Watch.

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