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Terrorism

Arafat?s PA honors killers of Jewish family


By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff
May 04, 2004

According to Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority, pregnant Jewish women and young Jewish girls who make their homes in the Gaza Strip are “terrorists,” while the “Palestinians” who murder them are “heroic martyrs.”

On Sunday, two Palestinian Arab gunmen mercilessly shot to death Tali Hatuel, 36, and her four daughters, all under the age of 12. Hatuel’s unborn son was also killed.

But rather than condemn their murder, the Arafat-controlled Voice of Palestine slammed Israel for rocketing a Gaza City Hamas radio station in response.

The massacre of the Hatuel family - during which the terrorists themselves were eliminated by IDF troops - was labeled as an “act of heroic martyrdom.”

Honoring murderers

Following the gruesome slaughter of the Hatuel family Sunday, Israel launched a limited rocket attack on a Gaza City Hamas radio station known as a beacon of virulent Jew hatred.

While no “Palestinians” were wounded in the strike, and the station was operating in violation of the Oslo Accords, the Voice of Palestine quoted a senior PA official as calling the raid a “cowardly act by a war criminal.”

The anchor then went on to portray the murderers of the Hatuel girls as “heroic martyrs” (they were chased down and killed by IDF soldiers following the attack), reported media analyst Michael Widlanski.

The Voice of Palestine is an official mouthpiece of Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority.

The mainstream Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera referred to the killing as a “resistance strike.”

Vilifying victims

While their killers were honored, Voice of Palestine called Tali Hatuel and her daughters “terrorists” in its Monday morning broadcast, Widlanski noted.

The radio’s initial report on the attack said only that “five settlers” had been killed, but failed to identify the victims as a pregnant woman and four young girls.

Nor was the brutal manner in which they were executed reported.

Inhumane brutality

Further investigation of the attack this week revealed the two “Palestinian” gunmen first shot at the Hatuel’s car from several meters away, and then approached to finish off the family from close range.

According to Arutz 7, the killers videotaped the Hatuels being ripped apart by their bullets and bleeding to death.

Palestinian Arabs throughout Judea, Samaria and Gaza celebrated the murder of Tali and her girls.

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