Israel Matzav

Empire State Jihadist's family took orders from the 'Palestinian Authority'

Michelle Malkin blogs a story in Sunday's New York Daily News that reports that a 'Palestinian' teacher who shot seven tourists (murdering one of them) on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in 1997 before committing suicide was not 'depressed' as previously reported. The man's family now admits that he shot all those people for 'revenge' and that the family kept it quiet on orders from the 'Palestinian Authority.'

Hat Tip: Pajamas Media

Kamal's widow insisted after the shooting spree that the attack was not politically motivated. She said that her husband had become suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture.

But in a stunning admission, Kamal's 48-year-old daughter Linda told the Daily News that her dad wanted to punish the U.S. for supporting Israel - and revealed her mom's 1997 account was a cover story crafted by the Palestinian Authority.

"A Palestinian Authority official advised us to say the attack was not for political reasons because that would harm the peace agreement with Israel," she told The News on Friday. "We didn't know that he was martyred for patriotic motivations, so we repeated what we were told to do."

But three days after the shootings, Kamal's family got a copy of a letter that was found on his body, they said. The letter said he planned the violence as a political statement, his daughter said.

"When we wanted to clarify that to the media, nobody listened to us," she said. "His goal was patriotic. He wanted to take revenge from the Americans, the British, the French and the Israelis."

Michelle asks the real question: why is this family still living in the United States? I don't know. But I think the victims and their families should get a shot (pardon the pun) at the Kamal family's assets before they are deported.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:40 AM