Abu Bluff awards 'star of honor' to top 'Palestinian' terrorist
In a ceremony broadcast on Palestinian television and also posted on Abbas's Yuutube channel, Nayef Hawatmeh, the leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) was awarded the Star of Honour, in recognition, a Palestinian official present at the ceremeny said, for:
"...his important national role in service of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people, and in recognition of his efforts to raise the flag of Palestine since the launch of the Palestinian revolution, through the stages of the ongoing struggle".
The move will cause consternation in Washington, where Congress has long criticised the Palestinian Authority over incitiment and the glorification of terrorists. The Obama administration is unlikely to be much happier as this comes just days after Secretary of State John Kerry left the region saying he was positive about the prospects for peace.
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"The DFLP has carried out many deadly terror attacks, including the killing of 22 schoolchildren and 4 adults after taking them hostage in Ma'alot, the killing of 9 children and 3 adults in an attack on a school bus, the killing of 7 in a Jerusalem bombing, the killing of 4 hostages in an apartment building in Beit Shean, all of which took place in the 1970's.
"In addition, the DFLP has participated in and claimed responsibility for dozens of other terror attacks, including a suicide bombing near Tel Aviv that killed 4 in 2003."
Abbas, widely billed as a moderate, has a long track record of honouring terrorists.I'm shocked. Not....
Labels: Abu Mazen, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, John Kerry, Palestinian terrorism, two-state solution
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