What a place for a tailgate party!
I have mentioned that there are some 'Palestinian' terrorists in Israeli jails who
claim to be on a
hunger strike.
In a move that's nothing short of brilliant, the National Union (Ichud Leumi) youth group has been holding a massive barbecue outside the Ofer Prison. The Ofer Prison is at the entrance to Ramallah along Route 443 and is the home of many high risk security prisoners. And the barbecue is enhanced by fans.
Let's go to the videotape.
The fumes have the 'Palestinians'
fuming.
The Wall Street Journal reported widespread Palestinian anger over the barbecue:
Palestinian newspapers on Friday condemned the barbecue as another aggression against the Palestinian people.
“How can anyone barbecue with the smell of meat near political
prisoners fighting for their country?” said Qadura Fares, head of the
Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, which supports the inmates. He spoke at a
demonstration Friday by dozens of Palestinians at Ofer prison, north of
Jerusalem.
Various anti-Israel groups have joined the chorus of condemnation.
The Palestine Information Center, a primary center for anti-Israel propaganda, called the Israelis the “
scum of the earth“:
Well. Boo. Hoo. (
Read the whole thing for a lot more reactions from the Jew haters and the self-hating JINOs).
In the meantime, the funes are having their effect. YNet reported yesterday that 186 hunger strikers have already
officially dropped out.
Momentum in a mass hunger strike launched by Palestinian security
prisoners last week suffered a blow on Saturday when all of the 84
prisoners in the Hamas wing at Gilboa Prison, and two prisoners in
Megiddo Prison, ceased to strike.
The break is the second to have taken place since the hunger
strike got underway last week, with 100 prisoners reporting that they
were dropping out just 24 hours after it began.
The latest sign of cracks forming in the unified protest, which
is being led by Marwan Barghouti—a convicted terrorist—comes just days
after 1,187 Palestinian security prisoners announced that they had begun
the hunger strike.
What are the 'Palestinian' demands? You won't believe them....
The demands included a provision that the Prisons Service install
public telephone wings, similar to those installed for criminal
prisoners.
The second demand laid out by the prisoners was that Israel
restore the procedure of two visits per month by prisoners' families.
Nine months ago, the Red Cross, which finances the
transportation of family members on buses from the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip to prisons, reduced the number of family visits from twice a
month to once. ostensibly due to financial problems.
The prisoners also demanded that visits be extended from 45
minutes to 90 minutes and that Israel not prevent immediate and extended
family members with security-related offenses from visiting.
Additionally, prisoners are also demanding that they be allowed to be
photographed with their families once every three months.
They've also asked for
more cable television channels. Yes, really. What they'd really like is to be in a '
prison' like this one.
Palestinian guards confirmed yesterday that Ahmed Saadat, a leading
militant captured by Israeli troops in the raid, kept birds and flowers
in his quarters. Western officials said that Saadat in effect used other
prisoners as “domestic staff”.
An official told The Times that
Fuad Shobaki, the alleged moneyman behind a 2002 weapons shipment
intercepted by Israel, smoked up to five Cuban cigars a day and was
known as “The Brigadier” to inmates and staff. He was also seized.
“Saadat
and Shobaki were very much in charge,” one prison source said. “These
guys were running the prison. They did what they wanted, when they
wanted.”
But that prison was run by Britain and not by Israel. The Israeli Prison Service apparently still has some notion of punishment.
Labels: Ahmed Saadat, Fouad al-Shobaki, hunger strike, Marwan Barghouti, Palestinian prisoners, Palestinian terrorists
Abu Bluff asks US to help free Barghouti, Saadat
Earlier this week, I reported that '
moderate' '
Palestinian' President
Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen planned to
demand the release of murderers Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat in exchange for an extension of the 'peace talks.' Reuters is now
confirming that demand was made.
A Palestinian official said Abbas had written
to the United States asking them to bring about the release of ill
prisoners, female inmates and minors, as well as Barghouti and two other
high-profile leaders - Ahmed Sa'adat and Fouad Al-Shobaki.
"The
president renewed his demand during the recent meetings in Washington,"
said Qadoura Fares, chairman of the Palestinian Prisoner Club,
referring to Abbas's trip to Washington this week to discuss the shaky
peace process with President Barack Obama.
An
Israeli court sentenced Barghouti to five life sentences and 40 years
in jail in 2004, finding him guilty of orchestrating ambushes and
suicide attacks during the Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, that was
raging at the time.
Saadat was the planner and leader of the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rechavam Zeevi HY"D (May God Avenge his blood). Shobaki was the financier of the Karine A weapons ship that convinced then-President George W. Bush to break off all negotiations with Yasser Arafat. Israel has held them since
2006. Before that, they were held in a '
prison' that was monitored by Britain.
The second picture is (left to right) Saadat, Barghouti and their good friend, the
child murderer Samir al-Kuntar. Kuntar was released in 2008 in
exchange for two black boxes containing the
mutilated remains of kidnapped IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev HY"D (May God Avenge their blood).
Labels: Abu Mazen, Ahmed Saadat, Barack Hussein Obama, Fouad al-Shobaki, gestures, Marwan Barghouti, Middle East peace process, Palestinian terrorists, Samir al-Kuntar, unilateral concessions
Oh my... LIVNI says we may not release terrorists
This is about as strong a warning as the 'Palestinians' are going to get that the handouts from Israel just might be over. Israel's 'chief negotiator,' Tzipi Livni said on Tuesday that
there might not be a fourth terrorist release on the 29th of March unless there's a commitment from the 'Palestinians' that the 'negotiations' will continue beyond the end of April.
"There was never any automatic commitment to release prisoners
unrelated to making progress in negotiations," Livni said in a speech
in southern Israel that could complicate Washington's efforts to salvage
peacemaking.
She was referring to Israel's agreement, as part of
US efforts to revive Palestinian statehood talks frozen for three
years, to free 104 inmates jailed for attacks, many of them deadly,
against Israelis before a 1993 interim peace deal.
Israel has freed more than 70 of those prisoners
since the negotiations resumed in July. But the talks have made little
progress and Washington is trying to set guidelines to keep them going
beyond the original April 29 target date for an accord.
US
officials fear the negotiations could break down if Israel fails to
free the final batch of prisoners. Palestinians regard brethren jailed
by Israel as heroes in a quest for an independent state in the occupied
West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. Israel views them as
terrorists.
"The key to the door for Palestinian prisoners is in Abu Mazen's hands," Livni said, using Abbas's nickname.
As you might recall, earlier this week, there was a report in the Arabic media that the 'Palestinians' wanted Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat released as a condition to continuing 'negotiations.'
Hmmm.
Labels: Abu Mazen, Ahmed Saadat, Barack Hussein Obama, John Kerry, Marwan Barghouti, Palestinian terrorists, Tzipi Livni, unilateral concessions
Abu Bluff to demand that Barghouti and Saadat be freed
'
Moderate' '
Palestinian' President
Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen plans to demand the release of terrorists
Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat as a precondition to continuing 'talks' when he meets with President Hussein Obama on Monday.
According to the London-based pan-Arab daily newspaper Al-Hayat,
Abbas wants to present his people with a significant political
achievement, hence he will spell out his terms to Obama as a way to
“break the ice” between the two leaders.
Peace negotiations between Israel and the PA are due to run their
originally scheduled nine-month course by the end of April, with Washington seeking both sides’ signatures on a framework agreement that would allow the talks to continue.
According to Al-Hayat,
if Abbas’ terms are accepted by the Israeli government, the
Palestinians would acquiesce to extend the talks to the end of this
calendar year.
Observers believe that Abbas will reject Kerry’s
framework proposals, though he will be flexible regarding other American
proposals that would permit the negotiations to continue beyond the
nine-month deadline, according to Al-Hayat. Specifically, the
Palestinian leader is seeking additional confidence-building measures by
the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Thus far, the Palestinians have refused Kerry’s proposal for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Ramallah has also balked at an Israeli military presence within a future Palestinian state on the West Bank.
...
Palestinian observers believe that Abbas is hoping to secure Barghouti’s release so that he could groom him to be his successor as head of Fatah.
Given that the Palestinian leader has yet to anoint a replacement, it
is assumed that tapping Barghouti would be a popular move on the
Palestinian street.
Barghouti is serving five life terms in prison
for his role in attacks that killed and wounded several Israelis during
the second intifada. Sa'adat has been jailed since 2008 for planning
the murder of former tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi.
Let's just hope that Netanyahu is not foolish enough to give up those two for an extension of the endless 'negotiations.' Then it will just be a question of who gets blamed.
Even Bill Clinton knew when to tell the 'Palestinians' to get off. Obama probably doesn't.
Labels: Abu Mazen, Ahmed Saadat, Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Marwan Barghouti
In the lap of luxury: What it's like to be a 'Palestinian' in an Israeli prison
Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.
What's it like to be a 'Palestinian' in an Israeli prison? For those who have forgotten,
here is a description from 2006:
The Palestinian terrorists apprehended yesterday by the IDF in Jericho were living in luxury, in what was supposed to be a “jail.” (Hat tip: Joel.)
BRITAIN
made a robust defence yesterday of its decision to pull out of Jericho
prison before an Israeli raid, citing fears that its monitors would be
kidnapped, and painting a portrait of a jail controlled by inmates
living in luxury.
Palestinian guards confirmed yesterday that
Ahmed Saadat, a leading militant captured by Israeli troops in the raid,
kept birds and flowers in his quarters. Western officials said that
Saadat in effect used other prisoners as “domestic staff”.
An
official told The Times that Fuad Shobaki, the alleged moneyman behind a
2002 weapons shipment intercepted by Israel, smoked up to five Cuban
cigars a day and was known as “The Brigadier” to inmates and staff. He
was also seized.
“Saadat and Shobaki were very much in charge,”
one prison source said. “These guys were running the prison. They did
what they wanted, when they wanted.”
...
But British
sources spoke of a “credible and specific” warning this year that the
PFLP had planned to free its prisoners, “possibly taking the monitors
hostage”. They also cited warnings last year that militant groups
planned to kidnap monitors.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has
released a letter to Mr Abbas from John Jenkins, the British
Consul-General, and his American counterpart giving final warning that
the monitoring would end unless the Palestinian Authority ensured “full
compliance” with the monitoring agreements and improved the security of
the US and British personnel.
It followed reports by monitors
that the six prisoners had access to computers, mobile phones and were
not “locked down” at night. The monitors said that they were forbidden
to search cells and that mobile phone jammers were switched off.
...
But
Sami Musallam, the Palestinian governor of Jericho and the Jordan
Valley, dismissed concerns over the monitors’ safety as “bullshit”.
He
said that in four years the six inmates had not left jail except to go
to the mosque, dentist and hospital. He added that Shobaki was not
allowed visits from his wife. “We have always depended on the British
and Americans to be the guarantors of agreements between us and the
Israelis,” he said. “We put a lot of trust in them, and now they have
lost our confidence.”
Read the whole thing.
It's seven and a half years later, and things haven't changed too much. Here is an interview with a 'Palestinian' shortly after his release from an Israeli prison.
Let's go to the videotape.
Sounds like a tough life, doesn't it?
Labels: Ahmed Saadat, Israeli prisons, Palestinian prisoners
More Shalit fallout: PFLP cell that planned to kidnap and ransom Israeli busted
The Israeli security forces have broken up a terror cell that planned to kidnap an Israeli to ransom in exchange for Popular Front for the Liberation of 'Palestine' leader
Ahmed Saadat (pictured, center). Saadat was the leader of the terror cell that assassinated Tourism Minister Rechavam Zeevi in the Hyatt Hotel here in Jerusalem.
"Some of the members admitted to planning a kidnapping," the Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency]" added.
The
Agency named Ashraf Abu Aram, 26, and Muhammad Zeitoun, 26 - both from
Ramallah - as the two main suspects. Abu Aram allegedly founded the
cell.
"Abu Aram got in touch with a weapons dealer to try and obtain two handguns and an automatic rifle," the Shin Bet said.
The
suspects weighed carrying out a combined shooting and kidnapping attack
on IDF forces, with the shooting designed to create a distraction. A
second plan involved kidnapping an Israeli hitchhiker from the Jit
Junction in Samaria, the northern West Bank.
The kidnap victim would have been taken in a van to a hideout apartment in Kafr Akab, on the outskirts of Ramallah.
Both men have been charged with conspiracy to kidnap a soldier and host of other security charges.
Two additional suspects affiliated with the PFLP have been arrested for plotting disturbances against security forces.
After the 'success; of the Gilad Shalit kidnapping and ransom, no one should be surprised that the terror organizations would like to try it again.
Labels: Ahmed Saadat, Gilad Shalit, kidnapping, Rechavam Zeevi, terrorists for Gilad trade
Boo Hoo! Hunger-striking assassin hospitalized
Some of you might recall the
conditions under which former PFLP Secretary General Ahmed Saadat, the leader of the assassination squad that murdered Tourism Minister Rechavam Zeevi in 2001, was being held prior to his
capture by Israel in 2006. Saadat, who had hoped to be released as part of the terrorists for Gilad deal, is now on a hunger strike demanding to be held in
more hotel-like and less prison-like conditions.
Ahmad Saadat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was transferred to a hospital Sunday after suffering a serious deterioration in his health, according to a PFLP statement obtained by Ma'an news agency reported.
Saadat was moved to Ramla prison hospital by the Israel prison service (IPS) after joining a hunger strike on April 17 protesting certain Israeli policies, such as solitary confinement, in which he has been held for three years.
Other PFLP prisoners rejected an IPS offer to release Saadat from a solitary confinement in return for ending their hunger strike, the report said.
Boo. Hoo.
Labels: Ahmed Saadat, hunger strike, Palestinian terrorists
'Palestinians' shocked over Shalit deal
'Palestinians' are said to be shocked that Hamas agreed to release Gilad Shalit while some of its
senior terrorists remain in Israeli prisons.
Palestinian sources told the newspaper Asharq al-Awsat that Hamas officials were shocked that senior operatives in the organization's military wing, including Hassan Salama, Abdullah Barghouti [pictured. CiJ], Abbas a-Sayed and Ibrahim Hamed will not be among the released. The sources said that several senior operatives have cancelled their speeches on the matter, and a joint press conference that was supposed to be held by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committee on Wednesday was called off.
Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisons Issa Kraka, who initially welcomed the deal, said he was disappointed that the top security prisoners were not to be freed.
"The negotiations on the deal had to focus more on the political, symbolic and national significance held by the senior leaders, including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat," he said.
The son of Saadat, who headed the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and was responsible for the assassination of Israeli minister Rehavam Ze'evi, said that his father's continued confinement came as a shock, "even though we didn't expect Israel to (free him)."
What a load of nonsense. They all expect to be released because in the past we have always released them. It's time to institute a death penalty for terrorists. Long past time.
Labels: Abbas al-Sayid, Abdullah Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat, Gilad Shalit, Hassam Salameh, Ibrahim Hamed, Marwan Barghouti, Palestinian terrorism, terrorists for Gilad trade
More details on Shalit deal
Israel Radio is reporting that Marwan Barghouti, Abdullah Barghouti and Hassam Salameh - all leaders of the intifadeh - will
not be freed (The New York Times says
Marwan Barghouti will be freed). But
Amana Mona and Ahlam Tamimi will be freed. Israel Radio also reports that Hamas supporters in Gaza are disappointed that Hamas didn't get more.
Israel Radio also reports that some of those released will be deported.
Israel Radio reports that General Security Service head Yoram Cohen says that the names mentioned above will not be included, nor will Ahmed Saadat (murderer of Tourism Minister Rechavam Zeevi) or the planners of the Seder Night (Park Hotel) massacre.
Israel has not agreed not to kill any of the terrorists in the future if they return to terrorism.
Labels: Ahlam Tamimi, Ahmed Saadat, Amina Mona, Gilad Shalit, Marwan Barghouti
'Moderate' Erekat praises Zeevi assassination mastermind
'Palestinian' chief
negotiator bottle washer Saeb Erekat recently sent a
letter of praise to Ahmed Saadat, the mastermind of the 2001 assassination of Tourism Minister Rechavam Zeevi HY"D (may God avenge his blood).
Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian Authority negotiator whom Israeli leftists often depict as a moderate voice, recently sent a letter of praise to the terrorist who planned the assassination of Israeli minister Rechavam Ze'evi in 2001.
Channel 10 television reported Sunday that Erekat warmly addressed Sa'adat, the head of the PFLP terror group who is serving a 30 year sentence in an Israeli jail, as “my dear brother,” adding that he was writing him “in order to express the strongest emotions of solidarity and brotherhood.”
“The occupation is carrying out a policy of defeat and humiliation towards you [prisoners] by canceling your accomplishments,” Erekat went on. “You exhibited steadfast resistance that has become the stuff of legend, during which many martyrs fell.”
"Our beloved one, the darkness of the jail will come to an end. We believe that we will meet soon and celebrate the victory and the liberation and freedom, for all prisoners.”
Erekat responded to the Channel 10 report by saying: “My letter is not political but humanitarian. I did not praise his deeds. Just as people in Israel care about Jonathan Pollard, we care for our prisoners. The Israeli should keep their noses out of matters that are not their business.”
Pollard wasn't responsible for anyone's death (go re-read
Lawrence Korb's statement). The comparison is odious.
Labels: Ahmed Saadat, Jonathan Pollard, Lawrence Korb, Rechavam Zeevi, Saeb Erekat
