Released murderer to imprisoned murderers: “You are shining stars in the skies of Palestine…We bow before you in honor and admiration”

Official PA TV program I Call You, on terrorist prisoner and cancer patient Nasser Abu Hmeid who was responsible for the murder of 7, as well as other veteran terrorist prisoners

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Posters of terrorist prisoners are seen in the background, including: Karim and Maher Younes, cousins who murdered 1 together; Nasser Abu Hmeid, who was responsible for the murder of 7; Hassan Salameh, who was responsible for the murder of 46

Released murderer Zuheir Al-Shashniya: “We say to Karim and Maher [Younes] (i.e., imprisoned murderers): You are glowing names, shining names in the skies of Palestine. We say to our Palestinian people in the Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel): Decorate your skies and decorate your land for Karim’s reception. Every day that passes is a victory for us for the reception of these two mighty heroes, who taught us the organizational method of operation… They are shining stars in the skies of Palestine. We say to them: We bow before you in honor and admiration, you are greater than everything in Palestine. You are all of Palestine.”

Karim and Maher Younes - Israeli Arab terrorists and cousins who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980. They were originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced their sentences to 40 years in 2012. In May 2017 Karim Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee. Karim Younes was released from prison on Jan. 5, 2023, and Maher Younes was released two weeks later on Jan. 19, 2023.

Hassan Salameh – Hamas terrorist who is serving 46 life sentences for heading the terror infrastructure that carried out 2 suicide bombings on no. 18 buses in Jerusalem (first attack on Feb. 25, 1996, second attack on March 3, 1996), and the suicide bombing at the Ashkelon Junction hitchhike point (Feb. 25, 1996). 46 people were murdered in the attacks and around 100 were wounded.

Nasser Abu Hmeid

Zuheir Al-Shashniya – Fatah terrorist from the Gaza Strip who murdered 1 during the Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel (the first Intifada, 1987-1993) in which approximately 200 Israelis were murdered. Al-Shashniya was arrested in 1990 and given a life sentence, but was released in October 2011 as part of the Shalit prisoner exchange deal between the Israeli government and Hamas. In that deal, Israel released 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years.