PA: Israeli civilians murdered in Jerusalem terror attack were “colonialist settlers”
- All Israelis are legitimate targets
- Palestinian terrorists are victims
The PA, like Hamas, does not recognize Israel's right to exist. Every Israeli is a "colonialist settler" according to the PA. Every Israeli is a legitimate target. All Palestinians including terrorists are victims.
This morning, 2 Palestinian Hamas terrorists murdered 3 Israeli civilians waiting at a bus stop in Jerusalem, and wounded 7 others, some severely. The terrorists were killed at the scene.
Right away, the PA issued an announcement claiming the 3 Israeli murder victims were “colonialist settlers,” whereas the terrorists were “young Martyrs.”
“Ayoung [Palestinian] person was shot and died as a Martyr and another young person was shot and seriously wounded (sic., both died) by the Israeli occupation forces… on the pretext that they carried out a shooting operation against colonialist settlers at a bus stop."
[WAFA, official PA news agency, Nov. 30, 2023]
Palestinian Media Watch has exposed numerous statements by PA and Fatah officials calling Israel a “colonial implant.” During Israel’s current war against Hamas, PA Chairman Abbas’ advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash has accused the US of directing the war and using Israel as its “pawn” to carry out its “satanic plan.”
Ibrahim and Murad Nimr - 2 Palestinian terrorist brothers and Hamas members aged 30 and 38 who shot and murdered 3 Israeli civilians - Livia Dikman, 24, Hannah Ifergan, 67, and Rabbi Elimelech Wasserman, 73 - and wounded 5 others, in addition to causing the death of armed civilian Yuval Doron Castleman, 38, who was mistakenly misidentified as an attacker and shot by a soldier while he shot the terrorists, at a bus stop at the western entrance to Jerusalem on Nov. 30, 2023. The terrorists, who were previously imprisoned for terror activity before being released, used an M-16 assault rifle and a handgun in the attack. The terrorists were shot and killed by Castleman and 2 soldiers, thereby ending their attack. Additional ammunition was found in their car, indicating they had planned a greater attack. Footage of the attack was captured on security cameras. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place during a ceasefire agreement with Israel that Hamas further violated with resumed rocket fire the following day.
The following is the announcement by the official PA news agency:
Headline: “Correction: A young person was shot and died as a Martyr and another young person was shot and seriously wounded by the occupation in Jerusalem”
“A young [Palestinian] person was shot and died as a Martyr and another young person was shot and seriously wounded (sic., both died) by the Israeli occupation forces at the northwest entrance to Jerusalem (sic., refers to 2 terrorists who murdered 3 Israelis before being killed).
According to Israeli sources, the Israeli occupation army shot 2 [Palestinian] civilians on the pretext that they carried out a shooting operation against colonialist settlers at a bus stop. As a result of this, 1 of them died as a Martyr, and the other was seriously wounded. (sic.)
The same sources announced that 2 women (sic., 2 women and one man) were killed and 7 were moderately and seriously wounded as a result of the shooting operation.”
[WAFA, official PA news agency, Nov. 30, 2023]