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Do Supporters of Palestine Accept Indiscriminate Murder?
(National Post-Canada) Robert Fulford - In their struggle against Israel, the Palestinians have developed an enormous fan base in the countries of the West, particularly among university students. Do these people know even a little about the reality they are supporting? I read that the PLO gave the name "Brothers of Dalal" to a camp for young people, run by its Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. It honors Dalal Mughrabi, a Fatah lieutenant who directed the Coastal Road Massacre on March 11, 1978, in which 38 Israelis, including 13 children, were killed and 72 were wounded. Mughrabi and eight other Palestinian terrorists also died. She led a team who landed on the coast near Tel Aviv. On the beach they encountered Gail Rubin, an American photographer taking nature pictures. They asked directions and, after she answered, Mughrabi killed her. On the coastal road they hijacked a taxi, killing its occupants. They seized two buses and put all the passengers in one of them. Israeli soldiers stopped the bus and it exploded because Mughrabi blew it up with a grenade. Mughrabi became a heroine and martyr among Palestinians. There's something especially ugly about celebrating Mughrabi's achievement. She killed at random. She willingly killed Israelis of every kind, and perhaps a few tourists who got in her way. By raising her to the level of national standard-bearer, Palestinian leaders applaud the killing of innocents, morally authorizing others to do the same. Official Palestine stands firmly behind erratic, indiscriminate homicide.