|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-pa-and-fatah-are-behind-the-current-terror-wave/
The PA and Fatah Are Behind the Current Terror Wave
(JNS) Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch - The current terror wave in Israel was initiated and is being fueled by the Palestinian Authority and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party. In the run-up to Ramadan, the PA intensified its false rhetoric that Israel was seeking to escalate violence and destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Those calls were then used to incite hatred and spark terror attacks. Speaking on official PA TV on the first day of Ramadan, Supreme Shari'a Judge Mahmoud al-Habbash explained: In the same way as the Prophet Muhammad engaged in war during Ramadan, so too should Palestinians engage in jihad. Ramadan is "not a month of laziness but rather...a month of jihad, conquest, and victory." The writer, director of Legal Strategies for Palestinian Media Watch, served for 19 years in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps and was director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria.