On Thursday, a Palestinian terrorist detonated a nail-packed bomb in a Jerusalem pizzeria, killing at least 15 innocents, including about six infants. The Arab Reaction
Arutz Sheva - Aug.10.01
Spontaneous mass expressions of joy broke out yesterday afternoon in various cities under the control of the Palestinian Authority when the news of the Jerusalem slaughter became known. In Jenin, home town of the dead terrorist, and elsewhere in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, hundreds of Arabs danced and sang in the streets, fired guns in the air and praised Hamas and the Islamic Jihad for killing the Jews. Islamists handed out candies and knafe (sweet cakes) to the crowds in a traditional symbolic reinforcement of their belief that there should be no sadness at the death of a “martyr.” The father of the perpetrator of the Jerusalem bombing told reporters today that he and his wife are proud of their son's action. An Islamic Jihad spokesman declared, “Even the animals in the fields are happy about this attack…” Elsewhere in the Arab world, particularly in Palestinian villages in Lebanon, there were similar spontaneous, joyful reactions to the murders.
PLO chief Yasser Arafat condemned the “killing of innocents” and called for an immediate cease-fire by both Israel and the Arabs. Arafat was quoted in recent weeks as instructing terrorists under his control to ignore what he says in public and to continue murdering Jews. Israel TV's expert on Arab Affairs Ehud Ya'ari noted that following the June suicide attack, which claimed the lives of 21 Israeli teenagers in Tel Aviv, Arafat also issued a condemnation and a call for a cease-fire.
"We saw bodies thrown all over the floor and people ran into my store dripping with blood," said a local shop owner. "I saw bodies inside the restaurant and the body of a little girl on the street outside full of blood. Bodies were all over inside and outside." Naturally, ordinary Palestinians roared their approval. And why not? In the West Bank and Gaza, as in many parts of the Arab world, murderous anti-Semitism is preached as a state religion. A week ago, Palestinian state-run television broadcast a sermon conducted by Sheik Ibrahim Madhi at the Sheik 'Ijlin Mosque in Gaza. "A young man said to me: 'I am 14 years old, and I have four years left before I blow myself up amongst the Jews.' I said to him: 'Oh son, I ask Allah to give you and myself Martyrdom,'" he preached. "All spears should be directed at the Jews, at the enemies of Allah, the nation that was cursed in Allah's book. Allah has described them as apes and pigs, the calf-worshippers, idol-worshippers ... Blessings for whoever has saved a bullet in order to stick it in a Jew's head."
Blessings, indeed. Among most Israeli Jews, life is taken seriously -- and profuse apologies emanate from the government whenever a bystander is killed in an anti-terrorism operation. But the Palestinians apparently exult in the slaughter of civilians: In a recent poll conducted by the Palestine Center for Public Opinion, 76% of respondents indicated they supported suicide bombings. Given the steady diet of poisonous anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli propaganda that rains down on them, it is a wonder the number is not higher
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