Bassam Tawil
Gatestone Institute, June 5, 2023
“More than 70% of the Palestinians, according to a public opinion poll conducted the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey, support the terrorist attack in which two brothers, Hallel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, were cold-bloodedly murdered in March as they drove through the Palestinian town of Huwara on their way home. The poll also found that 68% of the Palestinians support the formation of terror groups, such as the Lions’ Den, to attack and murder Jews.”
Palestinians have once again shown that their real heroes, sadly, are those who carry out terrorist attacks against Jews and seek the elimination of Israel.
In May, elections for student councils were held at the two most important Palestinian universities in the West Bank: An-Najah University in Nablus and Birzeit University, north of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinians. The two major student lists that ran in the elections are affiliated with Hamas, the terrorist organization controlling the Gaza Strip, and Fatah, the ruling faction headed by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.
The results of the elections at the two universities did not surprise those familiar with the general sentiments among the Palestinians: the Hamas-affiliated lists won most of the seats on the student councils. For the 87-year-old Abbas and his Fatah faction, the victory of the Hamas supporters was not only humiliating but also a reminder that when it comes to dealing with Israel, many Palestinians prefer terrorism over diplomacy.
The election campaigns and debates at the universities focused mostly on the relationship between the Palestinians and Israel.
The students affiliated with Hamas, whose charter openly calls for the elimination of Israel, boasted that their group continues to carry out terrorist attacks in which Jews have been killed or wounded. These students ridiculed their rivals in Fatah for allegedly being too soft on Israel and not carrying out enough terrorist attacks against Jews. … [To read the full article, click here]
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