Palestinian Authority, Fatah Praise Killer Of Israeli Soldier

Israeli Arab terrorists Karim Yunis and his cousin Maher Yunis had been just lately launched after serving a 40-year jail sentence for the 1980 kidnapping and homicide of Avraham Bromberg, an Israeli soldier who was on his manner from his military base to his dwelling in Zichron Ya’akov. Upon their launch, senior officers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its ruling celebration Fatah, together with President Mahmoud ‘Abbas, congratulated them, showered them with reward and offered them as “function fashions” and “sources of inspiration” for the Palestinians. ‘Abbas personally phoned to congratulate the 2 males and described them as Palestinian “dignitaries” and “icons” and as “a supply of pleasure and inspiration” for the Palestinian folks. A senior Fatah delegation visited their dwelling within the Israeli Arab village of ‘Ara to welcome and assist them. Statements launched by the Fatah motion championed Karim Yunis as “an genuine image for all of the world freedom-lovers” owing to his “legendary steadfastness,” and Maher Yunis as “a nationwide mannequin” of “resistance to the occupation.”

President ‘Abbas and different Palestinian leaders took this chance to reiterate their dedication to the Palestinian prisoners as a high-priority situation, which is expressed of their ongoing funds to prisoners and to their households as a reward for and encouragement of terrorist exercise. It must be famous that Karim and Maher Yunis themselves every acquired funds from the PA over time totaling NIS 335,362.[1]

Reward for Karim and Maher Yunis was additionally expressed in quite a few articles printed within the PA mouthpiece, the Al-Hayat Al-Jadida day by day, which glorified their “steadfastness” in the course of the lengthy years of their imprisonment and described them as function fashions. In truth, the PA and the Fatah management glorified and honored the cousins in several methods even earlier than their launch, throughout their years of imprisonment, describing them as “symbols” of the Palestinian nationwide battle and as function paragons of “steadfastness.” In 2017, Karim Yunis was appointed a member of the Fatah Central Committee, the motion’s govt arm, which is headed by President ‘Abbas.[2]

Graphic on the Fb web page of the PA tv channel: Cousins Karim and Maher Yunis are free after 40 years (Supply: Fb.com/PalestineTV, January 19, 2023)

This report opinions the reward showered on the 2 terrorists by senior PA and Fatah officers upon their launch from jail.

PA President And Fatah Chairman Mahmoud ‘Abbas To Karim And Maher Yunis: You Are A Supply Of Delight And Inspiration For The Palestinian Individuals

On January 5, 2023, after his launch and his return to his village, ‘Ara, Karim Yunis was congratulated by senior PA and Fatah officers, together with PA President Mahmoud ‘Abbas, who stated that “the fighter Karim Yunis is without doubt one of the symbols of the steadfastness of our Palestinian folks and of all those that attempt for freedom on this planet.” ‘Abbas asserted that “the reason for the prisoners is the reason for the complete Palestinian folks and is on the high of our precedence listing,” and added: “We’ll proceed to make each attainable effort to liberate them from the prisons of the Israeli occupation.”[3]

‘Abbas made comparable remarks on the identical day at a gathering of the PLO Govt Committee, saying: “At the moment we welcomed the oldest of the prisoners, Karim Yunis, who spent 40 years within the prisons of the occupation. There is no such thing as a precedent of such a [prison] time period both in trendy occasions or in historical historical past, for we now have by no means heard of anybody spending 40 years in jail. We subsequently congratulate ourselves and we congratulate him. At the moment we phoned him and his household, wished him a protracted and completely satisfied life, and acknowledged his battle and his steadfastness throughout this era… We yearn for the day the prisons might be emptied and the homeland might be liberated.”[4]

When Maher Yunis was launched on January 19, 2023, ‘Abbas phoned to congratulate “the oldest of the Palestinian and Arab prisoners, the fighter Maher Yunis,” and advised him: “Welcome! I’m with you in coronary heart and soul, and I’m completely satisfied to see you free from the occupation jail, though you had been a free man even in jail.” ‘Abbas wished him “well being and success” and added, “Might Allah provide you with well being and success and compensate you for all of your endeavors and efforts – the likes of which have by no means been invested by anybody, besides by Karim [Yunis]… You and Karim are dignitaries of the Palestinian folks. We’re happy with you. Might Allah provide you with well being! You’re the beacons of this nation. You’re icons for the Palestinian folks, you Maher, and brother Karim… With Allah’s assist, we’ll liberate ourselves from the occupation and a Palestinian state might be established whose capital might be Jerusalem – and no different capital in its stead – after which I’ll go to ‘Ara and congratulate you.” ‘Abbas said additional that “the Palestinian folks have lived on this land for five,000 years and are its house owners, and nobody can usurp their proper to it underneath any circumstances.”

Maher Yunis thanked ‘Abbas for his remarks, and stated that the 40 years he had spent in jail had been like a “bride worth” paid “for releasing and liberating Palestine from the occupation.”[5]

For excerpts from ‘Abbas’ telephone conversations with the Yunis cousins, see MEMRI TV clip:

PA Prime Minister Shtayyeh Praises “The Fighter Karim Yunis”

PA Prime Minister and Fatah Central Committee member Mohammad Shtayyeh likewise congratulated “the fighter Karim Yunis” on the event of his launch from jail. He added that “all of the [Palestinians], each women and men, within the prisons of the occupation will obtain their freedom” and referred to as on the worldwide human rights group to intervene for his or her launch. He continued, “Oh Karim, you will have emerged from the abdomen of the whale and from the darkness of the jail cells into the [light] of the solar of Palestine, and shortly into the liberated homeland… We’re very completely satisfied and even prouder of your steadfastness. Might the reunion with the remainder of your brothers [the Palestinian prisoners] happen in liberated Jerusalem.”[6]

Reception for launched prisoner Karim Yunis (picture: Twitter.com/MonirAljaghoub, January 5, 2023)

Shtayyeh additionally congratulated Maher Yunis on his launch from jail, saying: “Maher Yunis, and Karim Yunis earlier than him, are respiratory the air of freedom after enduring the torment of jail and the oppression of the jailers. This proves that the prisoner inevitably defeats the jailer, that freedom [defeats] the heavy bonds and the sunshine [defeats] the darkness.”[7]

The entrance web page of the PA mouthpiece Al-Hayat Al-Jadida from January 5, 2023: “At the moment Karim Yunis Breathes the Air of Freedom after 40 Years in Jail” (Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, PA, January 5, 2023)

Fatah Motion: Yunis Cousins Are Symbols Of Steadfastness, Nationwide Fashions Of “Resistance To Occupation”

The Fatah Central Committee additionally congratulated “the commander Karim Yunis, who’s a member of the committee and the world’s most veteran prisoner,” on his launch and asserted that, “together with his legendary steadfastness, Karim Yunis is an genuine image for all these on this planet who attempt for freedom and who’ve determined to oppose tyranny, oppression and racism… The trail of the battle will proceed till the liberation of Palestine and all of the prisoners…”[8]

On January 19 Fatah’s Central Committee additionally congratulated “the nationwide fighter Maher Yunis, who was launched immediately from the occupation jail after 40 years of imprisonment, throughout which he was a nationwide function mannequin and an emblem that can proceed to supply inspiration to our folks.” The committee careworn that “the discharge of our women and men from the occupation prisons is a nationwide precedence for the motion and its management.”[9]

An analogous message was issued the identical day by the Fatah Communications, Tradition and Ideological Mobilization Fee: “[The day] of the discharge of the imprisoned commander Maher Yunis is a wonderful day within the historical past of the Palestinian Nationwide Motion… The prisoner Yunis, who breathes [the air of] freedom after a sentence of 40 years, has been a nationwide function mannequin since he joined the Fatah motion and [began] taking part within the resistance exercise towards the occupation…”[10]

A delegation of senior Fatah officers headed by Central Committee Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-‘Aloul and Central Committee members ‘Azzam Al-Ahmad and Rawhi Fattouh visited the Israeli Arab village of ‘Ara on January 7 and met with Karim Yunis and the mom of Maher Yunis.[11]

Fatah delegation visits Karim Yunis and the mom of Maher Yunis (picture: Twitter.com/MahmoudAloul1, January 7, 2023)

For statements made by Karim Yunis in the course of the delegation’s go to, see MEMRI TV clip: