Ken Berwitz
Terrorist MuhannadHalabi murdered two Israeli civilians and wounded the wife and infant of one ofthem, in a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem in October. Now, theYasser Arafat Youth Center in Jenin has named a football tournament after themurderer.
Headline: “Bal\’aClub wins the Martyr Halabi cup for football”
“The MartyrYasser Arafat Youth Center (Al-Attara – Jenin) succeeded in organizing thefirst football tournament named after Martyr (Shahid) Muhannad Halabi,which took place on its football fields. The final game was played by theYasser Arafat Youth Center and Bal\’a, which rightly won the title.”
[Al–Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 2, 2015]
PalestinianMedia Watch has reported on official PA gestures in honor of this murderer. A PA municipality named a street after himand the mayor said, “This is the least we can do for Martyr Halabi.”Abbas\’ Fatah movementbrought soil from the Al-Aqsa Mosque to his grave. Private institutions andpeople have also honored terrorist Halabi, with the PA Bar Association awardinghim an honorary law degree and parents in Gaza naming their newborn son after the murderer.
It is not surprisingthat private institutions and organizations like the Jenin youth club decide tohonor murderers who have killed Israelis. Glorification of terrorist murderersis a practice repeatedly carried out by the PA and Fatah, as documented by PMW.
