MEMRI: Egyptian Government Editors Hail the Recent Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem

Egypt may have signed a peace treaty with Israel, but government run agencies still continue a hate campaign, and this encourages the Arab world to use terrorism against Israel.

Special Dispatch - Egypt/Jihad and Terrorism Studies
November 25, 2002
No. 442
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Editors of Egyptian Government Papers Hail the Recent Suicide Bombing in a
Jerusalem Neighborhood

The editors of Egyptian government papers hailed a suicide bombing that was
recently carried out by Hamas in a Jerusalem neighborhood. At the same time
senior Egyptian officials, along with Fatah representatives were reportedly
trying to persuade Hamas representatives in the Fatah-Hamas dialogue in
Cairo to avoid terrorist attacks inside Israel. The following are excerpts
from the editorials:

Al-Akhbar: "Eleven Israeli Terrorist Killed"

An editorial in the Egyptian government paper Al-Akhbar titled "The
Jerusalem Operation: The Only Response to Israeli Terrorism," stated that
"eleven Israeli terrorists were killed in this operation." The editorial
continued: "Reacting to all of the inhuman acts of the Zionist entity
intended to subdue the Palestinian people, a martyrdom operation took place
yesterday [November 21, 2002] in occupied Jerusalem in order to prove
conclusively that Israel deludes itself in its belief that its
uncontrollable appetite to kill, destroy, and terrorize will bring security
and peace."

"It is inconceivable that the ruling gang in Tel-Aviv will succeed in
fulfilling its hope of subduing the Palestinians and forcing them to accept
the conditions of submission that Israel has been trying to impose on them
for more than half a century."

"This operation in which eleven Israeli terrorists were killed and dozens
were wounded stems from a number of reasons, the first of which is that this
operation is a consequence of a brave ambush prepared by Palestinian martyrs
... in Hebron which ... because of the state of madness that over took the
ruling Israeli gang led by Ariel Sharon, who seeks to spill more Palestinian
blood, especially the blood of children, women, the elderly, and the brave
people of resistance."

"In essence, everybody knows that the resistance is the only way for
liberation, and there is no alternative. This weapon, the weapon of
legitimate force, is the only weapon that Israel fears. Only the resistance
can smash the Israeli arrogance and idiocy of its leaders."(1)

Al-Gumhuriyya: "This Valiant Courageous Operation... The Most Honorable
Mission"

The editor of the Al-Gumhuriyya daily, Sameer Ragab also wrote in his daily
column about the attack in Jerusalem: "The brave Palestinians will continue
to be regarded as terrorists by the Israelis as long as they carryout
martyrdom operations by which they are trying to react to [just] a few of
the crimes committed against them!!! The Israelis will not enjoy security
nor stability, as long as they insist on remaining in the territories that
they occupied by force and [continue] to destroy homes over the heads of
their owners and to spill the blood of innocent people without any pangs of
conscious."

"Yesterday a 23 year-old Palestinian martyr blew himself up in a bus in
Jerusalem and consequently eleven Israelis were killed, forty-seven wounded,
of whom, nine are in critical condition!!! Of course this operation is not
the first one, and shall not be the last one, as long as the Israelis
continue the policy of oppression, stubbornness, and treachery. [This is]
especially so, because they do not want to understand that violence breads
violence. The more frustration in the hearts of hopeless people, the more
the flames of rage rise."
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