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Subject: Abbas calls for "war for Allah," and the West Bank erupts in violence
Bulletin
July 27, 2014
Abbas calls for "war for Allah,"
and the West Bank erupts in violence
Intifada-style violence follows Abbas' call
for religious "war for Allah,"
causing 9 Palestinians deaths
Senior Fatah official Tirawi:
"The big explosion is coming...
No one will say that weapons are forbidden
in the West Bank."
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by Itamar Marcus
Palestinian Media Watch reported on Thursday that Palestinian Authority
Chairman Mahmoud Abbas had publicly declared the current conflict with Israel
as a religious "war for Allah." On Friday, the Palestinian news service Ma'an
printed an opinion piece that likewise interpreted the last lines of Abbas' speech
as a call to West Bank Palestinians to initiate violence:
"He gave the sign to let the [Palestinian] street in the West Bank loose. Isn't
the Quranic verse he quoted during his last speech, 'Permission [to fight]
has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged.
And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory' [Surah 22:39, trans.
Sahih International] a clear sign to loosen the reins of the street?"
Violence began immediately following Abba's speech and peaked on Saturday,
as reported in the Jerusalem Post: "Nine Palestinians were killed during clashes
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with the IDF and Border Police over the weekend, in one of the deadliest days in
the West Bank in the last 10 years." [July 27, 2014]
A cartoon published in the office PA daily today similarly indicated the PA seeks
violence. The picture showed two masked men throwing Molotov cocktails and
fire raging in the background. The Arabic text is a saying attributed to
Mohammed regarding the end of the Ramadan fast: "The thirst has passed, and
the throat is moist." In this context, the cartoon indicates that the period of quiet
is over, and violence has returned.
01-Hayat AI-Jadida, July 26, 2014]
The Ma'an journalist cited above explained that Abbas chose to encourage the
West Bank to join in the violence for political reasons:
"Abbas realized that by staying outside the arena, he would be excluded
from the political game. He also knows that the [Palestinian] street in the
West Bank is ready for an explosion."
The op-ed also noted an explicit statement made by senior Fatah official Central
Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi as another indication of Abbas' desire for
violence:
"What is the meaning of Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi's
statement regarding the West Bank's need to enter into an armed Intifada?
It's been a long time since we heard a member of the Fatah leadership talk
about weapons. The West Bank's entrance into the line of confrontation will
reshuffle the cards, and the action is still just beginning."
Tirawi said in a TV interview that the violence we are witnessing now in the West
Bank is just the beginning and will lead to a "big explosion":
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Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi: "These are small
explosions, which happen occasionally, but the big explosion is coming. The
big explosion is coming. After the big explosion, no one will know where it
will lead and what its results will be...lt is legal to use all means - to shoot,
throw stones, to hold a demonstration and a sit-down strike. All these means
will be possible and permissible for our people, and let no one say that
weapons are forbidden in the West Bank."
[Al-Mayadeen TV channel (Lebanon), July 24, 2014]
Click to view
Furthermore, Abbas issued two statements in support of continuing the West
Bank unrest. In one, the PA leadership called on its "great nation to engage in
continued popular action," and in the second it urged Palestinians "to continue
peaceful popular resistance." As noted, the current "popular actions" are not
"peaceful."
Yasser Abd Rabbo reads the PLO leadership statement: "The
Palestinian leadership called on the masses of our great nation to engage in
continued popular action of the broadest scope, to express its firm support
for the heroic Gaza Strip and its brave resistance to the aggression army
and its unceasing crimes."
[Official PA TV, July 23, 2014]
"A statement published at the conclusion of the [PA leadership] meeting
stated that...'Even as the [PA] leadership emphasizes that it will continue to
act to support the heroic Gaza Strip and to stem its flow of blood, it calls on
all our people to continue peaceful popular resistance to support Gaza, its
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Martyrs (Shahids) and brave sons...".
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 27, 2014]
PMW has reported on the PA and Abbas' Fatah movement of policy olorifyinq
violence and honoring terrorists who have murdered Israelis. Abbas and PA
leaders have said many times that they do not reject violence but that violence
needs proper timing. Ma'an understands that Abbas' decision to quote a Quran
source justifying religious war, and the violence erupting in the West Bank
subsequent to Abbas' speech, are indicators he considers this is an appropriate
time for violence.
The following is a longer segment from the op-ed arguing that Mahmoud
Abbas is behind the current West Bank violence:
Headline: "A single Quranic verse ignited the West Bank"
"Mahmoud Abbas read the situation well. In an implicit way, he fully supports
the Egyptian initiative - for it is inconceivable that the West Bank could
oppose Egypt. He acted slowly at first, convinced that Hamas would not
endure Israeli fire for long. Yet it [Hamas] has withstood Israel's painful
blows, and [even] embarrassed it by capturing the Israeli soldier.
Abbas realized that by staying outside the arena, he would be excluded from
the political game. He also knows that the [Palestinian] street in the West
Bank is ready for an explosion. Therefore, he gave the sign to let the
[Palestinian] street in the West Bank loose. Isn't the Quranic verse he
quoted during his last speech, "Permission [to fight] has been given to those
who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is
competent to give them victory" [Surah 22:39, trans. Sahih International] a
clear sign to loosen the reins on the street?
Furthermore, what is the meaning of Fatah Central Committee member
Tawfiq Tirawi's statement regarding the West Bank's need to enter into an
armed Intifada? It's been a long time since we heard a member of the Fatah
leadership talk about weapons. The West Bank's entrance into the line of
confrontation will reshuffle the cards, and the action is still just beginning.
Israel will not agree to a third Intifada, and this is precisely what Abbas
wants. He wants Israel to knock on his door in order to find a solution."
[Op-ed by Muhannad Ubeid, Ma'an (independent Palestinian news agency),
July 25, 2014]
Note: the captured Israeli soldier to which this article refers is Staff Sergeant
Oron Shaul, who was declared MIA after his Armored Personnel Carrier was
destroyed during combat in Gaza on July 17, 2014. Hamas claimed to have
kidnapped him. On Friday, July 26, 2014, the IDF declared that Oron Shaul was
'a soldier killed in action whose burial site is unknown.'
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