Columnist In PA Daily Praises Attacks In Israeli Cities, Slams U.S. For Condemning Them | MEMRI

On March 8, 2016, during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel, an American tourist was killed and 14 Israelis and tourists were wounded in three terrorist attacks that took place in Jaffa, Jerusalem and Petah Tikva. Rajab Abu Suraya, a columnist for the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, praised the attacks in his March 11 column. He wrote that the attacks were important because they took place not in the occupied territories but rather inside Israel proper; thus, they brought the fight to Israel’s home front, and conveyed the message that „the Palestinian people will not die and will not rest until it removes the Israeli occupation with its bare hands.“ Abu Suraya also criticized VP Biden for condemning the attacks, saying that he had condemned the victims rather than Israel, the occupier and the executor. He added that the U.S. has never supported the oppressed in the world and always acts in the service of Israel.