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Gatestone, by Bassam Tawil – 17-09-2018
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According
to Palestinian terrorist groups, the terrorist, Khalil Jabarin, decided to
murder a Jew in response to Israeli "crimes" against the Al-Aqsa
Mosque in particular and Islamic holy sites in general. Needless to say, there
is no Israeli plan to allow Jews to pray inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The
statements made by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirm that there is a
direct link between Abbas's false charge against Israel and the murder of the
Israeli-American citizen.
Abbas's
latest fabrication is directly responsible for the murder of Ari Fuld, stabbed
to death by a terrorist who actually believed Abbas's lies about a purported
Israeli scheme to split the Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews.
In a
speech before the PLO Executive Committee in Ramallah on September 15,
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas repeated the old libel that
Israel was planning to establish special Jewish prayer zones inside the Al-Aqsa
Mosque. Abbas claimed that Israel was seeking to copy the example of the Tomb
of the Patriarchs in Hebron, where Jews and Muslims pray in different sections.
Abbas did
not say what his lie was based on. He also did not provide any evidence of
Israel's ostensible plot against the Al-Aqsa Mosque. He said, nevertheless,
that the Palestinians, together with Jordan, were planning to bring this issue
before the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.
Needless
to say, there is no Israeli plan to allow Jews to pray inside the Al-Aqsa
Mosque. However, in the past few years Jews, like all other non-Muslims, have
been allowed to resume their perfectly legal visits to the Temple Mount.
Why is
Abbas's false accusation significant and dangerous? Hours after reports were
published of Abbas's allegation, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the town of
Yatta in the southern West Bank fatally stabbed Ari Fuld, a 45-year-old
Israeli-American citizen and father of four, in a shopping center in Gush
Etzion, south of Bethlehem.
According
to Palestinian terrorist groups, the terrorist, Khalil Jabarin, decided to
murder a Jew in response to Israeli "crimes" against the Al-Aqsa
Mosque in particular and Islamic holy sites in general.
In other
words, the terrorist was influenced by Abbas's incitement, and this is why he
decided to set out on his deadly mission. There is no doubt that the terrorist
saw the reports quoting Abbas's claim that Israel was planning to allow Jews to
pray inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hamas,
for its part, said that the terrorist attack came in response to Israeli
"violations" against the Al-Aqsa Mosque. "We welcome this heroic
attack and affirm that harming Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line," said Hamas
senior official Husam Badran in a statement. "This operation is in
response to what Israel is planning to do in Al-Aqsa Mosque."
It is
time to remind those who may have forgotten that it was Abbas who sparked the
2015 "knife intifada" with his accusation that Jews "with their
filthy feet were defiling the Al-Aqsa Mosque." Abbas's statement came in
response to the Israeli government's decision to lift a temporary ban on Jewish
visits to the Temple Mount. Here is what Abbas had to say then:
"The
Al-Aqsa [Mosque] is ours, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is ours, and they
have no right to defile them with their filthy feet. We will not allow them to,
and we will do everything in our power to protect Jerusalem."
"We
welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. This is pure blood, clean
blood, blood on its way to Allah. With the help of Allah, every shaheed (martyr)
will be in heaven, and every wounded will get his reward."
Shortly
after Abbas's remarks, Palestinians launched a wave of stabbing and vehicular
attacks as part of what they called the "Jerusalem Intifada," or the
"Knife Intifada," in which hundreds of Israelis have been murdered
and injured.
This
claim, of course, is also false because the Jews touring the Temple Mount have
never set foot inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Jews and Christians are not even
allowed to pray anywhere on the Temple Mount. In fact, Jews who are spotted
praying, singing, bowing down, closing their eyes or crying during the tours
are often arrested by the Israel Police.
Abbas,
however, will not allow anyone to confuse him with the facts. He lives in his
own dreamed-up world where he continues to spread lies and incite against
Israel. Abbas's latest fabrication is directly responsible for the murder of
Ari Fuld, stabbed to death by a terrorist who actually believed Abbas's lies
about a purported Israeli scheme to split the Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims
and Jews.
It is
high time for the international community to see that Abbas's anti-Israel
incitement is what is driving Palestinians to grab a knife and set out to stab
the first Jew they meet. The blood of Ari Fuld, among many others, is all over
Abbas's hands.
Bassam Tawil is an Arab Muslim based in
the Middle East.
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