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An amazing protest

The Lede blog of the New York Times writes in a post, "Palestinians against terror," that plans to honor terrorist Dalal Mugrabi in Ramallah have been met with opposition from Palestinians who favor the living alongside Israel in peace.

Plans to build a square in honor of Dalal Mugrabi the female terrorist who was involved in the coastal highway terror attack that killed 37 people has been met by protests by Palestinians who find it inappropriate to honor a terrorist while trying to make peace with Israel.

One of the Palestinians at the demonstration against the honor in Ramallah on Saturday, a woman named Fatima, told The Jerusalem Post that "...terror belongs in the past." She added: "I imagine if the government of Israel was honoring those who deliberately killed Palestinians outside the context of war, that we would be offended.

The demonstration on Saturday followed the notice that the government of the PA including its moderate leaders, Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad were planning to honor the terrorist.

Palestinian writer Daoud Kuttab who was also at the demonstration added, "Some Palestinians protest the declaration of the Tomb of the Patriarchs or Rachel's Tomb as important Israeli heritage sites. I don't understand this myopia. If we don't respect the Jewish heritage of Israel, how can we expect them to respect our heritage?"

Of course the Times didn't report on such a protest. There wasn't one. It did find a protest to highlight though.

Crossposted on Yourish.