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by Bassam Tawil
• April 3, 2017 at 5:00 am
- A glance at their
leaders and senior officials tells them that Palestinian
Authority jobs go to "graduates" of Israeli prisons.
- Besides sending a
message to Palestinians about who is valued in Palestinian
society, the Fatah leader is also making it clear that the
path to leadership and employment passes through Israeli
prisons. Abbas's senior representative is telling Palestinians
that there is no need for them to pursue actual education:
Israeli prisons are the best "universities."
- The longer the time
spent in prison, the higher the military rank. Ten years will
earn them the rank of Colonel. More than that will earn them
General. The path to winning a job with a PA ministry also
passes through Israeli prisons. These are the leaders touted
as role models to young Palestinians.
Many high-ranking Palestinian Authority (PA)
security officials, such as Major-General Adnan Damiri, spokesman
for the PA security forces, wear medals and decorations on their
military uniforms even though they have not participated in any
war. (Image source: PA video screenshot)
Palestinians
who are being held in Israeli prisons are "a model for
sensibility and national culture and constitute a pillar for the
establishment of a Palestinian state." This glorification of
Palestinian prisoners, many of whom are behind bars for murdering
Jews, was issued last week by Fayez Abu Aitah, a senior
representative of President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah faction.
Abu Aitah's
words of appreciation for murderers of Jews came during a visit he
paid to Hatem al-Maghari, a Palestinian Authority (PA) policeman
who was released last week after serving 17 years in prison for his
role in the lynching of two Israeli reserve soldiers who mistakenly
entered Ramallah. Upon his arrival at his home in the town of Rafah
in the southern Gaza Strip, Al-Maghari received a hero's welcome.
Hundreds of Palestinians have since converged on his home to
congratulate him on his release from prison and heap praise him on
for his "contribution" to the Palestinian cause.
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