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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The attacks by the Fatah-affiliated terrorists came days after\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0published a story from Balata refugee camp, near Nablus, in which its correspondents romanticized members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, even documenting them as they visit their barber for a haircut.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The “fighters”\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0is referring to are the terrorists responsible for a series of shooting, stabbing and car-ramming attacks against Jewish civilians and soldiers in the Nablus area and Israel over the past few months. Notably, these terrorists do not hide their involvement in the wave of attacks. In fact, they often boast of the attacks and post videos and posters documenting their role.<\/em><\/p>\n What the newspaper fails to mention is that this terrorist [who “bought his M16 [rifle] for $20,000 with the money he earned working in construction in Tel Aviv”] is one of tens of thousands of Palestinians who were granted permits (by Israel) to come and work in Israel as part of an effort to boost the Palestinian economy and improve the living conditions of the Palestinians in the West Bank.<\/em><\/p>\n The terrorist did not seek work in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories because he knew he would have earned much less…. The terrorist was able to save $20,000 from his work in Israel, but instead of using the money to build a new house or improve his living condition, we are told that he chose to establish “the Balata cell of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.”<\/em><\/p>\n The correspondents are apparently impressed by the fact that another terrorist, Ammar, paid 20 shekels ($6) to buy them coffee. Ammar had been shot multiple times by Israeli soldiers while attempting to murder Jews near Nablus in April. He managed to escape, but two of his fellow gunmen were killed.<\/em><\/p>\n The correspondents go on to claim, falsely, that “there are no sports teams” in Balata refugee camp.<\/em><\/p>\n The truth is that the camp has a soccer club that was established in 1954. It is called the Balata Youth Center and states that it “aspires to be the main supporter of all sports, cultural, social, and scouting activities… It also aspires to have a special playground for all sports, such as football [soccer], basketball, handball, volleyball, table tennis, and other individual and group games.” The local soccer team has even won several championships.<\/em><\/p>\n The terrorists could have joined the soccer team, but preferred to form a terror group to attack Jews.<\/em><\/p>\n Instead of highlighting that many of the terrorists are involved in intimidation and extortion of the local community,\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0attempts to depict them as honest law-enforcers.<\/em><\/p>\n “The [Balata] Camp has been hijacked by an armed group that is terrorizing and threatening to kill residents who dare to speak out,” the Fatah Office of Information and Culture itself said back in 2015. It accused the gunmen of extorting money from wealthy businessmen from Nablus and running a big market for weapons and drugs.<\/em><\/p>\n “[A] recent report by the\u00a0Post\u00a0provided what was essentially free advertising for a U.S.-designated terrorist group. Worse still, the\u00a0Post’s foray is part of an ongoing trend in Western news outlets being used by terrorist organizations to promote their propaganda.” \u2014 Sean Durns, senior research analyst for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.<\/em><\/p>\n After the recent murder of the Jewish woman near Hebron, one might wonder whether\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0is planning to send its correspondents back to spend time with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists to hear, first-hand, how proud they are that they murdered an innocent kindergarten teacher in cold blood.<\/em><\/p>\n How would the newspaper’s readers have reacted had it sent its correspondents to spend time with Al-Qaeda or Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists to hear their pride in having committed atrocities against American citizens?<\/em><\/p>\n The\u00a0Post\u00a0piece leaves one with the distinct impression that there is such a thing as a good terrorist: one who targets Jews.<\/em><\/p>\n Days before Palestinian terrorists from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades murdered a 42-year-old Jewish mother of three who taught pre-school,\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0published a story in which its correspondents romanticized members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Pictured: Gunmen from a number of terrorist groups, including the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Izaddin al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Quds Brigades, and Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, hold what they called a “joint press conference” in Jenin refugee camp on February 25, 2023. <\/em><\/p>\n On August 21, the Palestinian terror group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the murder of Batsheva Nigri, a 42-year-old Jewish mother of three who taught pre-school. The woman was gunned down by two terrorists near the West Bank city of Hebron.<\/em><\/p>\n Shortly after the attack, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah faction, headed by Palestinian Authority President — and Fatah chairman — Mahmoud Abbas, issued a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0in which it took credit for the attack. The group said it will continue to “adhere to the option of the rifle as a strategic choice.” The “option of the rifle,” as is evident, refers to terrorist attacks against Jewish civilians and soldiers.<\/em><\/p>\n Members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were later filmed handing out\u00a0sweets<\/a>\u00a0to passersby in the Gaza Strip to celebrate the murder of the Jewish woman.<\/em><\/p>\n The involvement of Abbas’s group in terrorism against Jews is not new. In the past two years, his loyalists in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have\u00a0claimed<\/a>\u00a0responsibility for several terrors attacks, especially in the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin. On August 17, the group boasted that one of its members, Mustafa al-Kastouni, 32, was\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0during an exchange of gunfire with Israeli troops in Jenin. Kastouni was wanted by Israel for his involvement in shooting attacks against Jewish civilians and soldiers.<\/em><\/p>\n Two days later, the same group mourned the death of another one of its members, Mohammed Abu Asab, who was also\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0during an armed clash with Israeli soldiers.<\/em><\/p>\n The attacks by the Fatah-affiliated terrorists came days after\u00a0The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0published a story from Balata refugee camp, near Nablus, in which its correspondents romanticized members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, even documenting them as they visit their barber for a haircut.<\/em><\/p>\n Referring to the local commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the newspaper’s correspondents\u00a0wrote<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n “The Washington Post spent time with him and some of his 15 fighters, as well as with militants in two other Palestinian refugee camps \u2013 Jenin and Askar \u2013 over three days in July. The visits, agreed to on condition that full names and specific locations be withheld, afforded a rare window into the lives and actions of fighters on one side of the worst violence to grip the West Bank in decades.”<\/em><\/p>\n The “fighters”\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0is referring to are the terrorists responsible for a series of shooting, stabbing and car-ramming attacks against Jewish civilians and soldiers in the Nablus area and Israel over the past few months. Notably, these terrorists do not hide their involvement in the wave of attacks. In fact, they often boast of the attacks and post\u00a0videos<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0posters<\/a>\u00a0documenting their role.<\/em><\/p>\n The newspaper goes to lengths to focus on the human aspect of the terrorists’ lives. After being led to a room deep inside Balata camp, the correspondents, in an effort to humanize the terrorists,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0they were “welcomed” by several men there who were “eating mana’eesh, a flatbread with za’atar. Weapons rested in their laps or against the walls.”<\/em><\/p>\n The correspondents go on to make a stunning revelation: one of the terrorists, identified only as\u00a0Zoufi<\/a>, “bought his M16 [rifle] for $20,000 with the money he earned working in construction in Tel Aviv.”<\/em><\/p>\n What the newspaper fails to mention is that this terrorist is one of tens of thousands of Palestinians who were granted permits (by Israel) to come and work in Israel as part of an effort to boost the Palestinian economy and improve the living conditions of the Palestinians in the West Bank.<\/em><\/p>\n The terrorist did not seek work in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories because he knew he would have earned much less. The newspaper does not mention that many Palestinians prefer to work in Israel than in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas. The terrorist was able to save $20,000 from his work in Israel, but instead of using the money to build a new house or improve his living condition, we are told that he chose to\u00a0establish<\/a>\u00a0“the Balata cell of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.”<\/em><\/p>\n The correspondents are apparently impressed by the fact that another terrorist, Ammar, paid 20 shekels ($6) to buy them coffee. Ammar had been shot multiple times by Israeli soldiers while attempting to murder Jews near Nablus in April. He managed to escape, but two of his fellow gunmen were killed.<\/em><\/p>\n The correspondents go on to claim, falsely, that “there are no sports teams” in Balata refugee camp.<\/em><\/p>\n The truth is that the camp has a soccer\u00a0club<\/a>\u00a0that was established in 1954. It is called the Balata Youth Center and\u00a0states<\/a>\u00a0that it “aspires to be the main supporter of all sports, cultural, social, and scouting activities… It also aspires to have a special playground for all sports, such as football [soccer], basketball, handball, volleyball, table tennis, and other individual and group games.” The local soccer\u00a0team<\/a>\u00a0has even\u00a0won<\/a>\u00a0several championships.<\/em><\/p>\n The terrorists could have joined the soccer team, but preferred to form a terror group to attack Jews.<\/em><\/p>\n Instead of highlighting that many of the terrorists are involved in intimidation and extortion of the local community,\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0attempts to\u00a0depict<\/a>\u00a0them as honest law-enforcers. We are told that one of the terrorists its correspondents hung out with, Goblin, beat a suspected thief:<\/em><\/p>\n “Goblin slapped the boy. ‘You will not steal again’, he yelled, striking him in the forehead with the stock of his rifle.”<\/em><\/p>\n Again, the newspaper ignores that many Palestinians are\u00a0intimidated<\/a>\u00a0and terrorized by the gunmen, whom they hold\u00a0responsible<\/a>\u00a0for the anarchy and lawlessness and living off protection money.<\/em><\/p>\n “The [Balata] Camp has been hijacked by an armed group that is terrorizing and threatening to kill residents who dare to speak out,” the Fatah Office of Information and Culture itself said back in 2015. It\u00a0accused<\/a>\u00a0the gunmen of extorting money from wealthy businessmen from Nablus and running a big market for weapons and drugs.<\/em><\/p>\n