These riots are far from the only recent example of official PA support for violence against Jewish Israelis.
On Saturday, Palestinian Media Watch
reported that Fatah is establishing a monument in Jenin for the convicted killer of at least four civilians. Meanwhile, a Fatah Central Committee member called terrorists imprisoned in Israel “our
elite and most favored people.” For his part, PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh
reiterated his commitment to providing financial aid to
terrorists and their families.
Despite this, and apparently ignoring Israel’s swift action against extremism, foreign diplomats and international media outlets have only called out the Jewish state over the September 28 occurrence. All the while, the PA’s support for terrorism in the West Bank has been effectively ignored for nearly half a year.
In fact, within 24 hours of the attack on al-Mufaqara, the European Union delegation to the Palestinian Authority
issued a statement calling upon Israel to “ensure public order and the wellbeing of the occupied population as well as promptly investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of such attacks.” On September 30, UK Deputy Consul General Alison McEwen
paid a solidarity visit to the shepherding community.
The
United Nations and
US State Department likewise denounced the attack on Palestinians, with Washington being the only capital to acknowledge “Foreign Minister [Lapid’s] and other officials’ strong and unequivocal condemnations of this violence.”
Moreover, international news organizations like
The Washington Post, the
Associated Press,
CNN, and
ABC News all covered the Israeli-initiated violence and subsequent developments. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Tom Bateman’s
post about the violence was retweeted over 600 times. Remarkably, none of these outlets ever reported on the PA-supported antisemitism and terrorism perpetuated by the inhabitants of Beita.
Due to HonestReporting’s related work and social media campaign, some European politicians and governments are taking action to counter the PA’s support for terror. In response to our
August 19 article, Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag
confirmedthat his country’s representative to Ramallah, Cees van Baar, had raised the issue in a meeting with PA officials.
Nevertheless, many other countries with ties to the Palestinian Authority — in addition to media outlets worldwide — have remained silent, while simultaneously, albeit correctly, condemning Israel for the al-Mufaqara violence.
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