In all, 22 terrorist murderers who killed 238 Israelis were glorified, along with numerous other terrorists who caused injuries. Those honored included suicide bombers, bomb makers, hijackers, snipers, stabbers, and planners of terror attacks. Palestinian Media Watch has reported that many of them have been honored numerous times in the past for their terror attacks.
Terrorists responsible for horrific attacks were honored, including Dalal Mughrabi, whose bus hijacking left 37 killed, Abdallah Barghouti, who planned and made explosives for suicide bombings that killed 67, Raed Al-Houtari, who recruited 2 suicide bombers for the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing that killed 22 young people and others. The PA's terror glorification during Ramadan was not related to Israel's release of 26 terrorists from prison.
Most days during Ramadan, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake and other officials made at least one publicized visit, sometimes televised, to the home of one of the terrorists. PA TV had numerous programs honoring terrorists and Fatah honored terrorists by posting their pictures on Facebook, glorifying the terrorists and their terror attacks.
PA TV broadcast the words of Fatah leader, Tayseer Al-Bardini, about the visits and gatherings in honor of the terrorists, because the PA "extols" the acts of terror they committed:
"These gatherings of solidarity [for prisoners] are just a reminder that there are heroes... These heroes who we are talking about, they are the ones whose actions we extol."
[Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 24, 2013]
PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake said:
"The purpose of this visit during this month (Ramadan) is to emphasize the loyalty and love to the prisoners."
[Al-Ayyam, July 16, 2013]
The following is the list of terrorists honored by the PA during the Ramadan period, with a brief description of some of their terror activities, for which they are being honored:
| Name of terrorist: | Abdallah Barghouti |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: |  Prepared explosives for terror attacks in which 67 people were murdered - Sbarro restaurant (15 killed, Aug. 9, 2001), Sheffield Club (15 killed, May 7, 2002), Moment Café (11 killed, March 9, 2002), triple attack at Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall (11 killed, Dec. 1, 2001), Hebrew University (9 killed, July 1, 2002), and Bus 4 in Tel Aviv (6 killed, Sept. 19, 2002). |
| No. killed: | 67 people |
| Sentence: | 67 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Fatah's Facebook page "The Main Page" posted his picture and glorified him. It listed 5 of the suicide bombings he participated in, specifying for each one: "killed 15 Zionists"; "killed 11 Zionists"; "killed 15 Zionists," etc., adding up to a total of 61 "killed Zionists." He was called the "heroic prisoner." |
| Source: | Facebook page, "Fatah - The Main Page," July 22, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Dalal Mughrabi |
| Status: | Killed during her terror attack. |
| Crime description: | She and other terrorists hijacked a bus in 1978. |
| No. killed: | 37 civilians (12 of them children) |
| Means of honor: |  Fatah's Facebook page "The Main Page" posted two pictures honoring her during Ramadan. One of them called her and three other female terrorists "stars that shone in the sky of the revolution." The other picture called her "the [female] master of the world." |
| Source: | Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," Aug. 2, 2013 and July 29, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Muhammad Imran |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | One of the planners of the Moment Café suicide bombing on March 9, 2002, the Hebrew University suicide bombing on July 31, 2002 and the Sheffield Club suicide bombing on May 7, 2002, in which he gave the suicide bomber the explosive belt. |
| No. killed: | 35 people |
| Sentence: | 37 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | PA TV program For You dedicated an episode to the terrorist. His brother: "I haven't found words in the dictionary with which I can define Muhammad Imran as he truly deserves... Our dictionary is unable to describe the heroism of these people. His son said he is "proud of him always." His wife said he is "brave" and "noble." His daughter: "My father is a man who can't be described with words. A very great man and a distinguished hero. I'm very proud of my father in public and I always see him as a supreme example and as a role model for me." His second daughter: "He's a warrior and a Jihad fighter and I'm proud of him in public and he makes us proud." |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 25, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Raed Al-Houtari |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Recruited 2 suicide bombers to bomb the Dolphinarium Disco in Tel Aviv. |
| No. killed: | 23 teenagers and young adults |
| Sentence: | 22 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Visit to his home by PA TV program. Daughter: "I am proud he is in prison and that he is a hero." Brother-in-law: "You raised our heads high." |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, Aug. 10, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Ahmad Salah |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Involved in the suicide attacks on two buses in Jerusalem, Jan. 29, 2003 and Feb. 22, 2004. |
| No. killed: | 19 people |
| Sentence: | 21 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Visit to his home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake. |
| Source: | Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 14, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Ahmad Jabara Abu Sukkar |
| Status: | Died recently. Was released from prison in 2003 as part of a goodwill gesture from Israel to the PA. |
| Crime description: | Planned 1975 bombing - a refrigerator filled with explosives was detonated in central Jerusalem. |
| No. killed: | 15 people |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence plus 30 years |
| Means of honor: | Described on PA TV by Fatah leader as: "A hero among the heroes of Fatah operations,' specifically the hero of the 'Refrigerator Operation.'" |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 24, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Hilmi Hammash |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Aided suicide bombing on bus in Jerusalem, Jan. 29, 2004. |
| No. killed: | 11 people |
| Sentence: | 12 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Visit to his home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake. |
| Source: | Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 14, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Thaer Hammad |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Opened fire with sniper's rifle from a hill at soldiers and civilians (in Wadi Al-Haramiya, West Bank) on March 3, 2002. |
| No. killed: | 10 people (7 soldiers, 3 civilians) |
| Sentence: | 11 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Called "hero" on PA TV by member of Fatah Leadership, Tayseer Al-Bardini, for "kiilling a group of Zionists with his old rifle." |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 24, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Mundhir Snobar |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Transported a suicide bomber to his attack at the Geha junction east of Tel Aviv in December 2003. |
| No. killed: | 4 people |
| Sentence: | 4 life sentences plus 30 years |
| Means of honor: | TV program For You dedicated an episode to the terrorist. The terrorist was called "the brave prisoner." |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 18, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Muhammad Adel Daoud |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: |  Murdered Ofra Moses, who was pregnant, and her 5 year-old son, Tal Moses, by throwing a Molotov cocktail at their car on April 11, 1987. |
| No. killed: | 2 people and an unborn baby |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence |
| Means of honor: | Visit to home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake. |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 15, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Issa Abd Rabbo |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Murdered 2 Israeli university students who were hiking south of Jerusalem. At gun point he tied them up, put bags over their heads and then shot and murdered both. |
| No. killed: | 2 people |
| Sentence: | 2 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Visit to home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake. |
| Source: | Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 14, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Brothers Ziyad Mahmoud Ghanimat and Mustafa Ghanimat |
| Status: | Prisoners |
| Crime description: | Murdered 2 people in 1985 in the Masua forest, near the city of Beit Shemesh. |
| No. killed: | 2 people |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence each |
| Means of honor: | Visit to home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake along with PA officials. |
| Source: | Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 1, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Ayyat Al-Akhras |
| Status: | Killed during her terror attack |
| Crime description: | She carried out a suicide bombing near a Jerusalem supermarket on March 29, 2002. |
| No. killed: | 2 people |
| Means of honor: |  She was honored in two pictures posted on Fatah's Facebook page (The Main Page) during Ramadan. One picture called her and other terrorists "stars that shone in the sky of the revolution." The other picture called her "the [female] master of the world." |
| Source: | Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," Aug. 2, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Tareq Salim Abdallah Yassin |
| Status: | Killed during his terror attack |
| Crime description: | Shooting attack at the Kissufim Road leading into the Gaza Strip on July 24, 2005. |
| No. killed: | 2 people |
| Means of honor: |  The social committee of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades paid a visit to the terrorist's home describing him as a "hero." They broadcast a poster with pictures of the terrorist, Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat. He was described as a "pure soul." |
| Source: | fatehwatan.ps, July 23, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Muhammad Ghwadreh |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Murdered two Israelis in June 2003. |
| No. killed: | 2 people |
| Sentence: | 3 life sentences |
| Means of honor: | Visit to home by Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake and his entourage. |
| Source: | Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 28, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Wafa Idris |
| Status: | Killed during her terror attack |
| Crime description: |  She was the first Palestinian female suicide bomber. She carried out her attack in Jerusalem in 2002. As a volunteer for the Palestinian Red Crescent, she bypassed Israeli security and entered Jerusalem in a Palestinian ambulance. |
| No. killed: | 1 person |
| Means of honor: | Fatah's Facebook page "The Main Page" posted her picture along with three other terrorists and called them "starts that shone in the sky of the revolution." |
| Source: | Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," Aug. 2, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Muhammad Falana |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | He and an accomplice placed a bomb. |
| No. killed: | 1 person |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence |
| Means of honor: | Visit to home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affaris Issa Karake and a delegation from the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs. |
| Source: | Ma'an, Palestinian news agency, July 24, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Nasser Barham |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Murdered his employer, Moshe Edri on Nov. 24, 1993 in order to join Hamas. |
| No. killed: | 1 person |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence |
| Means of honor: | Home visit by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake and a number of PA officials. |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 28, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Abd Al-Rahman Yusuf Mahmoud Al-Haj |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Stabbed woman to death and attempted to murder and wounded her father and daughter, Feb. 21, 1993. |
| No. killed: | 1 person |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence plus 20 years |
| Means of honor: | The terrorist's family received a certificate of honor from the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs describing the terrorist as a "hero": "Dedication: The Minister of Prisoners' and Released Prisoners' Affairs In recognition and pride Of the brave prisoner Abd Al-Rahman Mahmoud Al-Haj The Ministry of Prisoners' and Released Prisoners' Affairs." |
| Source: | Official Palestinian Authority TV, July 29, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Muhammad Nasr |
| Status: | Prisoner |
| Crime description: | Murder |
| No. killed: | 1 person |
| Sentence: | 1 life sentence |
| Means of honor: | Visit to home by PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs and a delegation from the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs. |
| Source: | Ma'an, Palestinian news agency, July 24, 2013 |
| Name of terrorist: | Darin Abu Aisheh |
| Status: | Killed during her terror attack |
| Crime description: | Carried out a suicide bombing in 2002. |
| No. killed: | 2 injured |
| Means of honor: |  Fatah's Facebook page "The Main Page" posted her picture along with three other terrorists and called them "starts that shone in the sky of the revolution." |
| Source: | Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," Aug. 2, 2013 |
