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Palestinian Authority Honors Terrorist who Killed Israeli Teen in Her Sleep

by TheTower.org Staff | 06.30.16 11:53 am

Outlets affiliated with the Palestinian Authority and its dominant Fatah party have granted the honorary title of “shahid,” or martyr, to a Palestinian who murdered a 13-year-old Israeli girl early Thursday morning.

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Muhammad Nasser Tarayrah broke into the West Bank community of Kiryat Arba and stabbed Hallel Yaffa Ariel to death as she slept before being shot and killed by security officers. Fatah’s official Facebook page promptly posted a picture of Tarayrah and declared him a martyr, which PMW the nonprofit group Palestinian Media Watchdescribed as “the highest honor achievable in Islam according to the Palestinian Authority.” WAFA, the PA’s official news agency, also Tarayrah a martyr. This designation means that under Palestinian law, Tarayrah’s family is now eligible for monthly stipends from the PA, Palestinian Media Watch explained.

In a statement released following the murder, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on “enlightened nations” to demand that the PA end its incitement against Israelis. “They must pressure the one who heads the network of incitement that leads to the murder of children in their beds and not the State of Israel, which is working to protect its children and its citizens,” he said.