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MEMRI Daily: March 14, 2011 PA Condemns Itamar Murder, Blames Israelis For Palestinian Hostility; Libyan Lawyer: People Who Toppled Qadhafi's Regime Won't Let Others Hijack It

The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series and the MEMRI TV Project. Special Dispatch No. 3664—Palestinians/Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project Senior PA Officials Condemn Itamar Murder while Blaming Israel for Palestinian Hostility Following the March 11 attack on the Fogel family in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in which the parents and three children, including a four-month-old infant, were killed, PA officials condemned the attack while stressing their opposition to all violence, including violence against Palestinians. Some also raised questions about the identity of the murderers, hinting that they may not have been Palestinian. Fatah officials and columnists in the PA dailies denounced the murder of the children with unprecedented harshness, stressing the depravity of the act, but also blamed the settlers for instigating Palestinian hostility against them, and noted that Israel also killed children. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5093.htm. Special Dispatch No. 3663—Libya Libyan Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Fathi Terbil: The People Who Succeeded in Toppling Al-Qadhafi's Regime Will Not Allow Others to Hijack the Revolution Following are excerpts from an interview with Libyan lawyer and human rights activist Fathi Terbil, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on March 1, 2011: To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2856.htm. Interviewer: "Many people are asking how this revolution was ignited. How, exactly, did it start? Did it begin with your arrest on February 15?" Fathi Terbil: "There are undoubtedly similarities between most of the Arab countries, especially those that endure conditions of internal pressure, groaning under the yoke of totalitarian and dictatorial regimes. All the peoples strive to win their freedom, to gain their honor, and to play a role in building of their countries. I imagine, however, that revolutions – especially those that are sparked by the people and the masses – are not generally not meticulously planned as coups d'êtat or anything. This revolution arose spontaneously, but there were definitely elements that brought about this outcome." [...] To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5092.htm. Special Dispatch No. 3662–Libya Libyan TV Host Hala Al-Masrati Criticizes Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi and Al-Jazeera TV: '[The Rebels] are Living a Great Delusion…; These Fatwas Suit the Sexual Desires of the Emir and Sheikhs of Qatar' Following are excerpts from an address by Libyan TV host Hala Al-Masrati, which aired on Al-Libiya TV on March 1, 2011. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2852.htm. Hala Al-Masrati: "[The rebels] are living a great delusion, and they need all the psychiatrists in the world to analyze their personalities and to draw them out of the great delusion they live in. I am a pragmatic person, and I like to talk to use pragmatic terms, but by God, these people are dreamers. One feels as if they are talking from Wonderland and Alice is among them, and she's the one who wrote the scenario for them." [...] To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5091.htm.