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Fatah Member In Gaza: We Must Sanctify The Blood Of Suicide Bombers; Tunisian Salafi Leader Endorses Martyrdom Operations In Israel, Vows To Oppose Communist Leader By Non-Democratic Means

Monday, 25 February, 2013 15:42

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	MEMRI Daily: February 25, 2013   MEMRI | MEMRI TV | JIHAD AND TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR | SOUTH ASIA STUDIES PROJECT
	Fatah Member In Gaza: We Must Sanctify The Blood Of Suicide Bombers Tunisian Salafi Leader Houssam Al-'Ayari Endorses Martyrdom Operations In Israel, Vows To Oppose Communist Leader By Non-Democratic Means Special Dispatch No. 5200 Fatah Member In Gaza: We Must Sanctify The Blood Of Suicide Bombers In a January 17, 2013 article on a PLO-affiliated website, Ahmad Mansour Dughmush, a Fatah activist in Gaza, extolled Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade members who had carried out bombings during the second intifada, both those who were killed and those who were captured and imprisoned. Among the figures he praised were the female suicide bombers Wafa Idris (who carried out a suicide bombing on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on January 27, 2002) and 'Andalib Al-Taqatqa (responsible for an April 12, 2002 suicide bombing in a Jerusalem market). The following are excerpts from the article: Ahmad Mansour Dughmush "Today we need Fatah's rifles and people more than ever. We must not disparage weapons... No one in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade or in the security apparatuses, including high ranking officials, may violate [the sanctity] of the blood of Dr. Thabet Thabet, Rawwad 'Abahira, 'Atef and Hussein 'Abiat, Marwan Zaloum, Jihad Al-'Amarin, Hassan Al-Madhoun, 'Iyyad Al-Najjar, 'Iyyad Qaddas, Hader Riyan, Majed Nattat, Muhannad Abu Halawa, 'Omar Abu Shari'a, Wafa Idris, 'Andalib Al-Taqatqa and thousands of other martyrs, chief among them [our] eternal leader Yasser Arafat, as well as thousands of prisoners who paid and are still paying the sacred price of our homeland with the prime of their youth, chief of them the leader Marwan Al-Barghouti, as well as Nasser 'Awais, Thaer Hammad, and Abu Hazem Al-Shubaki..." Click here to read the full report. Special Dispatch No. 5199 Tunisian Salafi Leader Houssam Al-'Ayari Endorses Martyrdom Operations In Israel, Vows To Oppose Communist Leader By Non-Democratic Means Following are excerpts from an interview with Tunisian Salafi activist Sheik Houssam Al-'Ayari, which aired on Al-Mayadeen TV on February 20, 2013. Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. Interviewer: "If a Communist candidate wins the elections and comes to power – will you oppose this?" Sheik Houssam Al-'Ayari: "Of course I will. I will oppose it even before the elections." Interviewer: "You will reject this?" Sheik Houssam Al-'Ayari: "Of course I will." Interviewer: "But through democratic means?" Sheik Houssam Al-'Ayari: "No, we don't believe in democracy. What is democracy? What has it contributed to this world? […] "We do not oppose martyrdom operations in Israel. On the contrary, we encourage them. If only I could be the first to carry one out." Click here to read the full report.