No surprise here: not only Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but Abbas also attributed the Gaza withdrawal to the labors of the "martyrs." Peace In Our Time update from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to DC Watson:
One of the main squares in Jenin has been named after Yahya Ayyash, a Hamas bombmaker responsible for the deaths of dozens of Israelis.The square, which has been decorated with a large poster of Ayyash, is located in the western part of the city. Local residents said the decision to name the square after the Hamas bomb-maker was taken by local Hamas leaders and activists and approved by the Palestinian Authority.
Residents of the city are planning a mass celebration in the coming days following the evacuation of four settlements in the area last week.
Portraits of slain Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders Ahmed Yassin and Fathi Shikaki have also filled the streets of the city.
I bet Muhammad is spinning with glee in his grave over such an honor being bestowed upon one of his followers.
Sick bastards... (excuse my language). Just imagine what the jews who have been expelled feel right now, as the places where the victims of terrorists used to work, rest, socialize, laugh and pray are getting named after those very same mass-murderers.
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May the Israelis vaporize this honourable square in the near future, pour encourager les autres, to encourage the others, then let's see if ArafatII is able to find enough in the 3bil promised him by Tony, to rebuild it, perhaps with a different name.
Until every last Syrian in Gazetstan (there is no such thing as a Palestinean people - its a leftist,U.N.,Arafat, creation), including every imam, knows a no tolerance reward for Jihad insurgency, the stupidities of the so called Intifada will continue.
Bloody hell. What a slap to Israel. How predictable of the Palestinian lost boys to raise the bombers and killers of the innocent, hoisting them to hero status.
Gaza will be a complete shit heap within two months....it will look like the city dump.
The Israelis should celebrate the event by distributing free cell phones, that others may follow in "the engineer's" footsteps.
I know right. How terrible. Maybe they should name it after one of the militant Jewish settler fanatics that kill Palestinians every week.