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Al Jazeera publishes article praising stabbings, vehicular jihad attacks against Israeli civilians

Jan 1, 2015 8:49 am By Robert Spencer

Adnan Abu AmerImagine the outcry if a publication carried an article praising attacks on “Palestinian” civilians. But the world will take little note of this, and the UN will just issue another condemnation of Israel.

“Aljazeera.net Article In Praise Of Stabbings, Vehicular Attacks And Other Forms Of Resistance: Israel Can Manufacture Advanced Missile Systems, But Cannot Protect Its Citizens From Knife Attacks,” MEMRI, December 29, 2014:

Dr. ‘Adnan Abu ‘Amer, a Palestinian journalist and Gazan university lecturer, recently devoted his regular column on Aljazirah.net to the November 18, 2014 attack on the Jerusalem synagogue and to other recent attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Abu ‘Amer praised the “creativity” of the Palestinian attackers who, he said, have begun using simple weapons like knives and stones that are readily available everywhere. Such weapons, he added, are particularly effective because they can be used by a lone attacker, and the Israeli security apparatuses are unable to stop this attacker before he strikes. According to Abu ‘Amer, the rise in stabbing attacks attests to a growing spirit of self-sacrifice in Palestinian society.

Below are translated excerpts from his article:[1]

Recent Operations Show That Anyone Can Carry Out Resistance Using Primitive Weapons

“The recent Fidai operations carried out by young Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem against the Israeli army and settlers reveal that the Palestinian people have armed themselves with the will to wage resistance against the occupier, and no longer accept the wretched and bleak situation [that currently exists]. These operations show that we have reached the point of no return, [where it is impossible to go back] to the former status quo that included repeated incursions to the Haram [i.e. the Al-Aqsa compound] and repeated attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

“…The fact that the people of the West Bank and Jerusalem have joined the battlefield of resistance in recent weeks improves and renews the popular primitive weapons, making them more effective than before. In recent operations, the fighters utilized many diverse types of weaponry of increasing sophistication – from stones and slings, through knives and other sharp weapons, to firearms. This qualitative improvement of the resistance tools used in the struggle against the occupier allows every member of the [Palestinian] people to wage resistance with these primitive weapons. And so one person erects a barrier and a second burns a tire, a third makes a fire bomb, a fourth digs a trench, a fifth scatters nails on the road, a sixth stabs a settler and a seventh runs over a soldier. Palestine has become a popular workshop where everyone plays a role.

Primitive Weapons Are Effective And Highlight The Contrast With The Advanced Israeli Weapons

“A review of the recent resistance [operations] carried out in the Palestinian territories, and of the diverse weapons used, reveals which were the most important weapons – both primitive weapons and firearms, as detailed below:

1. The stone: used to erect barriers, block traffic arteries and build hideouts and barricades, [including for] ambushes. Even if a stone, in terms of its physical impact, does not evoke a mental image of a heroic battle, it has powerful symbolic significance, because it highlights the contrast between [the Palestinian’s simple weapons] and the advanced weaponry of an enemy that possesses an atomic bomb.

2. The slingshot:… Palestinians use the slingshot in sniping operations against the occupation forces and the settlers and their various means of transport. Its importance lies in the fact that a shooter can use it while remaining unseen, which complicates things for the occupation forces. Although [this weapon] rarely causes lethal damage, it is capable of causing severe injury if used at close range and if the stone is hefty and the shooter strong.

3. Arson and burning tires: Last summer the Israelis experienced a ‘hot season’ whose flames reached the very heart of Israel. Dozens of fires broke out in the forests and woods and set thousands of hectares ablaze. [These fires] constituted an additional surprise for the Israeli security apparatuses, which recently began awakening, now and again, to a new surprise by the resistance.

4. Barricades and obstacles: this tool was used by the resistance to block the entrances and streets in the cities, villages and refugee camps to occupation army vehicles, and this helped the youths divide the attacks on the Israeli forces [between them], and even more so to retreat at the right moment and guarantee that the occupation’s military vehicles and armored cars could not pursue them…”

The Importance Of Stabbings: The Knife Is A Household Item; Even Israeli Arabs Can Take Part In Such Resistance

“Knives were the weapons most frequently used in the recent [operations] by the popular resistance in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The latest stabbing, at the [Jerusalem] synagogue, led to five Israelis killed and eight wounded. Stabbing operations are important because this sharp weapon is a found in every household and its use has very significant impact – not only in terms of its lethal potential but due to the psychological effect on the Israelis, who see and grasp that a soldier can be killed with a knife [even] while weilding [sic] a sophisticated automatic rifle….

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  1. Richie says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 9:44 am

    Its because in the liberal media, its okay for Muslims to preach violence and bash the Jews (since liberals share the same Jew hatred) – Muslims are never seen as being responsible for their own actions, and any time they are called out on their lust for homicide, defenders will deflect and always ask ‘what about Timothy McVeigh’? If a Muslim kills, they will just insist Jews are to blame.

    • mortimer says

      Jan 1, 2015 at 2:11 pm

      Cultural Marxist media. Moscow’s propaganda turned against Jews in the 1960s and remained stuck there. Consequently, large numbers of Leftarded American Jews are self-hating. The cultural Marxist have unconsciously bought into the disinformation campaign that says Arabs and all Muslims are ‘officially designated victims’ … so designated by the Marxists and thus they can do no wrong as ‘oppressed nations’ ripe for communism…or so they incorrectly believe. The ‘Arab spring’ is the really the theocratic spring of the Muslim Brotherhood…not of Marxist-Leninism.

    • Betty says

      Jan 2, 2015 at 8:27 pm

      YEH and these democrated Jews should take an oath NEVER AGAIN.

  2. TH says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 9:52 am

    If the West were a sane society it would simply block all Al-Jazeera transmissions in it countries for promotion of terrorism and declate it a terrorist organization.

    • mortimer says

      Jan 1, 2015 at 2:13 pm

      BOYCOTT al Jazeera and BOYCOTT all companies that ADVERTISE on al Jazeera.

    • Angry says

      Jan 1, 2015 at 2:17 pm

      TH

      The Qatari’s own the Al-Jazera network. I’m not quite sure about the USA or other countries/nations, but the Qatari’s are investing £millions into Britain’s real estate, football clubs, banks and other corporate businesses.

      While ever the Conservatives, with support from Labour, allow these investments, which contribute to Britain’s economy, then no governing body will pull the plug on Al-Jazeera. They will be allowed to produce their propaganda that influences total hatred towards Israel and the Jewish people, referred to as ‘zionists’. This is acceptable within left-wing circles, and they don’t consider it racist etc..

      It’s the same with the Iranian owned PressTV, no doubt there are Iranian investments in Britain; despite the sanctions. Either way, we don’t know.

      Basically, Al-Jazeera and PressTV are protected by law.

      This is the problem Britain has, I’m not sure whether Qatari’s have any financial hold on any other countries.

  3. moses says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:11 am

    Aljazeera is one of the most biased news networks ever made they only report negative news about Israel and attack anyone who opposes Islam.

    • Richie says

      Jan 1, 2015 at 10:40 am

      which is why leftists love that network

  4. Salah says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    “…and the Israeli security apparatuses are unable to stop this attacker before he strikes.”

    He is right. Police will always show up “a little” too late.
    This is precisely why every honest citizen must be allowed to carry a concealed weapon everywhere, all the time.
    Gun controls advocates are helping the enemy, they have innocent blood on their hands.

  5. jewdog says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 12:26 pm

    To counter the Jihad we use:
    1) Information
    2) Border screening
    3) Weapons of Muslim destruction

    • mortimer says

      Jan 1, 2015 at 2:26 pm

      I choose 1).

      Our Western intelligence agencies urgently need to deprogram Muslims. This must come from the top. At the moment, only the samizdat counterjihadists are fighting authentic Islam ideologically.

      The INFORMATION that Islam is false must come from the top levels of our governments. That is the only way to shut down jihad.

      You also forgot one of the greatest weapons against jihad…4) stop buying their oil.

      • jewdog says

        Jan 1, 2015 at 2:51 pm

        Well, oil vay!, I did forget that. That’s why I like frackers.

  6. mortimer says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 2:34 pm

    Boycott al Jazeera. Boycott their advertisers. Boycott Arabian oil.

  7. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 5:15 pm

    Stones, slingshots, arson, barricades, knives — Is that all you can think of in the way of low-tech weapons? What about the atlatl? And better yet, for the jihadi with a sense of irony, the gharqad-thorn blowgun. The gharqad tree, also known as the boxthorn, protects Jews with it sharp thorns (so says a famous hadith, Bukhari 52:177). Just take those thorns and used them as projectiles in a blowgun. What to use for the blowgun? Take a hint from our South African brethren: the vuvuzela. When fired, the gharqad-thorn vuvuzela will make a distinctive sound, inducing fear of a poisoned-thorn attack (see the “victorious through terror” hadith, Bukhari 4:52:220), somewhat like the sirens aboard the V-1 buzzbombs of World War 2.

  8. Angemon says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 5:29 pm

    Abu ‘Amer praised the “creativity” of the Palestinian attackers who, he said, have begun using simple weapons like knives and stones that are readily available everywhere.

    A few generations more and maybe they’ll learn to use branches to fish termites, like the chimpanzees. You know, if they’re not too busy using them to stab one another in the eye while shouting “allahhu akbar”. Priorities, priorities…

  9. duh_swami says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    I suppose there is nothing Al Gore can do about this, but someone should notify him anyway. I would do it myself, but I lost his phone number.

  10. Safed says

    Jan 1, 2015 at 10:13 pm

    Rania “Rant” Khalek, Max “Professional Liar” Blumenthal and Ali “Abusing” Abunimah want the world to believe that these attacks were from mentally ill people. The truth is that Palestinian rage and Islamism is a form of ment illness that should be eradicated.

  11. gravenimage says

    Jan 2, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    Al Jazeera publishes article praising stabbings, vehicular jihad attacks against Israeli civilians
    ……………………………..

    This is what they’re doing in Arabic. On Al Jazeera English, they just run constant stories about Ferguson and how—supposedly—un-democratic the United States is.

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