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Title: Palestinian Authority, Headed By Mahmoud 'Abbas, Continues To Praise Mother Of Six Terrorists: You Are Our Pride And Glory
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URL Source: https://www.memri.org/reports/pales ... -mother-six-terrorists-you-are
Published: Feb 4, 2022
Author: MEMRI
Post Date: 2022-02-04 21:57:34 by A K A Stone
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Latifa Abu Hmeid is the mother of six Fatah and Hamas terrorists who were involved in deadly attacks on Israelis. She has been dubbed "The Khansa of Palestine," after the early Islamic poet Al-Khansa Bint 'Amr, who is called "the Mother of the Martyrs" because when her four sons died in the battle of Al-Qadasiyya (637) she did not mourn them but thanked Allah for honoring her with their deaths. Abu Hmeid is treated as an emblematic figure by Fatah and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, especially by Palestinian President Mahmoud 'Abbas, who frequently visit and host her, and lavish praise upon her.[1] Abu Hmeid's six sons were involved in shooting and suicide attacks. One of them, 'Abd Al-Mun'im, was active in the Hamas military wing, the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, and was killed by Israel. He assisted in the murder of three Israelis in the West Bank on December 14, 1990, and the murder of another Israeli on February 13, 1994. Four other sons are serving consecutive life sentences in Israeli prisons: Nasser, one of the founders of the Fatah military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was a deputy to Marwan Barghouti, Fatah's Secretary-General in the West Bank during the Second Intifada, and took an active part in the lynching of two Israeli soldiers in Ramallah on October 12, 2000. He is serving seven consecutive life sentences and an additional 50 years for the murder of seven Israelis and 12 attempted murders. Sharif was active in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and supplied weapons and assistance for the perpetration of terror attacks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during February and March 2002. He is serving four consecutive life sentences. Muhammad is serving two consecutive life sentences plus 30 years for planning suicide attacks for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. A fourth son, Nasr, was active with Nasser in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for planning suicide attacks. The sixth son, Islam, is serving a life sentence for killing an Israeli soldier in May 2018, after in 2004-2009 he served time for involvement in Hamas shooting attacks. On January 12, 2022, PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas received Latifa Abu Hmeid in his office in Ramallah, as he has done many times in the past. Speaking about her son Nasser, he ignored the latter's involvement in the murder of Israelis but mentioned that he has cancer and accused Israel of neglecting his health. He added that the issue of the prisoners is a top priority for the Palestinian leadership, which will never give up their rights despite all the pressures on it.[2] At a January 4, 2022 meeting of Fatah's Revolutionary Council in Ramallah, 'Abbas praised the Abu Hmeid family for its steadfastness and sacrifice, and expressed hope that Nasser Abu Hmeid will make a full recovery and be released from prison.[3] The PA mouthpiece Al-Hayat Al-Jadida recently published several articles glorifying Latifa Abu Hmeid, calling her a "Palestinian national emblem" and a "heroine" who "nursed her sons on the milk of heroism, honor and pure nationalism until they became unparalleled knights on the path of resistance." The articles also accused Israel of responsibility for Nasser Abu Hmeid's medical condition, and one of them, by Fatah Revolutionary Council member Muwaffaq Matar, even claimed that Israel "deliberately plants" cancer in the bodies of Palestinian prisoners. 
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