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Posted on 01/21/2003 2:52:22 PM PST by yonif
The Palestinian Authority has decided to commemorate the memory of Abdel Baset Odeh, the Hamas terrorist who carried out the suicide bombing in a Netanya hotel last Passover Eve, by naming a soccer tournament after his name.
Thirty people were killed and dozens injured in the attack, which triggered Operation Defensive Shield.
The Palestinian Authority’s ministries of sports and education have been naming tournaments after the names of Palestinian "martyrs" for some years now. But the decision to honor Odeh has surprised many Palestinians because of his affiliation with Hamas.
Seven school teams are participating in the tournament, which is taking place in Tulkarem, the hometown of Odeh.
Each one of the teams has been named after a "martyr" from the city. Sources in Tulkarem told The Jerusalem Post that the decision to honor Odeh and the others was not related to their political affiliations, but is based on the fact that they all lived in the city.
According to the Palestinian Authority’s newspaper al Hayat al Jadeeda, the soccer tournament is taking place in Tulkarem's Abed al Majid Tayeh School soccer field, under the auspices of Jama Tarif, director of the PA’s education department in the city and other senior officials.
The report said that Odeh’s brother, Issam, would distribute the trophies at the end of the matches.
A second team has been named after Raed Karmi, the former head of Fatah’s armed wing, Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades, who was responsible for the deaths of at least 10 Israelis.
Karmi was killed in what was believed to be a targeted assassination planned by the IDF.
Tarek Abu Safaka, who carried out the suicide attack in Hermesh on February 10, 2002, killing three Israelis, has also been honored. One of the soccer teams now carries his name, the paper said.
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Muslims celebrating on Sept 11,2001, when they heard the news of the WTC collapsing.
Palestinian children in eastern Jerusalem celebrating news of the terror attacks in the United States.
PA (Palestinian) soccer tourney named after Passover Massacre suicide bomber
This is sick.
I'm afraid that i must disagree wholeheartedly....it is not 'sick'...people don't choose illness;
this is EVIL....something people do choose.
Sick bas***ds.
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