Palestinian Authority Daily: Yeshiva Killer is Holy Martyr

PMW Bulletins Feb. 2008: "Mahmoud Abbas's official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper has honored the killer of the eight high school students gunned down this week with the status of Shahid - Holy Islamic Martyr. In so doing, the PA is sending its people a straightforward message of support for the terror murders and the murderer. According to the PA interpretation of Islam, there is no higher status that a human being can achieve today than that of Shahid."

So does Abbas deserve the time of day? Should he get $150 Million of US aid? Does he really seek peace with Israel? Read the rest of tharticle at this link -- as we showed yesterday, the Palestinian profess much different things in Enlish tan they do in Arabic -- as any political sociologist who is a student of the Arab world will tell you, it is an acceptable part of Arab tribal culture to behave in a way that we would characterize as dishonest and two-faced, and over-stressing their demented concept of "honor" above all else.