Obituaries honoring terrorists who murder innocent civilians regularly appear in Arafat´s newspapers. The following death notice glorifying the perpetrator of an attack last week in which a mother, her 10-year-old disabled daughter, and a reserve soldier (a new immigrant from Ethiopia) were killed featured prominently yesterday, on the front page of a Palestinian daily.

The text reads:
"In the name of Allah the merciful and compassionate. With great pride and esteem, and with faith in the destiny determined by Allah, the Hamas movement Alkassam in the district of Jenin is happy to notify the Arab, Islamic nation and our jihad-fighting Palestinian people that the heroic Martyr from Alkassam, Muhammed Ziad Alkhalili, carried out the brazen suicide attack in Hamra in the [Jordan] Valley, to avenge the execution of the commanders of the Martyr brigade Az A-Din Alkassam by the occupation forces in Nablus. We pray that Allah will grant a haven for the heroic Martyr with His plentiful mercy, and will house him in His vast gardens together with the Martyrs, the prophets, and the true believers." [Al Ayyam, February 10, 2002] (PMW.ORG.IL 02/11/02)