Although the security situation in Jerusalem and other areas in Israel has calmed somewhat in recent days, Palestinian incitement and calls for terrorist acts against Israelis are continuing.
The Hamas movement called Thursday (Twitter Arabic link) on Arabs in the West Bank and Jerusalem to do all they can “to defend Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque.” A Hamas official said (Arabic link) that Jerusalem will be “the top priority” for the Palestinian armed groups in the near future.
Palestinian commenter Sarai Arabi admitted (Arabic link) said that the Palestinians have no desire to prevent individual terrorist acts directed against Israelis, such as the recent terror attacks in Jerusalem. According to him, these are natural and “automatic” actions designed to bring the liberation of Palestine.
The calls for new terror attacks also appeared in social media. Some examples of posts from Twitter (Arabic page) by Arab users include:
“Palestine will continue to attack until the defeat of the occupiers.”
“Another week-long attack using vehicles effectively within the city of Jerusalem will cause a massive uprising and spread the flames.”
“We will sacrifice ourselves as martyrs for Jerusalem”
The Palestinian Authority and Fatah also continued to pay tribute to the terrorists (Arabic link) who were killed in the recent attacks, despite Mahmoud Abbas’s initial condemnation of the terror attack in Jerusalem synagogue. The Fatah Advisory Council meeting held Wednesday, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, hailed “the martyrs of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque.”
Meanwhile, an Israeli General Security Service operation with the aid of the IDF exposed a Hamas terror cell and thwarted its foreign-trained members from executing a number of attacks on Israeli destinations, Ynet and other media outlets reported.
The Hamas terrorists were ordered to undertake a number of operations against Israeli destinations in the West Bank, including infiltration attacks, kidnapping attacks, car bombings, an attack on Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, and an attack on a light rail train in the capital.
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