PMW Bulletin
June 16, 2016

PA Minister of Education honors terrorist
who murdered 19-year-old policewoman

Itamar Marcus
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

The Palestinian Authority Minister of Education visited a school this week
in order to "honor the souls" of three terrorist "Martyrs" who had attended
the school. Among the "Martyrs" was the murderer earlier this year of
19-year-old Hadar Cohen, an Israeli policewoman.

The article in the official PA daily points out that the students in the
school named their class after two of the terrorists.

The Minister of Education, Sabri Saidam, added that:

"After the announcement of the results of the high school matriculation
exams, a tribute to the Martyrs' families will be held at this school as a
sign of loyalty to them and to their sacrifice."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 12, 2016]

Palestinian Media Watch has documented that a central teaching of the
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education is terror glorification.

The following is a longer excerpt from the article describing the PA Miniser
of Education's visit:

"Minister of Education and Higher Education, Sabri Saidam visited the high
school matriculation exam halls at the Qabatiya and Tubas (PA) Education
Directorates yesterday [June 11, 2016]. At the Qabatiya Directorate, Saidam
visited the exam halls of the Martyr (Shahid) Izzat Abu Al-Rubb High School.
The visit was held in honor of the souls of three of its students who died
this year as Martyrs... [including] Martyr Ahmad Awwad Abu Al-Rubb - who
died as a Martyr on November 2 (actually November 11 -Ed.), 2015, at the
Jalame checkpoint in Jenin, while accompanied by his friend Mahmoud Ma'man
Abu Kmeil, who was also a high school student [and] who was wounded and
arrested afterwards - and Martyr Ahmad Najah Abu Al-Rubb - who died as a
Martyr last February 3 [2016] in Jerusalem with his friends Ahmad Zakarneh
and Muhammad Kmeil, who died as Martyrs together with him (i.e., after
murdering an Israeli policewoman).
The students taking the high school matriculation exams in the school's
different courses of study, who number 175, gave themselves the name: "Class
of Martyrs Kmeil and Abu Al-Rubb." Minister Saidam said: 'After the
announcement of the results of the high school matriculation exams, a
tribute to the Martyrs' families will be held at this school as a sign of
loyalty to them and to their sacrifice.'"
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 12, 2016]

Izzat Abu Al-Rubb was a Fatah military leader who participated in a number
of terror attacks against Israel.

Ahmad Awwad Abu Al-Rubb - a Palestinian terrorist who, with an accomplice,
attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Jenin on Nov. 11,
2015. Abu Al-Rubb was shot and killed by soldiers during the attack.

Ahmad Najah Abu Al-Rubb, Ahmad Zakarneh and Muhammad Kmeil - three
Palestinian terrorists in their early 20's who shot and stabbed two Israeli
police officers at the Damascus gate in Jerusalem on Feb. 3, 2016. One of
the officers, 19-year-old Hadar Cohen, was fatally wounded and died of her
wounds. The second officer was seriously wounded. The terrorists, who
attacked the policewomen after they were asked for identification, were
carrying machine guns, knives, and pipe bombs, leading the police to suspect
they were planning a mass attack against civilians. The terrorists were shot
and killed at the scene by Israeli police.