🧵 On September 11, 2001, while Americans watched thousands die, Palestinians celebrated in the streets.
This thread documents those scenes as well as the efforts by the PA to cover them up.
At Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, Palestinians were filmed cheering and clapping.
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Palestinians dancing in East Jerusalem.
via @FoxNews
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Fox News also reported celebratory gunfire in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
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The Palestinian Authority tried to stop coverage of the celebrations.
When an Associated Press cameraman filmed jubilant crowds in Nablus, officials warned they could not “guarantee his life” if the footage aired.
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The New York Times’ James Bennet reported drivers honking horns in East Jerusalem, candy being handed out, and large crowds in Nablus chanting: “Beloved bin Laden, strike Tel Aviv!”
Palestinian Authority personnel also blocked photographers from documenting the scenes.
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"According to the AP, Israel Radio and the Jerusalem Post, the Palestinians threatened news organizations in an effort to stop the broadcast of video and photographs, showing large crowds of Palestinians in Nablus and Ramallah joyfully celebrating the 9/11 attacks."
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Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin said the attacks were “a result of injustice the U.S practices against the weak.”
Palestinian Islamic Jihad official Nafez Azzam said they were “a consequence of American policies.”
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A 2005 Fafo Foundation poll found 65% of Palestinians supported “Al Qaeda bombings in the USA and Europe.”
Other polls in the Muslim world showed significant minorities justifying the attacks even a decade later.
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Here's a tweet from yesterday that gained 3,000 before the account was suspended.
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The next time you hear slogans about “resistance,” remember that in 2001 thousands of Americans were murdered, and in Nablus and Gaza, people cheered.
That is the culture Israel is told to make peace with.
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And the next time some grifter goes on a rant about the ridiculous "dancing Israelis" hoax, ask them why they won't ever bring this up.
I guarantee they won't answer you.
They can't.
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Links:
youtube.com/watch?v=P9yK0u…
youtube.com/watch?v=UucjbG…
foxnews.com/story/arafat-h…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/…
foxnews.com/story/palestin…
nytimes.com/2001/09/12/us/…
almashriq.hiof.no/general/300/32…
alarabiya.net/articles/2011/…
edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/eur…
camera.org/article/camera…
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