The talkbacks on Palestinian Arab news sites are filled with happiness and glee at the murder of Israelis today near Eilat.
And not only the Hamas or Islamic Jihad oriented sites, but the Fatah-leaning sites as well.
Palestine Press Agency, which is a Fatah-leaning site, has commenters saying
"God praise the [Hamas] Al-Qassam Brigades" (they have not taken responsibility)
"Our Lord is with the heroes"
"[I] call for resistance in the Gaza with rocket fire and suicide bombings and the Glory of God and His Messenger"
"Tribute to the Heroes of each attack and no matter what their affiliation"
"God is great and victory is coming"
By far the most popular comment in the Hamas-oriented PalTimes is "God is great."
Firas Press has a numbr of "God is Great" comments as well as one referring to the victims as "monkeys."
The popular Paldf.net forum site has hundreds of messages of praise as well as digging up every possible scrap of rumor they can find.
I have yet to find a single expression of sadness or condemnation for the attack. One person thought that it was "suspicious" and implied it was a Zionist false flag attack to be a pretext for invading Egypt or Gaza; that's the closest I could find to a reservation about the attack. Everyone else is pouring out happiness and congratulations to the heroic terrorists.
UPDATE: A couple of people think it is unfair to generalize based on talkbackers, who are usually the most extreme idiots. However, there are usually extremists on both sides of the story. I cannot find a single Palestinian Arab who is an "extremist" in supporting peace or condemning terror. And that is a significant issue that is worthwhile to mention.
