Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)
   
   
 
Palestinians Lie to Manipulate Public Opinion Against Israel's Building
an Anti-Terrorism Fence to Block Terrorist Attacks
   
   
 


Graffiti reading
“Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades”
   
  The caption reads: “Youth waving the Palestinian flag and writing slogans against the racist wall during a demonstration in Qalqiliya [which was held] yesterday.” (At the left is the name of the photographer, Jamal al-‘Aruri.) [ Al-Ayyam ,
December 28, 2003]
   
 
The above is a picture which appeared in the Palestinian Authority daily newspaper Al-Ayyam. The picture's caption is misleading because the graffiti on the wall is not a protest against the fence. Its correct translation is “ Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades ,” i.e., the Fatah's terrorist military wing, responsible for the perpetration of countless terrorist attacks against Israel, including attacks on the Israeli side of the border.
   
 
Thus to create the (false) impression that Israel has erected a wall (whose negative connotations the innocent reader will interpret incorrectly) and not an anti-terrorism fence , the Palestinians published a picture of the so-called “wall” built on the outskirts of Qalqiliya . In that specific area, a protective barrier was in fact erected by the Israeli company which built Israel's new north-south toll road. The barrier was erected with the exclusive purpose of preventing civilian travelers from being shot at by Palestinian terrorists operating from Qalqiliya. It should be remembered that in that area on June 16, 2003, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist squad managed to infiltrate Israeli territory. They fired shots at a passing civilian Israeli passenger vehicle, killing a young girl and seriously wounded two other members of her family.
   
 
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