Glorification of a shahid who recently perpetrated a stabbing attack, at an annual ceremony of appreciation for high school and university graduates in the village of Al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem

September 27, 2019

On September 7, 2019, the youth club of the village of Al-Eizariya (situated east of Jerusalem) held the annual ceremony of appreciation for high school and university graduates who are residents of the village.^[1] The ceremony was held at Al-Eizariya Girls High School. Prominent figures attending the ceremony were the head of the Jerusalem Office in the PLO; chief of the PA General Intelligence in the Jerusalem District; the Fatah secretary in Al-Eizariya and his deputy; the mayor of Al-Eizariya, school principals, the students and their families. Although it was attended by high-ranking officials, this was a low-profile ceremony, downplaying the fact that it was held in memory of the perpetrator of the stabbing attack (in the ITIC’s assessment, out of caution).
Jamal Bassa Abu Hadid, Fatah secretary in Al-Eizariya, began his speech by noting that the ceremony was dedicated to the memory of the youth Naseem Abu Rumi, resident of Al-Eizariya, who, together with his friend, also a local resident, carried out a stabbing attack at the exit from the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem (Facebook page of Sami Abu Ghaliya, Fatah deputy secretary in Al-Eizariya, September 11, 2019). As in the past, a shahid killed while carrying out a terrorist attack was praised, this time in front of high school and university graduates.