The Palestinian Media watch have recently been reporting on the Palestinian Authorities education programme of making Heroes of Suicide Bombers.

According to the PA, the inauguration and naming of a square in Nablus in celebration of the suicide bomber Dalal Mugrabi will take place on Thursday. Dalal Mugrabi committed the worst terror attack in Israel's history when she and other terrorists hijacked a bus in 1978, killing 37 Israelis.

Youth are being encouraged to get involved in the preparations because it is seen as having educational value. The following is a report published in Arab newspapers about the event;

"The Shabiba [Fatah] youth movement of the high schools in the Nablus region yesterday participated in national volunteer work around the Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi Square in Ramallah, in preparation for the inauguration of the square next Thursday, the anniversary of her Martyrdom after carrying out the famous Kamal Adwan operation [terror attacking killing 37 in 1978].Coordinator of activities in Nablus, Hasan Fakih, said that this participation [by the youth] was meant to reinforce values of volunteerism and loyalty to the blood of the Shahids (Martyrs), who sacrificed their blood for the sake of the Palestinian cause. He noted the need to reinforce national concepts and to recall the symbols of the Palestinian struggle among the generations to come.
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 8, 2010]

Speaking as a representative of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Sec. Gen of the Presidency Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim honoured Mughrabi and other terrorists during his Public statement about the event;
"The Palestinian woman is the mother, the sister, the wife, the companion and partner [of the man] in areas of education, resilience, building and struggle and therefore she knows all the forms of the struggle and its sufferings. Starting with the first woman Martyr (Shahida) Shadia Abu Ghazaleh through the Martyr Dalal Mughrabi and ending with the endless convoy of female and male Martyrs who all went to Paradise as they turned their blood into a bridge over which we pass on the way to our freedom, independence and national liberation from the burden of the occupation."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 9, 2010]."

Update on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 05:29PM by Mike Fryer

Israeli news has reported that PM Netanyahu asked George Mitchell and then Vice President Biden to put pressure on the PA to cancel the event. As a result the Palestinian Authority cancelled today's event.