The MEMRI institute reports that a monument honoring the memory of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was erected in Qalqilya to mark his support of the Palestinians.
At the inauguration ceremony, the Qalqilya governer praised Saddam and removed the covering on the monument, which bears the caption "Saddam Hussein the head of the shahidim of this era, as well as the expression "Palestine from the river to the sea," one of Saddam's famous slogans.