Throughout most of the Arab press, the attitude to suicide terrorist bombings of Israelis is one of forgiving attempts to rationalize the deeds, calling them resistance operations, thus differentiating them from ?true terrorism.? Although there are isolated voices condemning such terrorist actions, they are almost always in the context of the negative effects the bombings have on Arab public relations. Another theme addressed repeatedly in the Arab press is the perceived double standard that the West, primarily America, has toward Arab victims of what is termed ?Israeli state terrorism? and Jewish victims killed in suicide ?operations.? SANA, the official Syrian News agency, reported the reactions in several Arab newspapers to the anti-Israel terrorist suicide bombings over the last week.
The al-Khalij daily newspaper of the United Arab Emirates ?hailed the suicide operations that came in retaliation against [sic] the brutal Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.? The success of the suicide bombings, in the view of the al-Khalij editorial, is in that they ?scared the Zionists who are trying to impose their political solutions in line with their expansionist interests.? According to SANA, the al-Bayan daily editorialized that ?suicide operations is the Palestinian option in the face of the Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian people and their properties.?
The Syrian news agency also reported on the reactions in the Moroccan dailies al-?Alam al-Sabah and Moroccan Events. The two newspapers, according to SANA, ?criticized the double standards US. policy in dealing with the Middle East problem? and pointed out that while US President George Bush has met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon three times since September, ?he has not given any similar opportunity to the Palestinians.?
Saudi Arabian newspapers, al-Riyadh and al-Wattan, reacted to Arab suicide terrorist bombings in Israel, reports SANA, by denouncing the US and European ?silence toward the Israeli crimes at the time when their conscience awakens with regard to the legitimate Palestinian struggle against occupation.?
The al-Khalij daily newspaper of the United Arab Emirates ?hailed the suicide operations that came in retaliation against [sic] the brutal Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.? The success of the suicide bombings, in the view of the al-Khalij editorial, is in that they ?scared the Zionists who are trying to impose their political solutions in line with their expansionist interests.? According to SANA, the al-Bayan daily editorialized that ?suicide operations is the Palestinian option in the face of the Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian people and their properties.?
The Syrian news agency also reported on the reactions in the Moroccan dailies al-?Alam al-Sabah and Moroccan Events. The two newspapers, according to SANA, ?criticized the double standards US. policy in dealing with the Middle East problem? and pointed out that while US President George Bush has met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon three times since September, ?he has not given any similar opportunity to the Palestinians.?
Saudi Arabian newspapers, al-Riyadh and al-Wattan, reacted to Arab suicide terrorist bombings in Israel, reports SANA, by denouncing the US and European ?silence toward the Israeli crimes at the time when their conscience awakens with regard to the legitimate Palestinian struggle against occupation.?