Many Arab residents, past and present, of the areas now under the control of the Palestinian Authority and Israel reacted with joy to the news of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Because reports of this nature were often hurriedly removed from the world media, Arutz-7 provides the following links (compiled by honestreporting.com) as a public service:
>BBC - \"news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1538000/1538861.stm\"
>Beirut Daily Star - \"www.dailystar.com.lb/12_09_01/art31.htm\"
>Boston Globe -
\"www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/255/nation/Leaders_deplore_but_people_rejoice+.shtml\"
>Chicago Tribune - \"www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-010911world.story\"
>The Guardian (UK) - \"www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,550498,00.html\"
Finally, only two hours after the second World Trade Center tower crumbled to the ground, Reuters published the following article by correspondent Joseph Logan, entitled, \" Palestinians Celebrate Attacks with Gunfire:\"
\"Palestinians in Lebanon met news of devastating attacks on American targets Tuesday with jubilant gunfire, dancing and cheering, saying Israel\'s chief backer deserved such a punishment. \"This is the result of American policy. America and Israel are one,\'\' one Palestinian gunman said. \"This is the reaction required to confront the American and Israeli arrogance,\'\' said Mohamad Hallak, a 40-year-old Palestinian refugee from the southern Rashidiyeh camp in Tyre. Firing rattled across Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and the West Bank as soon as television stations broke the news, carrying live footage of buildings on fire and collapsing and terrified Americans fleeing the stricken areas. Jubilant Palestinians took to the streets of refugee camps of Lebanon and the West Bank, waving Palestinian flags and distributing sweets to celebrate the attacks on major U.S. landmarks and government offices…\"
>BBC - \"news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1538000/1538861.stm\"
>Beirut Daily Star - \"www.dailystar.com.lb/12_09_01/art31.htm\"
>Boston Globe -
\"www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/255/nation/Leaders_deplore_but_people_rejoice+.shtml\"
>Chicago Tribune - \"www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-010911world.story\"
>The Guardian (UK) - \"www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,550498,00.html\"
Finally, only two hours after the second World Trade Center tower crumbled to the ground, Reuters published the following article by correspondent Joseph Logan, entitled, \" Palestinians Celebrate Attacks with Gunfire:\"
\"Palestinians in Lebanon met news of devastating attacks on American targets Tuesday with jubilant gunfire, dancing and cheering, saying Israel\'s chief backer deserved such a punishment. \"This is the result of American policy. America and Israel are one,\'\' one Palestinian gunman said. \"This is the reaction required to confront the American and Israeli arrogance,\'\' said Mohamad Hallak, a 40-year-old Palestinian refugee from the southern Rashidiyeh camp in Tyre. Firing rattled across Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and the West Bank as soon as television stations broke the news, carrying live footage of buildings on fire and collapsing and terrified Americans fleeing the stricken areas. Jubilant Palestinians took to the streets of refugee camps of Lebanon and the West Bank, waving Palestinian flags and distributing sweets to celebrate the attacks on major U.S. landmarks and government offices…\"