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December 10, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1071029337514&p=1008596981749

Palestinian Student Election Issue: Who Has Killed the Most Israelis?

(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Hamas defeated Arafat's Fatah in the Bir Zeit University student elections Wednesday, after a campaign which focused on which party had killed the most Israelis. At a debate, the Hamas candidate asked the Fatah candidate: "Hamas activists in this university killed 135 Zionists. How many did Fatah activists from Bir Zeit kill?" Fatah set up models of Jewish settlements and then blew them up with fireworks. Hamas countered by blowing up models of Israeli buses. Hamas activists carried samples of homemade Qassam rockets - often fired at settlements and Israeli towns that border the Gaza Strip. The university near Ramallah is considered the most liberal of the Palestinian higher education institutions.

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