"Rejoicing
in the streets of Jenin"
"Elsewhere in the West Bank and in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians applauded the devastating blows, cheering openly in the streets and distributing celebratory candy to passersby. Some shouted that they hoped Tel Aviv would be next or vowed to complete what they believe Osama bin Laden has started." (Flore de Préneuf)
News and commentary on the celebrations by Palestinians after the September
11 attacks and the allegation that the coverage was faked.
September 2001
"Rumors of War: 'CNN used old footage to fake images of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA'" (Urban Legends Reference Pages, 2001/09/23)
"Whooping It Up - In Beirut, even Christians celebrated the atrocity" (Elisabetta Burba, The Wall Street Journal, 2001/09/22)
"Palestinians Suppress Coverage of Crowds Celebrating Attacks" (Lee Hockstader, The Washington Post, 2001/09/16)
"Bin-Laden Poster Seen at Gaza Rally" (AP/Yahoo! News, 2001/09/14)
"Palestinian leaders try to repair image - Effort includes threats to media" (Matthew Kalman, USA Today, 2001/09/13)
"Rejoicing in the streets of Jenin" (Flore de Préneuf, Salon.com, 2001/09/11)
"Breaking News"
(CNN, 2001/09/11)"Rumors of War: 'CNN used old footage to fake images of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA'" (Urban Legends Reference Pages, 2001/09/23)
"No, CNN did not air decade-old footage of Palestinians dancing in the streets. Eason Jordan, CNN's Chief News Executive, confirmed that the video used on CNN was in fact shot on Tuesday, 11 September 2001, in East Jerusalem by a Reuters TV crew, not during the Persian Gulf conflict of 1990-91... ... Reuters, the international news agency whose camera crew shot the footage, issued the following statement: "Reuters rejects as utterly baseless an allegation being circulated by e-mail and the Internet claiming that it circulated 10-year-old videotape to illustrate Palestinians celebrating in the wake of the September 11 tragedies in the United States. Reuters welcomes a statement by the Universidad Estatal de Campinas-Brasil (UNICAMP), one of whose students was the author of the original e-mail, setting the record straight. The videotape in question was shot in East Jerusalem by a Reuters camera crew on September 11 in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on the United States. The footage was broadcast by CNN and other subscribers to the Reuters video news service.'""Whooping It Up - In Beirut, even Christians celebrated the atrocity" (Elisabetta Burba, The Wall Street Journal, 2001/09/22)
"Soon came reports of Palestinians celebrating. The BBC reporter in Jerusalem said it was only a tiny minority. Astonished, we asked some moderate Arabs if that was the case. 'Nonsense,' said one, speaking for many. "Ninety percent of the Arab world believes that Americans got what they deserved." ... Once at the mosque I donned a black chador, but our Lonely Planet guide attracted the attention of a hard-looking bearded guy all the same. "Are you Americans?" he asked in a menacing tone. Our quick denial made him relax. ... "My people have been crushed under the heel of American imperialism, which took away our land, massacred our beloved and denied our right to life. But have you seen what happened in New York City? God Almighty has drawn his sword against our enemies. God is great - Allah u Akbar," he said.""Palestinians Suppress Coverage of Crowds Celebrating Attacks" (Lee Hockstader, The Washington Post, 2001/09/16)
"Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority is trying to suppress broadcast images and photos of Palestinians glorifying the terrorist attacks on the United States and hailing their suspected mastermind, exiled Saudi financier Osama bin Laden. Palestinian officials have told local representatives of foreign news agencies and television stations on several occasions that their employees' safety could be jeopardized if videotapes showing Palestinians celebrating the attacks were aired. Broadcast news organizations operating in the Palestinian-ruled portions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have complied.""Bin-Laden Poster Seen at Gaza Rally" (AP/Yahoo! News, 2001/09/14)
"About 1,500 Palestinians, many supporters of the Islamic militant group Hamas, marched in a Gaza Strip refugee camp on Friday, burning Israeli flags and carrying a large poster of Osama bin Laden, who has been named as a key suspect in this week's terror attacks in the United States. After the rally, plainclothes Palestinian policemen questioned several journalists, including staffers of foreign news agencies, and confiscated videotape and film as well as camera equipment. An Associated Press Television News video was among the materials taken, and an AP photographer was warned by officials not to publish pictures of the bin-Laden poster. ... Earlier this week, Palestinian police stopped camera teams and photographers from covering a rally in the West Bank town of Nablus in which several thousand Palestinians celebrated the attacks in the United States. Palestinian officials said the demonstration did not represent widespread Palestinian opinion.""Palestinian leaders try to repair image - Effort includes threats to media" (Matthew Kalman, USA Today, 2001/09/13)
"Palestinian Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman used tougher measures to avoid an international backlash in response to apparent Palestinian jubilation. Abdel Rahman called international news agencies and said the safety of their staff could not be guaranteed unless they withdrew the embarrassing footage of Palestinian police firing joyfully in the air. Such threats appeared to succeed in suppressing immediate release of video showing large street celebrations in Ramallah, Bethlehem and other West Bank towns."
"A Palestinian fires his rifle in celebration..."
(Ali Hashisho/Reuters, 2001/09/11)
"A Palestinian fires his rifle in celebration as children dance around him at Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near the port city Sidon in south Lebanon September 11, 2001. Arab leaders voiced shock and horror at devastating attacks that leveled symbols of American power Tuesday, but a chorus of cheers rose from streets that resent U.S. backing of Israel."
(Ali Hashisho/Reuters, 2001/09/11)
"Rejoicing in the streets of Jenin" (Flore de Préneuf, Salon.com, 2001/09/11)
"The walls of people's homes here are covered with posters glorifying Islamic terrorists and Palestinian "martyrs." ... But Palestinian militants have never achieved terror of the magnitude seen today in the United States. When young armed Palestinians patrolling the streets of a refugee camp in Jenin heard the news from New York and Washington, they chuckled with glee. One of them thanked God for his mighty revenge against the United States, Israel's ally and main weapons supplier. Elsewhere in the West Bank and in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians applauded the devastating blows, cheering openly in the streets and distributing celebratory candy to passersby. Some shouted that they hoped Tel Aviv would be next or vowed to complete what they believe Osama bin Laden has started." (UPDATE: See for example yesha.org.il for a collection of pictures of celebrations in Jerusalem and Lebanon.)
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