Issa Abd Rabbo who tied up two Israeli hikers
and then shot them in the head
complained that while in prison
he couldn't update his stamp collection properly
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Terrorist Issa Abd Rabbo murdered two Israeli university students, Ron
Levi and Revital Seri, who were hiking south of Jerusalem on Oct. 22,
1984. He tied them up at gunpoint, put bags over their heads, and then
shot both in the head. He was serving two life sentences until he was
released in October 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to
release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.Recently, official Palestinian Authority daily honored Issa Abd Rabbo with an interview, reporting that the murderer "has enthusiastically resumed his hobby [of collecting stamps], which the occupation had prevented him from [pursuing] during the 30 years he spent in the occupation's prisons." In the interview, Abd Rabbo complained of the "many restrictions" in prison that made it "difficult for me to pursue [my] hobby.":
"I'm proud of the stamps I collected in
prison, but it was difficult for me to pursue [my] hobby in prison,
because there were many restrictions, few letters arrived, and the
[poor] quality of the stamps. Prison also affects our hobbies, and I had
no special albums to put the stamps in properly, so I put them in an
envelope - the same one that left prison with me."
Recently, Palestinian Media Watch reported on another interview with Abd Rabbo in which he calmly described his murder of the two young Israeli civilians:
"I tied them up of course and then sentenced them to death by shooting,
in the name of the revolution. I shot them, one bullet each, and went
[hiding] in the mountains..."Click to see examples of PMW's documentation of the PA's policy of honoring terrorist murderers.
The following is a longer excerpt of the report on murderer Abd Rabbo and his stamp collection in the official PA daily:
"Released
prisoner Issa Abd Rabbo has enthusiastically resumed his hobby, which
the occupation had prevented him from [pursuing] during the 30 years he
spent in the occupation's prisons.
Abd Rabbo told
our correspondent: 'I have resumed my hobby of stamp collecting with
enthusiasm, to make up for what I lost during my time in prison'...
Before
his arrest, Abd Rabbo collected stamps, and among them was a collection
of Jordanian stamps he had cut out of postal envelopes. After his
arrest, he tried to pursue his hobby in prison, because he was certain
he would be spending a long time in the new place. Indeed, after the
period of interrogation, he started collecting stamps from letters sent
to prisoners...
Abd Rabbo said: 'I asked each
prisoner to save the envelope for me so I could cut out the stamp or
stamps attached to it. During my long time in prison, I collected 100
stamps, which accompanied me whenever I moved between nearly all of the
occupation's prisons'...
He said: 'I'm proud of
the stamps I collected in prison, but it was difficult for me to pursue
[my] hobby in prison, because there were many restrictions, few letters
arrived, and the quality of the stamps [was poor]. Prison also affects
our hobbies, and I had no special albums to put the stamps in properly,
so I put them in an envelope - the same one that left prison with me.'"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 8, 2014]
Note:Issa Abd Rabbo - murdered two Israeli university students, Ron Levi and Revital Seri, who were hiking south of Jerusalem on Oct. 22, 1984. He tied them up at gunpoint, put bags over their heads, and then shot and murdered both. He was serving two life sentences until he was released in October 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
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