Death Toll Revised Down to 24 After Monstrous Oklahoma Tornado…100+ Injured…Children Among the Dead…Some Drowned…Heartbreaking Pictures…Reporter Struggles to Share Terrible News

Beck Broadcasts Live from Impact Zone in Oklahoma

Faith

French City’s Shock Choice for Honorary Citizenship

Mar. 12, 2013 8:50am Sharona Schwartz

Majdi Rimawi was honored by a Paris suburb even though he’s a convicted terrorist (Screenshot from Palestinian Authority TV via PMW)

Considering its citizens were recently the victims of a terrorist attack, it’s surprising French officials are now honoring a terrorist.

Last month, the Paris suburb of Bezons decided to bestow a unique honor on Majdi Rimawi. This due to his being a “victim of the [Israeli] occupation.” What French officials did not mention was that Rimawi is a convicted assassin and a member of the terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He is presently serving a life sentence plus 80 years for the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi. He was one of the four shooters waiting to ambush the minister outside his Jerusalem hotel room in 2001.

Israeli officials and Jewish groups are blasting the town’s decision. Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor says he’s “shocked.”

“The glorification of terrorists who deliberately murder innocent civilians is one of the greatest obstacles to peace in the Middle East. It must be condemned loudly and clearly,” Prosor wrote.

“This appalling act made me wonder: What’s next for the city of Bezons? Giving honorary citizenship to Anders Breivik [the Norwegian mass murderer]? Or Osama bin Laden?,” he added.

Palestinian Media Watch, a Jerusalem-based research institute that monitors Palestinian media, discovered that the city had granted the honorary citizenship to a terrorist after seeing the news item broadcast on Palestinian television. It then alerted journalists and officials about the honor.

Palestinian Authority television reported that the inscription on the plaque prepared by the municipality of Bezons referred to Al-Rimawi as a “political prisoner.”

PMW offered this English transcript of the Arabic report describing the honor:

PA TV host: “The French city of Bezons awarded honorary citizenship to the prisoner Majdi al-Rimawi from the village Bani Zeid Al-Gharbiyya. This title and award were given during an official ceremony held in France, to which the wife of the prisoner, Fathiya al-Rimawi, was invited… Prisoner Majdi al-Rimawi, of course, has been jailed in the occupation’s (i.e., Israeli) prisons for 11 years and is sentenced to life imprisonment plus 50 years (80 years, -Ed.)”

Terrorist Al-Rimawi’s wife: “This connection between the city of Bezons and the Municipality of Bani Zeid Al-Gharbiyya began in 2008… The matter of prisoners in our region caught the attention of [our] French brothers, and they decided to honor them by granting honorary citizenship to a prisoner from this area. Of course, all prisoners deserve all the good, all the honor and all the admiration, from the smallest of them to the greatest, from the most lenient sentence to the heaviest sentence. However, as part of the historical ties [between the municipalities], and since we in the [Bani Zeid] municipality started the relationship with the French brothers, prisoner Majdi Al-Rimawi was the one chosen to be recognized and granted this honorary award. For us, the family of the prisoner, this award is a great gesture from the French [people] and [shows their] support of the issue of Palestinian prisoners in general, and in particular the issue of prisoners sentenced to long prison terms.”

Palestinian Media Watch translators noted that the television report zoomed in to this text on the plaque: “In solidarity with the Palestinian people, on February 13, 2013, the city council promoted Majdi Irhima al-Rimawi (political prisoner) to the rank of honorary citizen of the city of Bezons.”

The Mayor of Bezons Dominique Lesparre posted the speech he gave at the ceremony on his blog in which he described the terrorist as a “victim.”

“Majdi is a direct victim of this occupation… As are the 4,500 Palestinian resistance [fighters] who were imprisoned for having dared to defend their country against an occupier whose military means are oversized and whose methods constantly violate UN resolutions and international law,” he said.

National Director for the Anti-Defamation League Abraham Foxman also condemned the town’s choice: “This award is an insult to the French concept of justice and liberty and a perversion of French values.”

“Al-Rimawi is a convicted terrorist and the PFLP is on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations. There can be no justification for honoring him,” he said.

Exactly one year ago in March 2012, three children and the father of two of the victims were killed in a terror attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. Foxman wrote: “After Mohamed Merah murdered three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse, the French Jewish security agency noted a rise in anti-Semitic incidents, many of which included praise for Merah.”

“By honoring another high-profile murderer, the city council of Bezons is callously encouraging more violence against Jews and it is important for all sectors of French society to counter this message and condemn the award,” Foxman added.

Benghazi, IRS, AP...What's next? Only TheBlaze TV offers the truth from Glenn Beck, Andrew Wilkow, and Real News from TheBlaze. Get instant access and a free trial here.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (35)

universalphilos
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:44pm
A prophecy, November 19, 1971: “If the Eagle should fly first, if the Eagle should guard and do the duty that it was made to perform — we see in the minds of some of your people the thought not to protect that proportion of Israel. This must happen, for it is part of God’s plan. But the fuse is lit in that proportion known as France, and is growing steadily toward Israel. If this should ignite, so should your world ignite.
And we say unto these people of your group, prepare now for the famine. Prepare a way for others. Store of the feed. Store of the seed. Do this in a gradual manner. And fear not, for the angel of God hovers above thee.”
See https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzyT3fgGxb4-NDQ3NWM2N2YtNmYyZi00MzQzLWIyMDQtMmFhMmM2NDhiZDY1/edit?usp=sharing&authkey=CO7t_ZsK

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
MACaTAC
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:54pm
Islam…..the religion of pieces.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Anamah
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:25pm
  French have a part of themselves in the garbage…May be their colonial history, the perversion they share under the table, the inability to live in the respect of other rights, they enjoy some malignancy… I do not know, how could they do this to humanity, but a good reason could be the mess they are in…. historically. We could send them our magreb ideologist with a note… please take it and keep it busy there! He could make good ride there!
  
  Report this comment
shorelineliz
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:38pm
France is in the toilet! Oh Mon Dieu! Cheese eating surrender monkeys is right! Idiots!

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Gonzo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:42pm
Half the country was happy being Nazi too, I’m not surprised.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
spirited
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:04pm
How appropriate that 115 Cardinals will choose the new spiritual leader of the Catholic church.

Catholic, or not, Jesus –Christianity– rears its lovely head.
A ringing reminder of man’s history as it pertains to life; thoughts and actions, choice and control.

For non-Christians around the world, ‘God’ is again ‘something’ to contemplate; accept or reject.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:47pm
  How many of the “King David Hotel bombing” became honorary leaders of Israel? All terrorists.
  
  Many criticize me for constantly writing opinions criticizing Jews, Zionists and Israel. I am called an antisemite. Why do we never see that same vehemence directed at those like Sharona Schwartz, who constantly write opinions excusing the behavior of Jews, Zionists and Israel? Of constantly promoting anything and everything Jewish, Zionist and Israeli?
  
  Isn’t a fanatic semitiphile just as repugnant as an antisemite?
  
  Report this comment
- woodyee
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:49pm
  Don’t get all upset – we still luv ya, ya Jerk!
  
  Report this comment
- tzion
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:08pm
  @Jerk
  Had the King David Hotel bombing gone as planned there would have been zero casualties. Irgun gave both the hotel and the British a warning within the hour prior to the bombing and neither responded. The Israeli minister was given no such courtesy.
  
  Report this comment
aproudinfidel
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:51am
What would you expect from a nation of frogs?

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
termyt
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:49am
It was probably in the terms for surrender for whatever war France will find itself in next. They are just getting a jump on it.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
zoro51
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:56am
snail eaterts SOCIALISTS MURDERING MUSLUM worshipers.. LOSERS

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
term limits for congress
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:11am
Israel should start a Palestenian relocation program – send them to al-Franceistan.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- woodyee
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:24am
  Excellent idea! But don’t be surprised to learn that this ‘award’ serves as a magnet for mass immigration of islamists to the city of Bezons. They’ll be reaping what they sow in just a few short years – maybe 2.
  
  Report this comment
Chromo200
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:01am
Why not .. we honor a president that got a Nobel Peace prize and he kills people long distance, and who is thinking of killing his own citizens, we honor people who believe in mass killing of people of different ethnic race and religion, we honor people who out right lie to the public (Hillary, Rice), we honor people that want to enslave you (Feinstein, Schummer, Pelosi naming a few)..

And thousands died in WWII to fight for freedom and guess what after 60 years there is rise in anti Jewish sentiment again and talk of world war. I guess we never learn from history and our mistakes.

In addition homelessness is on the rise and FOLTUS gets lavish parties.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- OniKaze
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:59pm
  Your point sir, is not missed on me…
  
  We have no money for the citizen supported white house tours, but at the same time, we DO have to money for the Royal Family to live it up in “The People’s house” while denying the owners of that house access… And the Royal Families entertainment budget hasn’t been trimmed a dime, they still have their $100k / yr. chef on full time, and has no plans to trim the WH party hosting budget…
  
  But the sequester hurts EVERYTHING else, according to Das Fuhrer…
  
  Obama is a hypocrite and a liar, and while I would never wish for any real harm to inflict him or his family, at the same time, I would not shed a tear if it did. His actions in the past 5 years has lost him ANY sympathy I COULD have spared him…
  
  Report this comment
battles
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:58am
France needs to recognize that as a result of their extreme godlessness, America and Great Britain will most likely not be coming to their rescue the next time they capitulate.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
upadastra
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:55am
Apparently the Mayor of Bezons Dominique Lesparre is a communist and acts exactly as one can expect from adherents to this despicable system.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
DZ-015
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:47am
I wonder what percent of the population of this French city is Muslim. I know their are neighborhoods in Frnch cities where “infidels” fear to enter. What U.S. town or city will be the first to bestow a similar honor on a terrorist?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- floridasharkman
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:44pm
  The white house in washington gave a bronze star to a chaplin for honoring the koran
  
  Report this comment
Cavallo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:43am
The Vichy politics are alive and well.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
2GodBeTheGlory
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:43am
France has made their position clear. The attacks by Palestine is not only “allowed” but encouraged by them. France is supporting terrorist.
And in other news, vets like me that cling to my Bible and have weapons are the true terrorist in the U.S. (nothing backing that up of course).

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- tnman65
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:56am
  This Vet will back you up.
  
  Report this comment
SamIamTwo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:42am
< checks off France on the bucket list. No need to go there. Actually it was checked off many many years ago.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 2GodBeTheGlory
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:21am
  Went there in late 80′s and early 90′s. Not impressed. Food was “ok”, however, the wine was pretty good. Me thinks that the scar of seeing an overweight elderly “gentlemen” in a thong might have had something to do with it.
  
  Report this comment
RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:38am
How quickly they forget. All through the ’80s Muslims, and primarily PLO members set off bombs all over Paris and on a near daily basis. In ’86 I drove to Paris from SHAPE, Belgium only to return to read in the Stars & Stripes the next morning of a bombing in Paris. Of the several trips that I made, this happened each time.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Zipit
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:26am
  RJJ Now, the “Koranimals” enjoy rioting, and torching parked Citroen’s and Peugeot’s!
  
  Report this comment
- DZ-015
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:55am
  ZIPIT: We must be sensitive to changes in nomenclature. Shouldn’t you have said “Quranimals?”
  
  Report this comment
- Zipit
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:13am
  No DZ! That was too close to Grrrranimals!
  
  Report this comment
tozzo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:37am
France deserves what is headed its way. This time let them deal with it themselves. They don’t derserve another rescue by the U.S. or anyone else.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Macrobat
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:37am
Um, with all the car burning the “French yoots” did in Paris, what part of France is actually a Muslim country these days shocks you?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Iwillvetalways
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:04pm
  Is’nt this the country that some members of scotus and congress say we should strive to equal.I don’t know about Great Britton but the ONE in the WH I”m not so sure that he won’t come to their aid if so only to have France capitulate to his brotherhood of Islam………. Vote these progressives out of office in 2014, all of them and the Rinos too. .
  
  Report this comment
RightUnite
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:22am
Honestly, what do you expect??

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
oldguy49
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:16am
coming to a city near you

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Exidor
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 9:15am
Typical.

Cheese eating surrender monkeys……

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.