Abbas Revokes Awards to Terrorists

Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:48:17 am PDT

Change! Abbas: Awards to terrorists have been revoked.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed that plans to present two female Palestinian terrorists with a medal of honor have been withdrawn.

Abbas informed Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik of the decision in a telephone call from Moscow late Wednesday.

The Al Kuds Mark of Honor, the PLO’s highest medal, was meant be given in a ceremony Thursday to two female terrorists who helped kill Israelis.

Abbas informed Itzik that the awards to the two terrorists, as well as to other Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, had been revoked.