Sister of 1978 hijacker says decision came from "official channels."
By JPOST.COM STAFFDalal al-Mughrabi.(photo credit: Courtesy)
The Palestinian Authority has cancelled a ceremony commemorating Dalal al-Mughrabi, the woman who took part in a terror attack on Israel's coastal road, Reuters reported on Wednesday.Infiltrating Israel by sea, Mughrabi and her collaborators took over anEgged bus in 1978 and ordered the driver to drive in the direction ofTel Aviv, shooting at passing cars on the highway as the bus made itsway south from Haifa.The bus was stopped by police near Tel Aviv, leading to a shoot-out inwhich 35 civilians and terrorists, among them Mughrabi herself, werekilled.To this day, Mughrabi is considered a heroic martyr in the Palestinianterritories. The commemoration ceremony, which had been scheduled forThursday, was reportedly meant to mark the naming of a traffic circlenear Ramallah after the deceased terrorist.Mughrabi's sister Rashida, an officer in PA security forces, toldReuters that the "decision to cancel the celebration came from officialchannels."
