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"'American and Israeli hopes that [Abbas] will fight against Palestinian terrorism is paradoxical,' says Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch in Jerusalem, since terrorist attacks against Israelis in the disputed territories 'are all legitimate according to the Abbas doctrine.'"

"That same line, "Mother, do not cry for me," has appeared in at least three farewell letters from 14- to 17-year-old Palestinians who have carried out suicide bombings since the film clip first aired on Palestinian television in May 2001, says [PMW Director] Itamar Marcus, an Israeli researcher..."