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The ] occasioned spontaneous outbreaks of public celebration in a number of Arab Muslim communities. Press and television coverage of these celebrations were met with expressions of shock, then outrage in the U.S. and other western nations. Celebrations by some ]s were most prominent, possibly due to lack of the censorship common in other Arab lands. TV coverage showed gatherings of ] refugee Palestinians dancing and singing, groups of youths holding up newspapers with photos of the ] while women gave their distinctive trill and men handed out candy to the youngsters. Arabs in ], who hold Israeli citizenship, were also seen celebrating and distributing candy. The ] occasioned spontaneous outbreaks of public celebration in a number of Arab Muslim communities. Press and television coverage of these celebrations were met with shock and outrage in the U.S. but not in other Western nations, who have a deeper perspective on the reasons behind global distrust and antipathy to American global hegemony.


There were reports of celebrations on the West Bank, but according articles in the German magazine Stern and the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter at least one of them was staged. It is now accepted that there was the use of archive film footage showing Palestinian civilians in a celebratory steet scene, unrelated by both time and circumstance to the Sept 11 attacks. The broadcast of this 'uncredited' archive footage was responsible for this 'misunderstanding' and it is certain that there is no known authentic timelined footage showing any nationality 'celebrating' the attacks.
At the time there was an ] that the footage of some Palestinians celebrating the attack was faked, and it was actually footage from the invasion of ]. This was false, as detailed on ] twelve days later.

A persistent series of reports does, however, mention US law enforcement arresting several Middle Eastern men of Jewish extraction, who were seen video-taping the burning towers, and dancing, on a nearby rooftop. This, along with other references to strange behaviours from this demographic group, have been noticeably absent since early in the reportage.

There are many who gained fro mthese attacks, often in direct and obvious ways, and more often in unexpected and intangible ways. The massive stock market movements placed against the two airlines who lost planes in the attack is one clear reference to someone in America trying to financially benefit - just who this was has not been effectively researched by the White House due to "Securities and Exchange Regulations on Privacy" (altho one would think that terorist stock manipulations would trump this thin excuse). Another revealing gaff from a public figure should be noted - Asked what the WTC attack meant for relations between the United States and Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister of Israel, replied, "It's very good." Then he edited himself: "Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy".

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The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack occasioned spontaneous outbreaks of public celebration in a number of Arab Muslim communities. Press and television coverage of these celebrations were met with shock and outrage in the U.S. but not in other Western nations, who have a deeper perspective on the reasons behind global distrust and antipathy to American global hegemony.

There were reports of celebrations on the West Bank, but according articles in the German magazine Stern and the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter at least one of them was staged. It is now accepted that there was the use of archive film footage showing Palestinian civilians in a celebratory steet scene, unrelated by both time and circumstance to the Sept 11 attacks. The broadcast of this 'uncredited' archive footage was responsible for this 'misunderstanding' and it is certain that there is no known authentic timelined footage showing any nationality 'celebrating' the attacks.

A persistent series of reports does, however, mention US law enforcement arresting several Middle Eastern men of Jewish extraction, who were seen video-taping the burning towers, and dancing, on a nearby rooftop. This, along with other references to strange behaviours from this demographic group, have been noticeably absent since early in the reportage.

There are many who gained fro mthese attacks, often in direct and obvious ways, and more often in unexpected and intangible ways. The massive stock market movements placed against the two airlines who lost planes in the attack is one clear reference to someone in America trying to financially benefit - just who this was has not been effectively researched by the White House due to "Securities and Exchange Regulations on Privacy" (altho one would think that terorist stock manipulations would trump this thin excuse). Another revealing gaff from a public figure should be noted - Asked what the WTC attack meant for relations between the United States and Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister of Israel, replied, "It's very good." Then he edited himself: "Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy".