Voice of Palestine radio and Palestinian state television applauded Sunday morning the murder of two Israeli civilians in Gaza Saturday, calling it an act of “resistance” [muqawwima] and “holy martyrdom” [istish-haad], and hinting that the murderers were carrying out their civic duty.

The Palestinian media outlets repeatedly referred to the dead Israelis as “settlers” (even though they were not settlers) while calling the Palestinian gunmen “resisters” [muqawwimin—a positive term in Palestinian Arabic] and “citizens” [muwattinin].

“The holy martyrdom of two citizens in a clash at the Kisufim Junction,” announced Khaled Sukkar, the VOP news bulletin reader at the top of the Sunday morning news...