[PJ] On July 4, 1975, in Zion Square in Jerusalem, a booby-trapped refrigerator exploded, killing 15 people and wounding 77.The perpetrators were two Palestinians from the West Bank, one of whom escaped to Jordan. The other, Ahmad Jabara -- nom de guerre of Abu Sukkar -- was eventually apprehended, tried by an Israeli military court, and sentenced to life in prison.
Sukkar Avenue....very bad vibe. For now, we will go with the statue.
In 2003, under pressure from the Bush administration to make a "gesture" to the Palestinian Authority, Israel freed Sukkar, then 70, along with 99 other security prisoners.
Yasser Arafat, then head of the PA, showed his appreciation for Israel’s gesture by appointing the mass-murdering Sukkar as a special adviser. Since Sukkar's death on July 16, 2013, more honors have been heaped on the "refrigerator bomber" than almost any of us could ever hope for.
I might suggest a third reason.