by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberik
The administrator of one of Fatah's official Facebook pages has reposted
a series of facts about Fatah terror attacks in which dozens of
Israelis were murdered. Fatah presents these terror attacks and killings
as heroic achievements. The celebrated attacks include the most lethal terror attack in Israel's history: a 1978 bus hijacking in which 37 civilians were murdered. Also praised is the attack on the Israeli Olympic team, in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the 1972 Olympic Games. Fatah's Facebook page also celebrates a series of terror "firsts" achieved by Fatah: the first suicide bombing against Israel, the first suicide bombing by a woman against Israel, the first missile attack from Gaza against Israel, and others. The page glorifies an attack that it claims killed the "the most" Israelis in a single terror attack: a double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv's central bus station in 2003. Fatah boasted it "killed more than 30 and wounded more than 200" in that one attack.
Next to these texts is a map of "Palestine" that erases and replaces all of Israel. This terror glorification was reposted by the Fatah page administrator soon after the Israeli - Palestinian peace talks were announced.
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that hate promotion and glorification of terror has continued unabated by the PA and Fatah during the renewed peace talks.
This is the second time Fatah boasted about these terror attacks. The same text glorifying the killing of Israelis was posted by Fatah once before, on Dec. 20, 2012.
The following is the text posted by the Facebook page administrator glorifying Fatah terror attacks:
"Did you know?
The
first maritime operation (i.e., terror attack) in the history of the
Palestinian revolution was carried out by Fatah heroes under the command
of the hero Dalal Mughrabi."
Note: In 1978, female
terrorist Dalal Mughrabi led the most deadly attack against Israel when
she and other terrorists landed on the Israeli coast, hijacked a bus,
and murdered 37 civilians, 12 of whom were children.
"Did you know?
The
first female Martyrdom-seeker to carry out a military operation (i.e.,
terror attack) during the Palestinian Intifada was under the command of
the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. It was carried out by Wafa Idris, who was
the first female Martyrdom-seeker of the Al-Aqsa Intifada."
Note:
Wafa Idris carried out a suicide-bombing in Jerusalem in 2002, and thus
became the first female suicide terrorist of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. One
was killed and 150 were wounded in her attack. Idris worked for the
Palestinian Red Crescent in Ramallah. She crossed the checkpoint into
Israel wearing a Red Crescent uniform and carrying the bomb with her in
the ambulance.
"Did you know?
The
first operation (i.e., terror attack) against an Israeli target outside
the occupied or Arab territory was the Munich operation carried out by
Fatah under the command of Martyr Commander Salah Khalaf Abu Iyad, one
of the outstanding Fatah commanders. It was carried out to sustain a
Palestinian presence and representation in international forums."
Note:
11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich
by members of Fatah's Palestinian Black September branch.
"Did you know?
The
operation (i.e., terror attack) with the most casualties was Fatah's.
Martyrs Abd Al-Rahman and Samer Imad carried it out in January 2003. It
killed more than 30 and wounded more than 200."
Note: This refers to a double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv's central bus station that killed 23 people (not 30 as written).
"Did you know?
The
first to change the Al-Aqsa Intifada into a military escalation were
Fatah fighters who escalated the sniper operations against settlers in
the West Bank and fired at settlements in [the] Gaza [Strip]..."
"Did you know?
The
first retaliation for the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (i.e.,
founder and head of Hamas) was done by Martyrdom-seeker Fadi Al-Amudi of
the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades."
Note: This refers to a suicide bombing at the Erez crossing point in 2004 that killed an Israeli soldier and wounded three.
"Did you know?
The
first explosive belt Martyrdom-seeking operation (i.e., terror attack)
in the history of the Palestinian revolution was carried out by the
first Martyrdom-seeker at the battle of Karameh, Martyr Abd Al-Mutalleb
Al-Dmeik, known as "Phosphorous", one of the most outstanding activists
of Fatah."
"Did you know?
The
first Martyrdom-seeking operation (i.e., terror attack) against the
Zionist nuclear arsenal was carried out by Fatah. It was commanded by
the Martyr commander Kahlil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)."
Note:
This refers to an attack on a bus carrying workers to the nuclear
research facility in Dimona in 1988, when three people were killed.
"Did you know?
The
first to launch a rocket from the Gaza Strip at the Zionist enemy
(i.e., into Southern Israel) were the heroes of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs'
Brigades, Commanders Jihad Al-Amarin and Majdi Al-Khatib, to be exact."[Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page," accessed Aug. 6, 2013,
posted July 26, 2013]
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