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After demonizing Jews and Israelis, including citing Islamic sources that depict Jews negatively, and culminating with ongoing lies and libels that portray Jews as an immediate threat to Palestinian life and existence, the Palestinian Authority foment violence against Jews and Israelis, presenting it as legitimate and even heroic self-defense.
PA terror promotion takes many forms. Nationalistically, the PA actively elevates violence as a valid and heroic means to achieve political goals, while religiously, fighting and killing Jews has been presented repeatedly by PA religious and academic leaders as Allah’s will. On the social level, Palestinian leaders and society honor even the most loathsome of murderers portraying them as heroes and role models: Dalal Mughrabi, who led a bus hijacking in which 37 were killed, has schools, summer camps, and many other events and places baring her name to immortalize and glorify her and her terror attack.
Click to view PMW special report: “From Terrorists to Role Models”

The success of the PA’s promotion of violence is readily evident: A majority of Palestinians support killing and suicide terror against civilian Jews and Israelis. A poll conducted after the murder of eight teenagers who were studying in a Jerusalem high school in 2008, found that 84% of Palestinians supported the murder [NY Times, March 19, 2008, citin

g the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research].

This violent image of a dagger being thrust into the Star of David has appeared hundreds of times in a video clip for children on PA TV, from 2001 – 2008. Click here to view

Glorifying terrorists and terror

Palestinian society’s habitual glorification of terrorists as heroes and role models is one of its most effective means of promoting terror. In honoring the worst killers, the PA is simultaneously giving approval to murder and enticing future terrorists with assurances of glory and honor if they succeed in killing. Terror and murder become the Palestinian’s ticket to fame, honor and glory.

The terrorists honored most highly amongst Palestinian society are those who have killed the greatest number. Abd Al-Baset Udeh, killer of 31 at the Passover Seder massacre, had a soccer tournament for 14-year-olds named for him. His brother was honored with distributing the trophies. Dalal Mughrabi, terrorist bus hijacker (37 were killed in the worst terror attack in Israel’s history) has had summer camps, schools, graduation ceremonies and sporting events named for her, as well as many TV documentaries honoring her. Thaer Hamed, who as a lone gunman murdered 10 Israelis in 2002, was glorified by the official PA daily as “the hero of the Intifada."

This adulation of the worst terrorists and praise for their heroism reflects the policy of the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. This video shows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas,

issuing “greetings of honour and esteem” to mass murderers, whom he publicly names, one by one:
“I send greetings of honour and esteem to all prisoners...
Said 'Ataba (serving life sentence for murder in terror attack)…
Marwan Barghouti (serving 5 life sentences for planning murderous suicide terror attacks)
Ahmad Saadat (serving life sentence for murder of Israeli Minister of Tourism, Rehavam Zeevi)
'Aziz Duick (Hamas leader, chairman of Palestinian parliament)
Jamal Huweil (life sentence for planning terror attacks)
Jamal Tirawi (life sentence for café suicide terror attack).

Greetings to you from our people.”

[PA TV (Fatah), April 17, 2008]

PA official praises "good qualities" of terrorist who planned Olympic massacre

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Aug. 29, 2010

"Secretary General of the President's office, Al-Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim, delivered a speech in which he praised the good qualities of the deceased. He stressed that the loss of Al-Hindi is a great loss to the Palestinian people, who have lost a prominent national leader.
Abd Al-Rahim noted that the deceased had been taught by the founders of the Palestinian dream, and was a member of the founding generation of the [Palestinian] revolutionary movement... The Secretary General of the Presidential office said: 'We shall continue in the path of the Shahid (Martyr) Yasser Arafat and his fellow Shahids, such as Amin Al-Hindi, until the realization of the dream of establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.'"

Mother of 4 terrorists serving 18 life sentences for murder honored by Palestinian Authority

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Aug. 28, 2010

"Issa Karake, Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, awarded the Shield of Resoluteness and Giving to Khansa of Palestine [reference to a woman in the earliest period of Islam who sent her four sons to battle and rejoiced when they all died as Martyrs], Um Yousuf Abu Hamid, inscribed with the names of her four sons who are imprisoned in the Israeli occupation's prisons. He emphasized, 'The Palestinian mother is a central partner in the struggle, by virtue of what she has given and continues to give. It is she who gave birth to the fighters, and she deserves that we bow to her in salute and in honor.'
This [was said] during a visit yesterday by [Minister] Karake and a delegation from the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, human rights organizations, and released prisoners, to the home of the Abu Hamid family in the Al-Am'ari refugee camp. [Karake] joined the meal breaking the [Ramadan] fast with the mother of the four prisoners who were sentenced to several life terms, as well as a fifth Shahid (Martyr) who was caught and executed on the spot by the Israeli special forces, having killed an Israeli intelligence officer and having wounded soldiers. Karake praised the Abu Hamid family as a model of willpower and of the struggle for the independence of Palestine... It should be noted that the Abu Hamid family is one of the fighting families of Palestine... All of the family's younger generation have been arrested, and four sons are still in prison: Nasser Muhammad Yousuf Naji Abu Hamid, sentenced to seven life terms and another 50 years; Nasr Muhammad Yousuf Naji Abu Hamid, sentenced to five life terms; Sharif Muhammad Yousuf Naji Abu Hamid, sentenced to four life terms; and Muhammad Muhammad Yousuf Naji Abu Hamid, sentenced to two life terms and 30 years. This is in addition to their Martyr brother, Abd Al-Mun'im Muhammad Yousuf Naji Abu Hamid, who died as a Martyr on May 31st, 1994."

PA daily: Terrorist who planned Olympic massacre was "sparkling star"

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Aug. 20, 2010

"On Wednesday I felt sad to the point of choking, because my friend Amin Al-Hindi, a national leader with a full resume, returned to Gaza to be buried in its ground...
Amin Al-Hindi, gentle as a morning breeze, was strong inside and as unyielding as granite rock. Perhaps this quality - the power raging beneath the calm surface - is what turned him into one of the prominent members of Fatah in Germany, and led him in the direction of the difficult tasks which require quiet people of this sort, who don't like tumult and who make full use of all the wisdom, imagination and planning [ability] that Allah has given them for the purpose of completing their difficult tasks...
Everyone knows that Amin Al-Hindi was one of the stars who sparkled at one of the stormiest points on the international level - the operation that was carried out at the [Olympics] sports stadium in Munich, Germany, in 1972. That was just one of many shining stations."

Red carpet funeral by Abbas and PA for terrorist who planned Olympic massacre

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Aug. 19, 2010

"The Palestinian leadership, along with President Mahmoud Abbas, parted yesterday from the body of the Fatah leader and fighter patriot Amin Al-Hindi. This was at an imposing official military funeral that was held at the [PA] headquarters to bid farewell to the Shahid (Martyr)...
Present at the headquarters for the farewell ceremony and for the official military funeral, along with the President [Abbas], were Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad; Secretary General of the Presidential office, Al-Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim; members of the PLO Executive Council and of the Fatah Central Committee; several ministers, commanders of security forces, senior civic and military personnel, as well as relatives of the deceased.
The body of Al-Hindi, which was wrapped in shrouds, arrived draped with the Palestinian flag and was borne on the shoulders of his [metaphorical] sons - officers of the Guard of Honor at the presidential headquarters. A red carpet was laid out for the arrival of the body, and the military band played the final farewell melody. A squad from the Guard of Honor fired 21 shots. President Abbas and the participants at the funeral cast a final parting look at the body, and laid wreaths. Afterwards, the President and those present read the opening sura [of the Quran] for the elevation of his pure soul."

Fatah secretary praises the naming of a summer camp after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Aug. 5, 2010

Yousuf Al-Aref, the secretary of Fatah in Bethlehem:
"Naming such summer camps after the Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi strengthens the sense of belonging and citizenship among Palestinian girls."

Summer camp named after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Aug. 5, 2010

Headline: "Light of the Generations' Association concludes the second [summer] camp named after Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi...
"Mahera Al-Jamal [representative of the National Committee of Summer Camps] spoke about the active role of the National Committee in supporting and sponsoring such camps, and she delivered greetings from the General Coordinator, Mousa Abu Zaid.... Secretary of Fatah in Bethlehem, Yousuf Al-Aref said that naming such summer camps after the Shahida Dalal Mughrabi strengthens the sense of belonging and citizenship among Palestinian girls. ... The 'Freedom Flotilla' group at the camp put on a play named 'Dalal the Legend,' which was well-liked by the audience and received applause, while the 'Tel Al-Rabi'a [Tel Aviv] and Jerusalem' group presented an impassioned folkdance. The song 'Returning to my country' moved those present; they expressed their admiration with a standing ovation. A participant in the camp, Batul Khader, concluded the camp by inviting the audience to join in the song, 'We are not terrorists.'"

Song at Fatah event glorifies terrorist Dalal Mughrabi

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 4, 2010

PA TV host: "A public ceremony is being held under the auspices of President Mahmoud Abbas..."
Words of song:
     "No one outshines the Fatah member
     He mounts his machine gun on the tripod
     His eyes are to Al-Aqsa [Mosque] - the Fatah member...
     They got off the boats near the shore
     [to hijack an Israeli bus in 1978]
     [Squad leader] Dalal [Mughrabi] fights and battles the soldiers
     [37 Israeli civilians were killed]
     Be safe, you defiant, oh Fatah member!
     ...
     They went [ashore] as birds of prey,
     the heroic Al-Saika (PLO unit)
     The men of Yasser [Arafat], Al-'Asifa (PLO unit)
     The enemy's army fled trembling.
     Let's hail Fatah!" Click here to view

Note: A number of Fatah dignitaries attended the event.

Summer camp named after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 29, 2010

"The Ministry of Social Affairs in Ramallah opened yesterday in El Bireh the fourth integration camp for people with special needs, and in Bethlehem the second Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi camp [opened]... The second Dalal Mughrabi summer camp was opened in the headquarters of Light of Generations' youth association in Bethlehem, with support from the National Committee for Summer Camps and the One Voice Palestine organization in Ramallah. It aims at training young leaders in the eastern countryside of Bethlehem District. Present [at the opening] were... the Secretary of Fatah's Bethlehem branch, Yusuf Al-Aref, ..., Chairman of the [Light of Generations' youth] association, Ibrahim Mubarak, Muhammad Khalil - camp director... 70 young girls from the Dar Salah village and neighboring villages participated."

Abbas: “Good wishes, love and esteem” to terrorist murderer

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 29, 2010

Secretary of the PLO Executive Committee, Yasser Abd Rabbo speaking in the home of terrorist prisoner Ahmad Barghouti, in jail for a series of terror attacks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in 2002, to family of the terrorist:
“I am honored to be here today, and I am honored that a short while ago I met with Mahmoud Abbas and he also conveys to you his good wishes, his love and his esteem. This is our way; there is no other. This homeland must be liberated, and we want to remove every remnant of the occupation and of settlement. As Yasser Arafat said: ‘Whether they want it or not.’”
[PMW Note: Barghouti is serving seven life sentences for planning suicide bombings that murdered seven Israelis]

Fatah opens mourners' tent for dead terrorist leaders

Source: Al-Ayyam, July 8, 2010

"The Fatah movement in the Jenin region yesterday opened a mourners' tent for the deceased fighters... Muhammad Oudeh Daoud, 'Abu Daoud,' and the Shi'ite authority, Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah. The mourners' tent, at the [Fatah] movement's office in Jenin, was visited by the Jenin Regional Governor, Qadura Mussa; regional commander Radi Asida, [and other officials.]"

Official PA daily on mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre: "His name shined brightly" during attack

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 6, 2010

"In its [Black September terror group's] ranks were many distinguished men and women, headed by the Panther of Palestine, Salah Khalaf 'Abu Iyad.' Abu Daoud was one of his prominent assistants. His (Abu Daoud's) name shined brightly in the German city of Munich in 1972, where the Olympics took place. Oh, how these events evolved into a violent drama of the most tragic kind... May Allah have mercy on this great Fatah fighter and patriot, Abu Daoud."

Note: Muhammad Daoud Oudeh, also known as Abu Daoud, planned the 1972 attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. On Sept. 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terror organization Black September broke into the athletes' village at the Munich Olympics. They kidnapped and ultimately murdered 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. Oudeh never expressed remorse for his killings.

Abbas praises "devoted effort" of mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 5, 2010

Headline: "The President (Abbas) held a telephone conversation with the family of the fighter Abu Daoud and expressed his condolences over his death"
"President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday held a telephone conversation with the family of the Shahid (Martyr) fighter Muhammad Oudeh, Abu Daoud, member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and former head of the movement's Supervisory Committee, and expressed his condolences over [Oudeh's] death. During the conversation the President noted [Oudeh's] life filled with the struggle, his devoted effort, and the enormous sacrifice of the deceased for the sake of the legitimate problem of his people, in many spheres. He was at the forefront on every battlefield, with the aim of defending the [Palestinian] revolution."

Note: Muhammad Daoud Oudeh, also known as Abu Daoud, planned the 1972 attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. On Sept. 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terror organization Black September broke into the athletes' village at the Munich Olympics. They kidnapped and ultimately murdered 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. Oudeh never expressed remorse for his killings.

PA leader Zaki: "Noble actions" and "glorious history" of mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 5, 2010

Headline: "Impressive farewell to the Shahid (Martyr) commander Abu Daoud at the Al-Yarmouk refugee camp"
"'He began his life as a regular individual and concluded it with giant stature.' Thus Abbas Zaki, member of the Fatah Central Committee, described the Shahid (Martyr) commander Abu Daoud who parted from his brothers and from his people two nights ago, after a life spent in struggle under the flag of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) and under the flag of the PLO...
He spent his life as a fighter for the liberation of this homeland and for the return of its dispersed children to it. He joined Fatah upon its establishment, and directed many fighting operations against the Israeli occupation. Generations of fighters and people of struggle were educated by him...
Zaki described the late commander thus: 'He started his life as a regular individual and concluded it with giant stature.' Speaking to WAFA news agency, he added: 'We have lost a man on the level of the Arab region and on the level of the world revolutionary movement, by virtue of his noble actions and his glorious history. Bestowing this honor in every place, inside the homeland and outside of it, does justice to this mighty man.'
Dr. Samir Al-Refa'i [Secretary of the Fatah branch in Syria] said: 'With the fall of Abu Daoud as a Shahid we have lost a man who is worth all other men together, but we have already become accustomed to this road being a long one, full of Shahids, commanders and fighters.
He added: 'Abu Daoud is one of the symbols of the Fatah movement. He lived his life wounded, and his wounds testify to his path of struggle and to his continuous struggle on behalf of his people and the homeland. He will always remain our ideal and a role model for the generations to come.'"

Note: Muhammad Daoud Oudeh, also known as Abu Daoud, planned the 1972 attack on Israeli

Abbas sends condolences to family of Hezbollah spiritual leader

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 5, 2010

"President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday sent a condolence telegram to the President of the Republic of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman, and to the Fadlallah family, on the death of the religious scholar Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah.
The President wrote in the telegram: 'As we convey to you, on behalf of our [Palestinian] people and on my personal behalf, sincere feelings of participating in your sorrow and condolences from your brothers, we ask of Allah, Who alone has the power and the ability, to cover your dearly deceased with His mercy and that he should rest in Paradise, and that He should fill your hearts with patience and comfort, your government, your people - who are brothers to us - and to his [Fadlallah's] family.'"

Abbas praises mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre as "relentless fighter"

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 4, 2010

Headline: "The President [Abbas] expresses condolences over the death of the fighters Muhammad Oudeh and Ja'afar Shadid..."
"President Mahmoud Abbas sent a telegram of condolences yesterday over the death of the great fighter Muhammad Daoud Oudeh, 'Abu Daoud,' who died just before reaching 70. The telegram of condolences read: 'The deceased was one of the prominent leaders of the Fatah movement and lived a life filled with the struggle, devoted effort, and the enormous sacrifice of the deceased for the sake of the legitimate problem of his people, in many spheres. He was at the forefront on every battlefield, with the aim of defending the [Palestinian] revolution. What a wonderful brother, companion, tough and stubborn, relentless fighter." [Emphasis added.]

Note: Muhammad Daoud Oudeh, also known as Abu Daoud, planned the 1972 attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. On Sept. 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terror organization Black September broke into the athletes' village at the Munich Olympics. They kidnapped and ultimately murdered 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. Oudeh never expressed remorse for his killings.

PA TV glorifies mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 4, 2010

PA TV news broadcast covering the funeral of Muhammad Daoud Oudeh in the Al-Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus:
Reporter: "Palestinians were surprised this morning at the announcement of the death of one of the most important leaders of the Palestinian revolution, Muhammad Daoud Oudeh (Abu Daoud), who engineered the Munich Operation and was one of the most important of Israel's most wanted in the 1970s."
Samir Al-Refa'i, member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council: "Abu Daoud, one of the Shahids (Martyrs) of the Fatah movement, a leader, a Shahid, who sacrificed..."
Abu Amad Hamdan, Secretary of Fatah branch in Syria: "... We learned from him the principles of the revolution and the struggle."
Unidentified participant at the funeral: "We say to him: 'We will follow the path, brother Abu Daoud; Allah willing, we will complete the path together with the proud Fatah, Allah willing.'"
Another funeral participant: "We are participating in the funeral of a great man and a great leader in the Palestinian national struggle."

Note: Muhammad Daoud Oudeh, also known as Abu Daoud, planned the 1972 attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. On Sept. 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terror organization Black September broke into the athletes' village at the Munich Olympics. They kidnapped and ultimately murdered 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. Oudeh never expressed remorse for his killings.

Abbas sends emissary to visit Hezbollah spiritual leader Fadlallah

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 4, 2010

"President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday sent the PLO representative in Lebanon, Ambassador Abdallah Abdallah, to the Bahman hospital in Beirut to inquire about the health of the great religious scholar and legal authority, Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, and wish him a speedy recovery and good health. Ambassador Abdallah met with the great religious scholar's son, Ali Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, and with a group of his followers, who expressed their appreciation for the noble gesture by President Mahmoud Abbas. They expressed their great excitement, conveying to Ambassador Abdallah their best wishes to the President and to the Palestinian people, and wishing him victory and success."

PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad visits summer camp in center named after terrorist Salah Khalaf

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), June 27, 2010

“Afterwards the Prime Minister [Fayyad] visited the summer camp for children of Shahids (Martyrs) and their brothers, ‘Palestine in the Eyes of the Shahids’ Children,’ organized by the National Union of Families of Shahids of Palestine, at the Shahid Salah Khalaf Center.”

Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) - A founder of Fatah and Head of the “Black September" terror group. Attacks he planned included the murder of two American diplomats, as well as the murdesr of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.

Course for PA security personnel named after terrorist in auditorium named after another terrorist

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), June 21, 2010

Headline: “Nablus: Shahid (Martyr) Abdallah Daoud course for members of General Intelligence Service opens”
"The Political Guidance Administration and General Intelligence yesterday opened in Nablus a security course named after Shahid Abdallah Daoud… held in the Shahid Abu Iyad [Salah Khalaf] hall."

Note: Abdallah Daoud was responsible for many terror attacks. Was one of the terrorists who stormed the Church of the Nativity in 2002, continuing to fight against Israel for several weeks while using the monks and the religious site as shields.

Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) was a founder of Fatah and Head of the “Black September" terror group. Attacks he planned included the murder of two American diplomats, as well as the murder of 11 Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympics in 1972.

Football tournament for youth named after terrorist Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), June 13, 2010

Headline: “Dr. Jihad Al-Wazir declares Islamic Qalqilya [team] winner of the 16th Prince of Shahids [Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) football] tournament, with Al-Ansar Al-Quds in second place”

Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - A founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. Headed the PLO terror organization’s military wing. Planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the worst in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.

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