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| Demonization of Jews/Israelis |
Since the Palestinian Authority was established it has systematically indoctrinated young and old to hate Israelis  and Jews. Using media, education, and cultural structures that it controls, the PA has actively promoted religious hatred, demonization, conspiracy libels, etc. These are packaged to present Israelis and Jews as endangering Palestinians, Arabs, and all humanity. This ongoing campaign has so successfully instilled hatred that fighting, murder and even suicide terror against Israelis and Jews are seen by the majority of Palestinians as justified self-defense and as Allah’s will. The PA presents Jews as possessing inherently evil traits. Jews are said to be treacherous, corrupt, deceitful and unfaithful by nature. These Jewish “attributes” and traditions are presented as the unchangeable nature of Jews. Forgeries and fiction masquerading as history are used to document and support the libel that Judaism is in essence racist and evil. Jews are said to be planning and executing heinous crimes, including burning Palestinians in ovens, murder, using prisoners for Nazi-like experiments, and more. If unchecked, these crimes constitute a mortal danger, not only to all Muslims and Arabs but to all of humanity.
The PA assigns responsibility to the Jews for all the problems in the world: Wars, conflicts and civil wars are all said to be triggered by Jews. Indeed, the oppression suffered by Jews throughout history is presented as the legitimate response of nations seeking revenge for the injury caused them by the Jews living among them. The creation of the State of Israel is said to have been a European plot, in order to be rid of their Jews and save Europe from the evil of Jewish presence in their countries.
The following are examples of Palestinian demonization: |
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| Animalization and dehumanization |
Palestinian Authority leaders and media repeatedly use animal images to depict Jews. This animalization and dehumanization play a role in preparing PA society to be willing to kill Jews.
The following are examples of PA depictions of Jews as animals and subhumans. |
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Rajoub: Palestinian identity is "trampled under the criminal terrorist settler dogs' feet"
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 23, 2013
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PA TV program: Circle of Events. Guest: Deputy Secretary General of Fatah's Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub
PA TV interviewer: “The statements you made in Beirut on the Al-Mayadeen TV station had a lot of impact, according to them ‘We are Israel’s enemies and if we had a nuke we’d have used it…’ I hope you’ll clarify the picture because Israel condemned the [statements] and at the time the Palestinians did not.”
PA official Jibril Rajoub: “Madam, first of all I don’t care what Israel says, I care about what serves the Palestinian people’s interests. The Palestinian people have been living under an occupation, a racist, fascist, vile, inhuman occupation, for 46 years…
I, true, the interviewer [from the Al-Mayadeen TV station] asked me and I answered in the same manner and with those words and even now I say to the Israelis, if there won’t be a reexamination of your conduct on your part, a saying in Hebrew states: ‘kill or be killed,’ we won’t be killed, we’re not Jesus, true, we come from Jesus’ apostles but we, our future and our government and our identity are being trampled under the criminal terrorist settler dogs’ feet. I’m certain that if Hitler would come again he would learn from them the art of breaking the will of the people, humiliating the people, [making the] people suffer, destroying the people and massacres...
The world today has begun to be convinced that we are a victim and that they are the criminals and hangmen. Under the rays of the sun Israel has been revealed to be a foreign and threatening body that threatens the region’s independence, threatens the world’s peace and threatens the world’s values and interests.”
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Israel is an "enemy and a "snake coiled around the land," in PA TV music video
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Apr. 3, 2013
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"My enemy, oh my enemy, stop your crimes.
Treaty breaker! Treacherous!
If you pull out my eyes, my heart will still see.
If you cut off my hands, my chest is knives and swords.
My enemy, oh imperialism, this homeland is ours.
This land will be tilled only by our hoes.
My enemy, oh my enemy, stop your crimes.
My enemy, oh snake, you are coiled around the land.
We, noble and courageous, on the day of battle shall stand.
You have no choice, oh enemy, but to leave my country."
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Note: This video was broadcast repeatedly from October 2007 to February 2010. It was also broadcast on June 15, 2010, Aug. 23, Sept. 6, 2012, and April 3, 2013. |
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Girl recites poem: Jews are "Allah’s enemies, the sons of pigs"
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Mar. 22, 2013
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A young girl recites a poem filled with libels demonizing Jews on the weekly PA TV children's show The Best Home:
Girl: "Allah created me and formed me
He made me prouder and made me a Palestinian
He made defiance flow like blood in my veins
And I made the revolution burst forth like clay stones
I raised the flags of certain victory:
Allah's book [the Quran] and the tradition of the most esteemed among prophets [Muhammad].
I called in the voice of hidden justice
I lit a fire like volcanoes under their feet
I refused to be submissive and degraded
I rejected [everything] but dying with the honor that will give me life
From a nation that has forgotten the Muslims' heroism
- Omar ibn al-Khattab and Saladin - [Muslim fighters who conquered Jerusalem]
from between the whistles of the bullets I sing:
'Long live the nation of Fatah and Yasser Arafat'
Allah's enemies, the sons of pigs (i.e., Jews, in Islamic tradition)
Destroyed and uprooted the olive and fig trees
They murdered children with guns, like snakes
They cut off their limbs with stones and knives
They raped the women in the city squares
They defiled Allah's book [the Quran] in front of millions
Where is the nation of Islam?
Where are the nation of Islam and the Jihad fighters?
Where is the fear of Allah in Jerusalem, which has been defiled by the Zionists?"
PA TV host: "Bravo, applause, applause, applause to Hadeel."
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PA daily columnist demonizes Israel as a child-killer and snake
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 19, 2012
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PLO Ambassador to India and PA daily regular columnist, Adli Sadeq on Israel's aerial offensive against Gaza launched on Nov. 14, 2012, aimed at crippling the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza:
Headline: "The oppressors kill the nightingales"
"Like hidden snakes whose fangs bite in the darkness, the oppressing invaders (i.e., Israel) chase after our children. They throw fire at their tender bodies, while the little ones' hearts full of love pour forth like rivers and see hope through the holes made in the walls by the raids! They have no shame. They are very happy to be snakes that stick out their tongues and slither with malice, and then attack, thirsty and hungry for human blood and liver... The oppressors who kill the nightingales lay the foundations for a war that will last one or two hundred years, while thinking that they are achieving security for themselves. The walls of disgrace and wretchedness in our [Arab] nation are collapsing... we will not remain for long in the cage under siege. Dams, walls, [political] calculations and policies separate us from the flow of a great nation whose rulers - with scarves that became worn from waving the flag of "peace" too much - caused it [the nation] pain and filled it with a sense of wretchedness! ... Salvation will only come when the walls collapse, so that we will stay far away from their alleged "peace." Then the cloud will dissipate along with the smog in it..."
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Cartoon in PA daily shows Israel as a knife slitting Jerusalem’s throat
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 11, 2012
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 This cartoon was published under the title: “’Judaization’ of Jerusalem.” It depicts Jerusalem as a woman whose throat is being slit by two knives. One represents Israel and is marked with a Jewish Star of David. The second knife, bearing a Keffiyeh and a moustache, is marked with a “mute” symbol and represents the Arab world, who by their silence become active partners in Jerusalem’s destruction.
Text on woman’s chest: “Jerusalem”
Note: This cartoon was originally published in the United Arab Emirates newspaper Al-Ittihad.
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Israel is a worm eating away at Jerusalem
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Al-Quds, Aug. 29, 2012
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 This cartoon portrays Jerusalem as a rotting apple being eaten by Israel/Jews shown as a worm marked with a Jewish Star of David.
The cartoon also expresses criticism of the Arab world for not being concerned with Palestinian affairs and the fate of Jerusalem. This criticism is illustrated by the Arab who has turned his back to Jerusalem while watching TV about “the Arab Spring”.
Text on apple: “Jerusalem”
Text on TV: “The Arab Spring”
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PA daily cartoon demonizes Israel as a bloodthirsty Jew
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 23, 2012
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 PA daily cartoon depicts Israel as a demonized religious Jew holding a knife dripping with blood. President Obama is shown reading a newspaper and reassures the Jew that the American media has not reported on the crime that he supposedly committed with the bloodied knife.
Text on sleeve of Jew: "Israel"
Text on newspaper: "American media"
Obama to Jew (Israel) holding a knife dripping with blood: "Don't be afraid. There are no pictures or articles about you."
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Note: The cartoon originally appeared in the Al-Khaleej newspaper (United Arab Emirates). |
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Guest on PA TV: Israel is an "octopus"
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 15, 2012
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PA TV program In a Fighter’s Home discusses Yasser Arafat and the Fatah movement’s connection to the village of Beit Fourik. The program interviews Abdallah Mustafa (Abu Hayt), one of the people in Beit Fourik who was close to Arafat. He talks about his activity in Fatah in the '60's.
Host: "The Israelis – or, moreover, the occupation, the Zionists – are pushing us to finally give in to them, that Haifa does not belong to me, I give it up. Haifa does not belong to us, Acre does not belong to us, Acre doesn’t belong to us, Jaffa does not belong to us. Like they demand that all of Palestine does not belong to us. This ancient olive tree also does not belong to us; We will give it up for Israel. You lived through the revolutions; how do you see Palestine right now?"
Mustafa: "Israel is an octopus; it is not satisfied with a little, or with a lot. Israel wakes up one fine day with a certain plan [to seize Palestinian territories]; the next day it wakes up [with a plan] for different areas. We pay no attention to it."
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PA daily op-ed calls Israel a "blood-cratic" state; quotes writer who called Israel “the most racist country in the free world”
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 16, 2012
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PA daily op-ed by Wael Barghouti:
"Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has succeeded in presenting itself as an oasis of democracy that sprouted in a vast wilderness of tyranny. The West swallowed this lie and defended it, thinking it [Israel] an extension of [its own] democracy.
Strangely, the West ignored the fact that this hybrid plant grew in soil whose inhabitants had been uprooted from it by the force of arms – [weapons] that the democratic West helped to supply, in order to build this new 'democracy' on the ruins of a society that had lived on its land for thousands of years…
The Iraqi Jewish writer and former Communist, Sami Michael, has sharply criticized the racist tendencies and the ethnic rift in Israel…
He said that 'Israel is in danger if the country's leadership fails to understand that Israel is located in the Middle East, and not at the end of the earth,' and added that 'Israel is the most racist country in the free world.’ Thus he awarded Israel certification as the most racist country, meaning, [Israel] is a “blood-cratic”; (‘dam–cratic’ dam=blood in Arabic) not a demo-cratic state.”
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Israel is a monster that stabs and eats children - Palestinian art on PA TV
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 13, 2012
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PA TV host: "Artist Abd Al-Hai Msallam has been dealing with the Palestinian nation's problems, such as the Gaza massacres. What have you been working on lately? This painting is about the Gaza massacre."
Artist Abd Al-Hai Msallam: "Here I show the people, the children, and the Zionist enemy's cruelty and savagery."
The painting shows a monster impaling children on his bayonet and eating them one by one. On the lower right, dead children are piled up to be eaten and two baby monsters are also shown eating children. The three monsters wear skull caps with a Star of David. The scene takes place in the monster's underground lair, just under cacti that are growing on the surface. A Star of David is also painted on the lock of the lair.
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Israel is "a monster" and "we all want to step on its head" - Israeli Arabs on PA TV
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 2, 2012
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Hussein Abu Hussein, Israeli Arab lawyer: "Nazi Germany was a state based on the rule of law for a short while and it found refuge in the law. [However,] the State of Israel was founded from the start on robbery and theft of a nation's homeland. Actually, the correct and true legal definition of what happened to the Palestinians is homeland theft... We suffer from a great injustice, from the giant monster. This monster attacks us daily and bites into our flesh in the Negev, the Galilee, the Triangle, Jerusalem, and the occupied territories, the West Bank and Gaza. Every day it bites into our body."
Mohammad Bakri, Israeli Arab actor: "I want to step on the head of this monster."
Hussein Abu Hussein: "We all want to step on its head, but talking is not enough. Everyone has their role."
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Lawyer for family of Rachel Corrie demonizes Israel on PA TV
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 2, 2012
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Hussein Abu Hussein, Israeli Arab lawyer: "Fate determined that I would work in this [legal] profession. I believe that at least until now, I have gone in the right direction and I don't regret it."
Mohammad Bakri, Israeli Arab actor: "Even though you live in an abnormal state, even though Israeli law is elastic, even though Israeli law includes racism, and even though you sometimes lose a case, not because you're a bad lawyer, but because there is legal tyranny and racist discrimination even in the law."
Hussein Abu Hussein: "Yes... In the final analysis, the law is a compliant tool in the hands of the [Israeli] authorities. The Nazi state was also a state ruled by law. It took refuge in the law in order to carry out the most hideous crimes against humanity. The catastrophes in WWII are known to everyone. In WWII, 52 million people were killed, but the historical narrative mentions this as if the only truth is that six million Jews were killed in WWII. However, this does not negate the ugliness of this war. Nazi Germany was a state based on the rule of law for a short while and it found refuge in the law. [However,] the State of Israel was founded from the start on robbery and theft of a nation's homeland. Actually, the correct and true legal definition of what happened to the Palestinians is homeland theft..."
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Note: To view the full transcript and a description of the Corrie legal case, click "full article" below. |
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PA TV describes Israel as a “barbaric” occupier
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 17, 2012
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PA TV News broadcast about three Palestinian prisoners in Acre prison who were executed by the British in 1929 for committing brutal murders of Jews in Safed and Hebron.
Inscription at the bottom of the screen: "The occupier changed (i.e., from British Mandate to Israel), and the tragedy continues – the 82nd anniversary of the massacre by the British occupiers in Acre prison."
Newsreader: "On this day 82 years ago, British Mandatory forces executed the three prisoners: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hejazi, and Ataa Al-Zir, in the Acre prison. This event became a beacon in the history of our people, and was a factor in the continued quest for freedom."
Short film on the topic includes the following: "Three Palestinian prisoners were hanged on gallows, their only crime having been that they said 'no' to the British occupation. The story of the Martyrs (Shahids) Muhammad Jamjoum, Ataa Al-Zir, and the youngest among them – Fuad Hejazi, has transcended the boundaries of space and time, and become an unwritten law, obligating Palestinians throughout all the years of their fight against the occupation – which might have changed its form, but its barbaric behavior has not changed."
Note: Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hejazi, and Ataa Al-Zir “committed particularly brutal murders [of Jews] at Safad and Hebron,” according to the report by British Government to the League of Nations. They were convicted of attacking British soldiers and murdering Jews in the 1929 Hebron Massacre, in which 65 Jews were murdered. They were executed by the British in 1930.
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PA daily compares Israel to an octopus with “burning fangs”
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 5, 2012
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"One day, when a strong wind blew, an enemy like an octopus came to us and began putting its arms everywhere, without asking permission, while burning flames emerged from between its fangs. It entered our homes… uprooting our crops with its arms, and looking at them with the joy of arrogance and conceit… I screamed: 'I don't want it, I don't want to go. This is my place and this is my existence.' They cut off my limbs [and] threw me among the ruins, and I began to writhe with hunger, with deprivation, and with homelessness."
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Note: This passage was written by Saadia Muhammad A'amia, a teacher at the Al-Khas wal-Nu'man school, which falls under the PA Education Administration in Bethlehem.
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Sports official Jibril Rajoub says Jews are “Satans” and “Zionist sons of bitches”
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 17, 2012
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Live broadcast: Opening of the first Forum for Arab women sports journalists, in the presence of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Fatah Central Committee member and Chairman of the Palestinian Olympic Committee Jibril Rajoub, .
Rajoub: "I say also – and on behalf of Palestine: Something that has no place in the dictionary of Palestinian sportsmen is the subject of normalization with the occupation. Impossible, impossible, impossible…
I understand by normalization that the relationship between me and you will be normal, that we'll play [sports] together and there'll be a joint program. I say to you: Under no circumstances will there be normalization. Next time we are prepared to bring the Executive Committee in helicopters… so they will see no Jews, no Satans, no Zionist sons of bitches. Come by helicopter and go back by helicopter."
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Egyptian song on PA TV calls to attack Israel - "the snake's head"
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 3, 2012
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"Oh Palestinians, [the Israeli] with the rifle shot you,
the Zionists are killing your doves in your sacred area.
Oh Palestinians, I want to go and be with you.
Fire is in my hands, and with you, attack the snake's head (Israel).
Oh Palestinians, the revolution is certain,
with the rifle we will impose our new life.
Oh Palestinians, the revolution is certain
with the rifle we will impose our new life."
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Note: This song originally aired on Aug. 14, 2011 and was rebroadcast on Jan. 20, March 26, 27, and May 3, 2012. |
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Girl praised on PA TV for reciting poem that calls Israel “Satan with a tail”
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Apr. 7, 2012
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PA TV program for kids, "The Best Home":
Host: "Laila, what do you want to recite next?"
Laila: "When I was young I was taught that Arabness is my honor...
and that our lands extend from one end to the other,
and that our wars were for the Al-Aqsa Mosque,
and that our enemy, Zion, is Satan with a tail...
Our division is by your hands [Arab rulers]. May your hands be cut off.
We are fed up with our division, while all people are uniting."
Host: "Bravo, bravo, bravo."
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Fatah official: Israeli soldiers have a “hunting season for Palestinian children”
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Apr. 4, 2012
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Excerpt from a column by Yahya Rabah, member of the Fatah leadership Committee in Gaza, following the death of three children in a fire in their home in Gaza.
"The three children of the Abu Bashir family, the children of Raed Abu Bashir, were sleeping angelically in their small home in the Bashaireh neighborhood in Deir Al-Balah…
But these three children – Sabri, Nadin and Farah, the eldest no older than 12 - were killed! This time the killer was not an Israeli apache helicopter, nor Israeli drones, nor the shell of an Israeli tank, nor even a lead bullet from an Israeli-manufactured Uzi machine-gun or American M-16, with which Israeli soldiers entertain themselves during the hunting season for Palestinian children. This time the killer, the child-killer, was a small candle, whose pale light flickers with every gust of air."
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Song at Fatah event: Palestinians are the "rifle" protecting the home from the "wolf" (i.e., Israel)
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Mar. 22, 2012
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Song by Lebanese songwriter Wadi' Al-Safi, sung by Palestinian singer Mondher Al-Ra'i at a performance marking the 46th anniversary of Fatah.
Excerpt from the song:
"We will never leave you, our home,
I will not agree to leave my home
My home – I am its rifle
I will not leave it to the wolf;
I will not lend out its key."
In the audience: President Mahmoud Abbas, Secretary of the PLO Executive Council Yasser Abd Rabbo, Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki, PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi, President's office Sec. Gen. Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim, Ramallah and El-Bireh district governor Laila Ghannam, Arab member of Israeli Parliament Ahmad Tibi, Minister of Fence and Settlement Affairs Maher Ghneim, Fatah spokesman Ahmad Asaf.
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