Summer camp in Tulkarem named after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, who led murder of 37; PA governor passes Abbas' blessings to camp participants

Headline: “The Tulkarem [district] governor visits the female students participating in the Sisters of Dalal Summer Camp”

“Tulkarem [District] Governor Issam Abu Bakr visited the female students participating in the Sisters of Dalal Children’s Summer Camp (named after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who led murder of 37, 12 of them children –Ed.), which was organized by the Tulkarem branch of the Fatah Movement’s Shabiba [Youth Movement]  high school committees, with the support of the [PLO] Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs. This was done at the [PA National Security Forces’] regional command’s headquarters and with the participation of regional commander Colonel Jamal Abu Al-Izz, Fatah Secretary in Tulkarem Hamdan S’eifan, those in charge of the summer camp from the high school youth committees, and [camp] supervisors.

Governor Abu Bakr conveyed [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas’ greetings to the female students participating in the summer camp, and his blessings for the organization of activities such as these that strengthen the spirit of national belonging among our sons and daughters, and particularly since this generation will bear the flag of construction and liberation. He pointed out Martyr Dalal Mughrabi’s position in the struggle and the revolution, which has been planted in the memory of every Palestinian, while recalling her death as a Martyr in 1978… Governor Abu Bakr praised the efforts of the Fatah branch in Tulkarem, the Shabiba committees, and the Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs represented by [its Head] Maj. Gen. Jibril Rajoub for the efforts that [Rajoub] is making to organize the summer camps, and praised the sponsorship that the [PA] National Security [Forces] represented by Maj. Gen. Nidal Abu Dukhan and the Tulkarem regional command are providing to this camp, all of the supervisors, and the staff.

[Fatah Secretary in Tulkarem] S’eifan emphasized the importance of the summer camps’ message and their goals, through a strengthening of the national value system among the male and female campers, and praised the support of Governor Abu Bakr, what the Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs is doing, and [how] the regional command and National Security [Forces] are looking after the Sisters of Dalal Camp, the supervisors, and those running [it].”

The article includes a picture from the meeting in which participants of the summer camp named after terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi are seen wearing military uniforms. [Donia Al-Watan (independent Palestinian news agency), July 11, 2019]

Jibril Rajoub also holds the following positions: Fatah Central Committee Secretary, Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the Palestinian Scout Association (PSA).

Dalal Mughrabi – female Palestinian terrorist who led the attack that (until Oct. 7, 2023) was the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, known as the Coastal Road massacre, in 1978, when she and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70. In text note: (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children)