PA TV broadcast from cemetery includes poster with map erasing Israel and poster commemorating terrorist Dalal MughrabiOfficial PA TV program One Day We will Return from the Al-Badawi Refugee camp in Lebanon First image shows a map of Israel in a cemetery with pictures of “the Martyrs” (Shahids) of Fatah, among them terrorists Abu Jihad and Abu Iyad. Second image shows a cemetery with pictures of Yasser Arafat and...Jul 12, 2015
PA official: Arafat provided medical insurance for Fatah fightersOfficial Palestinian TV program A Nation is Built. Haidar Ibrahim, past Deputy Minister of Minstry of Labor: “First of all, we want medical insurance [for workers]. There are workers who can’t pay for a loaf of bread. It’s already been a year or two [that the insurance has been halted]. President...”Jun 1, 2015
PA TV music video: "We treat the rifle as a brother""Yasser Arafat, rest in peace, rest in peace"Dec 30, 2014
Arafat initiated the PA practice of paying salaries to imprisoned Palestinian terroristsOfficial PA TV News report on the weekly demonstration near the central headquarters of the Red Crescent in Gaza, at which families of the prisoners honored Yasser Arafat on the anniversary of his death. Muwaffaq Hamid of the Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs: “These...”Nov 10, 2014
PA official Nabil Shaath: Arafat knew that a second Intifada would put pressure on IsraelPart of the fourth episode of the 2011 Palestinian-produced documentary “Arafat” was broadcast on PA TV again in January 2013 as an introduction to a PA ceremony. The film states that at Camp David, Arafat was subjected to fourteen days of heavy American-Israeli pressure to abandon Palestinian...Jan 3, 2013
PA leader Shaath: The PA terror campaign ("second intifada") was planned by Arafat to put pressure on IsraelNarrator: "The Camp David Summit [in 2000] failed, and [US President Bill] Clinton held Arafat responsible for the failure. This was a prelude to very grave events: Ariel Sharon invaded the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem (i.e., the Temple Mount), and the Second Intifada, known as the Al-Aqsa..."Nov 13, 2011
Arafat's wife: Arafat planned Intifada after Oslo Accords and Camp David failureSuha Arafat: “On the personal level, I miss him very, very much. [Our daughter] Zahwa also misses him, you can't imagine. She didn't know him. She knows that Arafat sent us away before the [Israeli] invasion of Ramallah. He said: “You have to leave Palestine, because I want to carry out an...”Nov 12, 2011
Former head of Arafat’s office: Fatah slogan was and still is "All rifles towards the enemy"PA TV program Topic of the Day. Topic: the anniversary of Arafat's death. Guests: Former assistant for security matters to the Supreme Commander (Arafat), Ismail Jabr [currently advisor to Abbas on district affairs] and former head of Arafat's office, Sami Musallam. PA TV host [addressing Jabr]:...Nov 12, 2011
Arafat: “We believe in only one means, and that is armed resistance”A film about Arafat's life includes a clip showing Arafat talking about armed struggle. He is shown holding a weapon and says: "We believe in only one means, and that is armed resistance, in which we have complete faith, to liberate our country."Nov 11, 2011
Senior Fatah leader: Marwan Barghouti is "the example and symbol of this [the second] Intifada," which Arafat and Fatah startedInterview with Muhammad Dahlan, member of the Fatah Central Committee: PA TV host: “Yesterday or the day before, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, the Hamas leader, said that they [Hamas] used to carry out operations (i.e., terror attacks) at the request of the late President, Yasser Arafat. In other words, there...”Sep 28, 2010
PA Town Square honors Saddam Hussein with town square memorialThe monument in the square of the West Bank town of Beit Rima shows pictures of Yasser Arafat and former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Aug 26, 2010
Fatah MP: Terror to be used "in the proper place and at the proper time," Arafat deceived the world when condemning terror Muhammad Dahlan, senior Fatah MP: "Regarding negotiations with Israel, we have set a logical time limit of two years, in my opinion. The political plan guarantees the continuation of our national struggle in all its forms, in a way that will fulfill our national aspirations within this period of..."Jul 22, 2009
PA boasts of security forces terror attacksAshraf Al-Ajramai, former PA Minister of Prisoners: "Without a doubt, the master of [armed] resistance is the Shahid (Martyr) Yasser Arafat. Even this Intifada (i.e., PA terror campaign, 2000-2005), whose flag Hamas has tried to wave unjustly, forcibly, falsely and fraudulently- that [Intifada]..."Jun 29, 2009
Arafat: Palestinians are in eternal Ribat - religious war"I say to the Palestinians [what Muhammad said]: 'A group [of people] from amongst my nation will adhere to their religion and defeat their enemies. Their enemies won't harm them. Allah will help them.' The Prophet was asked: 'Where are they? Who are they?' He answered: 'They are in Jerusalem and..."Nov 25, 2003
Arafat emphasizes to kids that dead child who sought death as a Martyr was “heroic” PA Chairman Yasser Arafat: “We salute the spirit of our heroic Martyr, the spirit of our heroic Martyr, the spirit of our heroic Martyr Faris Ouda! Faris Ouda! Faris Ouda!” Faris Ouda Aug 4, 2003
Arafat glorifies dead child as “hero Martyr,” presenting him as role model to kids Children shout: “With spirit, with blood, we will redeem you, Palestine! Millions of Martyrs are marching to Jerusalem!” PA Chairman Yasser Arafat: “We are proud of you. We are proud of this growing generation that represents... the resolve and the sacrifice, and the self-sacrifice that was...” Jul 22, 2003
Arafat uses dead child as role model to encourage kids to seek death as MartyrsPA Chairman Yasser Arafat: “Oh children of Palestine! The peers, friends, brothers, and sisters of Faris Ouda. Faris Ouda and his peers - the Martyrs of this nation - represent this hidden, great, and deep-rooted power. It shall be victorious, it shall be victorious, Allah willing. Onward together...”Aug 18, 2002
PA leader: Arafat responsible for Intifada terrorDeputy Director of the PA's Political and National Education Authority, Mazen Izz A-Din: "The Al-Aqsa Intifada (i.e., PA terror campaign, 2000-2005) - if we want to be truthful and open, history will reveal one day - that it (the Intifada) and all its directives belong to the President and Supreme..."May 28, 2002
Arafat: Dead children are the greatest message to the worldInterviewer: "Mr. President, what message would you like to send to the Palestinian people, in general, and in particular to the Palestinian children?" Arafat: "This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank – is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a Shahid? We..."Jan 15, 2002
Yasser Arafat calls for Jihad, struggle, and combat"Struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. Combat, combat, combat, combat. Jihad, Jihad, Jihad, Jihad."Oct 21, 1996
Arafat's speech after Jerusalem Tunnels opening, which led to violence[Quran:] "Allah bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because Paradise will be theirs: They shall fight in the way of Allah, and shall kill and be killed." My righteous brothers, our righteous Martyrs, rest in peace, because our blood is cheap compared to the goal which joined us...Sep 24, 1996
Arafat honors Hamas' suicide terror engineer, Yahya AyyashYasser Arafat, in Hebron: "Today, I ask of you, my brothers, to recite the Opening (chapter of Quran) for all our Martyrs, and the last among them, the Martyr, engineer Yahya Ayyash." Click here to viewJan 7, 1996