PA embassy in Cairo organizes "Martyrs for Palestine" exhibition
Headline: "Martyrs for Palestine – an exhibition in Cairo that illustrates the Palestinian cause"
"The State of Palestine's embassy in Cairo, together with the Egyptian branch of the Fatah Movement, organized the Martyrs (Shahids) for Palestine exhibition… yesterday evening [Jan. 13, 2017] at the embassy.
Artists from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine participated in the exhibition, in addition to Arab children…
[PA] Ambassador [to Egypt] Jamal Al-Shubaki said in a welcoming speech that this exhibition through paintings conveys to the entire world a political message, which is that the Palestinian cause at its core is an Arab cause. He emphasized that the issue of Jerusalem, which is gaining international attention, constitutes a red line, as Jerusalem is the capital city of all Arabs in its human-cultural dimension, and that the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) resolution [of Oct. 13, 2016] confirmed that the conflict in Jerusalem is a human conflict between truth and falsehood.
At the end of his speech, Al-Shubaki emphasized that the Arab nation will not accept any political solution without Jerusalem attaining full freedom.”
The picture shows two rows of Palestinian "Martyrs."
Top row, from left to right, beginning with second from left: Dalal Mughrabi – terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children; Ghassan Kanafani – a writer and a leader of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); Abu Ali Mustafa - Secretary-General of the terror organization PFLP; Ahmed Yassin - founder and former head of the terror organization Hamas; Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) - a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat, responsible for the murder of 125 Israelis; and Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) - one of the founders of Fatah and head of the terror organization Black September.
Bottom row, first from left: Yahya Ayyash - the first Hamas bomb-maker and leader of Hamas’ Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank. Bottom row, center: Fathi Shaqaqi - founder of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, which has killed and wounded hundreds of Israeli civilians.
The picture shows PA Ambassador to Egypt Jamal Al-Shubaki (center) cutting the ribbon on the exhibition.
The picture shows some of the art produced to illustrate the Palestinian cause, including paintings and a model of the Dome of the Rock on a table embellished with keffiyehs (Arab headdresses) and Palestinian flags.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) passed a resolution in Paris on “Occupied Palestine” on Oct. 13, 2016, with 24 countries voting in favor, 6 against, and 24 abstentions. The resolution was later approved by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on Oct. 26, 2016, in a secret ballot in which ten countries voted in favor of the resolution, two opposed, eight abstained, and one country, Jamaica, was absent.
In the resolution UNESCO refers to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, only as “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif,” and presents it only as a “Muslim holy site.” The resolution condemns “escalating Israeli aggressions” and Israeli “violations” at the site, and calls on Israel “to respect the integrity, authenticity and cultural heritage of Al-Aqṣa Mosque/Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif… as a Muslim holy site of worship.” The resolution likewise refers to the Western Wall Plaza as the “Al-Buraq Plaza ‘Western Wall Plaza,’” adding quotation marks to the Jewish name for the site.
The resolution was submitted by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, and Sudan.
The countries voting for the resolution were: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chad, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Vietnam.
Those voting against it were: Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, the UK, and the US.
Mexico later noted for the record that its position on the issue is one of abstention, although the vote count was unaffected.
Full text here: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002462/246215e.pdf
Dalal Mughrabi led 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, killing 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.
Abu Ali Mustafa - Secretary-General of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PFLP, which rejected the Oslo Accords (1993), has planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians since its founding in 1967 and throughout the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000-2005 (the Intifada).
Ahmed Yassin - Founder and former head of the terrorist organization Hamas. The Hamas movement is responsible for numerous terror attacks and the deaths of hundreds of Israeli civilians.
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization's military wing and also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks in the 1960’s - 1980’s. These attacks, which killed a total of 125 Israelis, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) - One of the founders of Fatah and head of the terror organization Black September. Attacks he planned include the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics (Sept. 5, 1972) and the murder of two American diplomats in Sudan (March 1, 1973). It is commonly assumed that his assassin, a former Fatah bodyguard, was sent by the Abu Nidal Organization, a rival Palestinian faction.
Yahya Ayyash - The first Hamas bomb-maker and leader of Hamas’ Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank, he is considered the initiator of Palestinian suicide bombings and nicknamed “the engineer.” He built the bombs used in many terror attacks, including the Mehola Junction bombing (2 killed, 9 injured, April 16, 1993), the Afula bus bombing (8 killed, 55 injured, April 6, 1994), the Hadera central station bombing (6 killed, 30 injured, April 13, 1994), the Tel Aviv bus 5 bombing (22 killed, 47 injured, Oct. 19, 1994), the Ramat Gan bus bombing (6 killed, 33 wounded, July 24, 1995), the Ramat Eshkol bus bombing (5 killed, over 100 injured, Aug. 21, 1995), and the Bet Lid bombing (22 killed, 66 injured, Jan. 22, 1995). He was killed by Israeli security forces on Jan. 5, 1996.
Fathi Shaqaqi - Founder of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, which has carried out more than 1,000 terror attacks, killing and wounding hundreds of Israeli civilians. He was killed by Israel in Malta in 1995.
"The State of Palestine's embassy in Cairo, together with the Egyptian branch of the Fatah Movement, organized the Martyrs (Shahids) for Palestine exhibition… yesterday evening [Jan. 13, 2017] at the embassy.
Artists from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine participated in the exhibition, in addition to Arab children…
[PA] Ambassador [to Egypt] Jamal Al-Shubaki said in a welcoming speech that this exhibition through paintings conveys to the entire world a political message, which is that the Palestinian cause at its core is an Arab cause. He emphasized that the issue of Jerusalem, which is gaining international attention, constitutes a red line, as Jerusalem is the capital city of all Arabs in its human-cultural dimension, and that the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) resolution [of Oct. 13, 2016] confirmed that the conflict in Jerusalem is a human conflict between truth and falsehood.
At the end of his speech, Al-Shubaki emphasized that the Arab nation will not accept any political solution without Jerusalem attaining full freedom.”
The picture shows two rows of Palestinian "Martyrs."
Top row, from left to right, beginning with second from left: Dalal Mughrabi – terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children; Ghassan Kanafani – a writer and a leader of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); Abu Ali Mustafa - Secretary-General of the terror organization PFLP; Ahmed Yassin - founder and former head of the terror organization Hamas; Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) - a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat, responsible for the murder of 125 Israelis; and Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) - one of the founders of Fatah and head of the terror organization Black September.
Bottom row, first from left: Yahya Ayyash - the first Hamas bomb-maker and leader of Hamas’ Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank. Bottom row, center: Fathi Shaqaqi - founder of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, which has killed and wounded hundreds of Israeli civilians.
The picture shows PA Ambassador to Egypt Jamal Al-Shubaki (center) cutting the ribbon on the exhibition.
The picture shows some of the art produced to illustrate the Palestinian cause, including paintings and a model of the Dome of the Rock on a table embellished with keffiyehs (Arab headdresses) and Palestinian flags.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) passed a resolution in Paris on “Occupied Palestine” on Oct. 13, 2016, with 24 countries voting in favor, 6 against, and 24 abstentions. The resolution was later approved by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on Oct. 26, 2016, in a secret ballot in which ten countries voted in favor of the resolution, two opposed, eight abstained, and one country, Jamaica, was absent.
In the resolution UNESCO refers to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, only as “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif,” and presents it only as a “Muslim holy site.” The resolution condemns “escalating Israeli aggressions” and Israeli “violations” at the site, and calls on Israel “to respect the integrity, authenticity and cultural heritage of Al-Aqṣa Mosque/Al-Ḥaram Al-Sharif… as a Muslim holy site of worship.” The resolution likewise refers to the Western Wall Plaza as the “Al-Buraq Plaza ‘Western Wall Plaza,’” adding quotation marks to the Jewish name for the site.
The resolution was submitted by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, and Sudan.
The countries voting for the resolution were: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chad, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Vietnam.
Those voting against it were: Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, the UK, and the US.
Mexico later noted for the record that its position on the issue is one of abstention, although the vote count was unaffected.
Full text here: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002462/246215e.pdf
Dalal Mughrabi led 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, killing 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.
Abu Ali Mustafa - Secretary-General of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PFLP, which rejected the Oslo Accords (1993), has planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians since its founding in 1967 and throughout the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000-2005 (the Intifada).
Ahmed Yassin - Founder and former head of the terrorist organization Hamas. The Hamas movement is responsible for numerous terror attacks and the deaths of hundreds of Israeli civilians.
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization's military wing and also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks in the 1960’s - 1980’s. These attacks, which killed a total of 125 Israelis, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) - One of the founders of Fatah and head of the terror organization Black September. Attacks he planned include the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics (Sept. 5, 1972) and the murder of two American diplomats in Sudan (March 1, 1973). It is commonly assumed that his assassin, a former Fatah bodyguard, was sent by the Abu Nidal Organization, a rival Palestinian faction.
Yahya Ayyash - The first Hamas bomb-maker and leader of Hamas’ Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank, he is considered the initiator of Palestinian suicide bombings and nicknamed “the engineer.” He built the bombs used in many terror attacks, including the Mehola Junction bombing (2 killed, 9 injured, April 16, 1993), the Afula bus bombing (8 killed, 55 injured, April 6, 1994), the Hadera central station bombing (6 killed, 30 injured, April 13, 1994), the Tel Aviv bus 5 bombing (22 killed, 47 injured, Oct. 19, 1994), the Ramat Gan bus bombing (6 killed, 33 wounded, July 24, 1995), the Ramat Eshkol bus bombing (5 killed, over 100 injured, Aug. 21, 1995), and the Bet Lid bombing (22 killed, 66 injured, Jan. 22, 1995). He was killed by Israeli security forces on Jan. 5, 1996.
Fathi Shaqaqi - Founder of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, which has carried out more than 1,000 terror attacks, killing and wounding hundreds of Israeli civilians. He was killed by Israel in Malta in 1995.