Fatah calls for violence: "Strap on your weapon"

Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Dec 17, 2017

Fatah calls for violence:
"Strap on your weapon"

"#Rage_for_Jerusalem

#Rage_for_Al-Aqsa_Mosque"

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

The picture above of a hand holding an automatic weapon is part of Abbas' Fatah Movement's answer to US President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The poster calls for Palestinians to use violence:

Posted text: "Strap on your weapon over your wound, and tomorrow you will awaken to a morning of freedom #Rage_for_Jerusalem #Rage_for_Al-Aqsa_Mosque #Jerusalem_our_capital #Jerusalem_the_capital_of_Palestine

#HandsOffAlQuds"

Text on the image repeats the call to "strap on your weapon"

[Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 14, 2017]

Other Fatah posts that appeared on Facebook called for riots and rock throwing, one example is this:

Posted text: "#Rage_for_Jerusalem #Rage_for_Al-Aqsa_Mosque

#HandsOffAlQuds"

Text on image: "#Rage_for_Al-Aqsa_Mosque"

[Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 14, 2017]

Palestinian Media Watch reported that Abbas' advisor in a televised sermon incited religious war following Trump's declaration:

Fatah called for rage in many similar posts.

US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel - On Dec. 6, 2017, US President Donald Trump gave a speech formally recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and stating that he had instructed the State Department to begin preparations to transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump concluded by stating that the US is still fully committed to the peace process in the Middle East. Following his speech, Trump signed the waiver to delay the transfer of the embassy, and apparently will continue to do so until preparations for the transfer have been completed.

Fatah calls for violence: "Strap on your weapon"

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