Fatah glorified Wednesday`s terrorist: "Heroic Martyr... who carried out the heroic stabbing operation"
Fatah glorified Wednesday's terrorist:
"Heroic Martyr... who carried out the heroic
stabbing operation"
- On Friday, Fatah called for day of violence:"Friday of the Martyrs Rage!
Feb. 9, 2018"
- PLO called for Martyrdom:"The blood of the Martyrs is the light of freedom"
By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Contradicting Mahmoud Abbas' claims that the PA "seeks peace," his Fatah Movement continues to glorify terrorists and promote terror. On Wednesday last week, just hours after a terror attack, Fatah was already honoring the terrorist. The terrorist, Hamza Yusuf Zamaarah, who was killed while trying to stab an Israeli security guard, was immediately hailed as the "heroic Martyr... who carried out the heroic stabbing operation," by Fatah's Bethlehem branch. Fatah also asked Allah to "have mercy on the Martyr, let him dwell in Paradise, and grant his family consolation and patience."
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch, Feb. 7, 2018]
A second post in his honor showed his picture and wrote:
"Praise and eternity to our righteous Martyrs"
Posted text: "Martyr (Shahid) released prisoner Hamza Yusuf Nu'man Zamaarah, 19, from Halhoul.
Praise and eternity to our righteous Martyrs"
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement -
Bethlehem Branch, Feb. 7, 2018]
Fatah doesn't only glorify terror. It also calls for terror. On Friday, Fatah posted two posters calling for Friday to be a day of "rage" and "Martyrdom."
One was a Fatah poster calling for "rage":
The image shows the face of a man who is shouting, and overlaid on his face is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as "Palestine". In the upper left corner is the logo of the Fatah Shabiba Youth Movement, which includes the PA map of "Palestine" and above it the words:
"The State of Palestine."
Posted text: "Friday of the Martyrs (Shahids)"
Text on image: "Friday of the Martyrs
Rage!
Feb. 9, 2018"
[Official Fatah Facebook page, Feb. 8, 2018]
"The blood of the Martyrs is the light of freedom"
The invitation also called for more riots and violence:
Posted text: "Invitation"
Text on image: "Continue the confrontation and escalation
The PLO factions and institutions and activists of the Nablus district
Invite you
To say the Friday prayers
Friday of loyalty to the Martyrs (Shahids)
Time: Friday, Feb. 9, 2018
Location: Al-Shuhada Square
Jerusalem is Arab and the capital of the Palestinian state
And the blood of the Martyrs is the light of freedom"
[Official Fatah Facebook page,
Feb. 8, 2018]
The bottom of the image shows scenes from Jerusalem. Also on the poster are the Palestinian flag, the PLO logo and the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel as "Palestine" together with the PA areas.
Text on logo: "The Palestinian Liberation Organization National unity, national mobilization Liberation"
Palestinian Media Watch has exposed similar calls for Martyrdom by Fatah.
PMW has exposed numerous calls for "rage" by Fatah.
Earlier in the week, Fatah's Nablus branch praised "Martyrs" and their "fragrance" as an integral part of "the homeland":
Posted text: "A homeland in the fragrance of the Martyrs (Shahids)
And how does the fragrance of jasmine not disappear from it?"
Text on image: "Good morning to you"
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement -
Nablus Branch, Feb. 4, 2018]
The image shows a red flower with a keffiyeh (Arab headdress) around it. To the left is a picture of former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, and under it the Dome of the Rock. In the bottom left corner is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel as "Palestine" together with the PA areas.
The following are longer excerpts of Fatah posts cited above:
Image and text posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch
Posted text: "Glory to the Martyrs (Shahids)"
Text on image:
"In the name of All Merciful Allah
'And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision' [Quran, Sura 3:169, Sahih International translation]
Great truth of God
Halhoul organizational branch of the Fatah Movement northern Hebron branch eulogizes
Its heroic Martyr (
Shahid)
Hamza Yusuf Zamaarah (i.e., terrorist, stabbed 1)
'Direct your weapon at our heads, and if our legs shake,
It would be a shame that we be considered men'
The one who carried out the heroic stabbing operation at the settlement of Karmei Tzur
And died as a Martyr in the early morning hours of Wednesday
Feb. 7, 2018, while not yet 19 years old
May Allah have mercy on the Martyr, let him dwell in Paradise, and grant his family consolation and patience
We belong to Allah, and we return to Him"
On the bottom right side of the image is terrorist Hamza Zamaarah, who stabbed and wounded 1. On the bottom left are pictures of former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. In the upper left of the image appears the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel as "Palestine" together with the PA areas, and in the upper right is a yellow Fatah flag featuring the Fatah logo. In the background appears the Dome of the Rock.
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement -
Bethlehem Branch, Feb. 7, 2018]
Headline: "Fatah eulogized Martyrs Zamaarah and Al-Tayeh"
"The Fatah Movement Mobilization and Organization Commission eulogized its Martyr (Shahid) Hamza Zamaarah (i.e., terrorist, wounded 1), who died as a Martyr today [Feb. 7, 2018] on the [Israeli] claim that he carried out a stabbing operation, and its Martyr Khaled Al-Tayeh, who died in clashes in Nablus last night. In a statement the commission said that the Fatah Movement is continuing in resistance to the Israeli occupation and its settlers, while at its side are all the members of our heroic Palestinian people wherever they are.'
...
The movement emphasized that it, together with all of the Palestinian forces, will remain the vanguard of our people on the path of struggle until the implementation of national independence on the Palestinian land, and the realization of our people's aspirations for freedom and independence."
[Ma'an, independent Palestinian news agency, Feb. 7, 2018]
Hamza Zamaarah - Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and wounded an Israeli security guard at the entrance to Karmei Tzur near Hebron on Feb. 7, 2018. Zamaarah was shot and killed during the attack by another security guard.Khaled Al-Tayeh - Palestinian who was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Nablus on Feb. 6, 2018. The soldiers were searching for terrorist Abd Al-Hakim Adel Asi who murdered Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal on Feb. 5, 2018, and as they were leaving the city they came under fire from Palestinians and a confrontation broke out.