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Imprisoned terrorists and “Martyrs” glorified at Ramadan event

Headline: “A tribute to a number of families of Martyrs and prisoners – the conclusion of the activities of the Return (i.e., of the refugees) cultural competitions in Deheisheh with the victory of the Aida [refugee] camp team”

“Yesterday [May 25, 2019], the IBDA [Cultural Center] institute concluded the activities of the annual Ramadan Return competitions, with the participation of the Art and Culture Department of the Public Council for Community Peace in the Deheisheh [refugee] camp in the Bethlehem district, with the victory of the Aida [refugee] camp team over the Beit Jibrin [refugee] camp team in the final competition, in the presence of Bethlehem Governor Kamel Hamid, former Minister (sic., former Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs) Issa Karake, Martyrs and prisoners’ families, and an audience of residents, NGO representatives, and activists from throughout the district.
At the beginning of the competition… a tribute was held for the families of Martyrs Saleh Barghouti (i.e., terrorist, murderered 1 together with his brother), Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh (i.e., terrorist, recruited and trained other terrorists and prepared explosives), Danial Abu Hamama (i.e., terrorist, involved in shooting attacks in Jerusalem), and [the families of] prisoners Karim Younes (i.e., terrorist, murdered 1 together with his cousin) and Fakhri Barghouti (i.e., terrorist, murdered 1 together with an accomplice), who were invited to be hosted at the fast-breaking meal table of the families of the Martyrs and the prisoners at the Deheisheh camp…
Hamid praised the efforts of the IBDA institute to bring about the success of the annual Return competition activities… while explaining that these activities contribute to a deepening of the affiliation and adherence to the right and to the dream of the return of the refugees to their homes from which they were expelled, and to the Palestinian people’s rights to independence, self-determination, and the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Karake praised the efforts of the IBDA institute, the management, teams, and all those working on the Ramadan Return activities, and said: 'Palestine – with its struggle, its Martyrs, its prisoners and its tortured, its geography and its history – was present at the Deheisheh camp at all of these wonderful evening events, which are overflowing with love, national affiliation, harmony, and pluralism. Mahmoud Darwish (i.e., Palestinian national poet; see note below), Ghassan Kanafani (i.e., writer and leader of the PFLP terror organization), [former PLO Chairman and PA President] Yasser Arafat, George Habash (i.e., founder of the PFLP terror organization), [Khalil Al-Wazir] Abu Jihad (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 125), Izz A-Din Al-Qassam (i.e., Muslim terror group leader in British Mandate Palestine), Fahran Al-Sa'adi (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of at least 2), Edward Sa'id (i.e., Palestinian-American literary theorist and Palestinian activist), “Guevara [of Gaza]” (i.e., Muhammad Al-Aswad, PFLP member), [former Egyptian President Gamal] Abdel Nasser, and [former South African President Nelson] Mandela were with us… and all of the prophets, Imams, monks, and patriarchs.'
IBDA institute Director Khaled Al-Seifi said: 'The Ramadan evenings of Return activity program, with the participation of the 
the Art and Culture Department of the [Public] Council for Community Peace in the Deheisheh camp, is striving to revive the Palestinian memory and strengthen the culture of the right of return, and the adherence to the Palestinian principles and the values of harmony and pluralism.’ … He noted that a tribute was held for 30 families of Martyrs and prisoners in the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem, and the Interior (i.e., Israel), including the families of Martyrs ‘Guevara of Gaza,’ Muhammad Adwan from the Qalandiya [refugee] camp (i.e., killed while participating in violent confrontation with Israeli soldiers), Jaris Qanqar from Beit Jala (i.e., communist party member, killed by Israeli soldiers in 1988 while participating in a protest march), Mahmoud Nakhleh from the Jalazone [refugee] camp (i.e., killed while participating in confrontation with Israeli soldiers), female Martyr Christine Sa'adeh from Bethlehem (i.e., Arab-Israeli girl accidentally shot and killed by Israeli soldiers attempting to apprehend wanted terrorists), and the family of late prisoner Ali Al-Qattawi (i.e., PFLP member, imprisoned and released in prisoner exchange deal, died of natural causes in 2019), and the families of prisoner Muhammad Al-Tous (i.e., terrorist, ordered murder of 3 and participated in murder of 2) from the village of Jab'a west of Bethlehem who was sentenced to life, who has already spent more than 30 years in the occupation's prison, and prisoner Walid Daqqa (i.e., terrorist participated in murder of 1) from the interior who has been serving life in prison for the last three decades, and the families of the two Martyrs Ashraf Na'alwa (i.e., terrorist, murdered 2) and Jayel Al-Arja, and prisoners Mahmoud and Nasser Abu Sorour  (i.e., terrorists, murdered 1)."

Saleh Barghouti

Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh

Danial Abu Hamama

Karim Younes

Nael and Fakhri Barghouti

Mahmoud Darwish

Yasser Arafat

George Habash

Abu Jihad

Sheikh Izz A-Din Al-Qassam

Fahran Al-Sa'adi

Muhammad Al-Aswad

Mahmoud Nakhleh

Muhammad Al-Tous

Walid Daqqa

Ashraf Na’alwa

Jayel Al-Arja

 Mahmoud and Nasser Abu Sorour
 

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