Article glorifies Munich Olympics Massacre as “one of the most important self-sacrificing operations”
Headline: “The most important operations in the history of the Palestinian cause – the 47th anniversary of the heroic Munich operation”
“Today [Sept. 5, 2019] is the 47th anniversary of the heroic Munich operation (i.e., Munich Olympics Massacre, 11 murdered), which is one of the most important self-sacrificing operations (i.e., terror attacks) in the history of the Palestinian cause.
When eight members of the self-sacrificing organization Black September (i.e., a secret branch of Fatah) broke into the building of the Israeli sports delegation in the Olympic Village in Munich on Sept. 5, 1972 during the Olympic Games and took 11 Israeli Olympic team members hostage, an Israeli athlete and coach who tried to resist being held were killed, and the self-sacrificing fighters demanded to release 600 Arab prisoners from the Israeli prison, including Rima Issa [Tannous] and Theresa Halsa (i.e., terrorist plane hijackers, involved in murder of 1) who were arrested following the Lod Airport operation (i.e., terror attack, 24 murdered) that took place on May 8 of the same year [1972]; Japanese self-sacrificing fighter [Kozo] Okamoto (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of 24); the five Syrian officers whom Israel arrested together with a Lebanese officer on June 21, 1972 (sic., June 9, 1972; they were captured on the Lebanese border during the 1967-1973 War of Attrition –Ed.) – and that they ensure their transfer to some Arab state…
[British Author] Simon Reeve wrote that the Munich self-sacrificing operation was one of the most significant self-sacrificing operations in the modern era, and that it ‘placed the Palestinian cause in the global spotlight, directed attention to decades of conflict in Palestine, and launched a new era of international resistance.’
Martyr Abu Iyad (i.e., head of the Black September terror organization), one of the Fatah leaders, says in his book A Palestinian Without an Identity that what caused the Munich operation was the Olympic Committee’s refusal to let Palestinian athletes participate in the 1972 Olympics, claiming that Palestine does not actually exist. The goal was to direct the world’s gaze to Palestine’s cause and demand the release of 600 Arab and foreign prisoners from the Israeli prison.”
Posted on the Fatah – The Gaza Arena website
This article is signed “Fatah” in Gaza but PMW has not been able to verify if this really is an official statement by Fatah.