Fatah congratulates Islamic Jihad on “Martyrdom” of its commander; glorifies terrorism
Headline: "The Fatah Movement congratulated the Islamic Jihad Movement over the death as a Martyr of commander Baha Abu Al-Ata"
"Today [Nov. 14, 2019] we are eulogizing Martyr Commander Baha Salim Hassan Abu Al-Ata (i.e., terrorist, responsible for numerous attacks) while expressing our pride in our Palestinian people, in the brothers in the [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad Movement (PIJ) and in all of the Palestinian factions that have offered up Martyrs, sacrifices, and blood, and in so doing have colored the Gaza Strip in blood.
And in these few minutes in the schedule, I do not want to speak at length, but I will say that the Gaza Strip is the Palestinian national strip in which the Palestinian resistance and Palestinian national movement have lived since the beginning of the 20th century. It has had a number of rounds [of fighting], and from the beginning of the launch of the PLO and the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, the resistance against Zionism and its project has not rested. We all know the squads and also the first leaders who paved the way. We will not forget 'Abu Jihad' [Khalil] Al-Wazir (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of 125) and [Muhammad Al-Aswad] ‘the Guevara of Gaza’ (i.e., PFLP terrorist), and we will not forget many of the heroes and symbols who sprouted and grew in this strip, and among them also [Fathi] Shaqaqi (i.e., founder of the PIJ terror organization); and we will not forget the Gaza Strip in which the forces were unified through their Martyr leaders [former PLO Chairman and PA President] Yasser Arafat and Ahmed Yassin (i.e., founder of Hamas terror organization). This is the Gaza Strip…
On behalf of the Fatah Movement, I wish to congratulate our brothers in the [Palestinian Islamic] Jihad Movement over the death as a Martyr of military commander Abu Al-Ata who is known throughout Gaza, and over the role that he fulfilled that caused this Israeli anger and this demonization by the enemy who thinks day and night about blood, killing, and annihilation.
Fatah Revolutionary Council member
Rifat Shanaah"
The article is accompanied by a picture of Fatah Revolutionary Council member Rifat Shanaah eulogizing senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror organization in Gaza Baha Abu Al-Ata. Behind him is a poster with a picture of Abu Al-Ata, and the following text: "Great Martyr Commander Baha Abu Al-Ata." In the upper right corner is the PIJ logo that contains the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas, clenched fists to either side of the map and the Dome of the Rock behind it, rifles pointing in the air behind the Dome of the Rock, the text "Allahu Akbar (i.e., “Allah is greatest”)" above the Dome of the Rock, the text "Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine" below it, and at the top is Quran Sura 29:69 – which includes the Arabic for the verb "strive," which contains the same root as the word "Jihad": "And those who strive for Us - We will surely guide them to Our ways. And indeed, Allah is with the doers of good." [Sahih International Translation]
The poster in the back to the right includes a picture of PIJ founder Fathi Shaqaqi.