So as not to leave any doubt…
The PA extols with limitless praise that murderers of Israelis are “heroes,” “our glory, our honor,” “giants and legends”
“O Martyrs, you create our glory, our honor, and life” - Murderers glorified on official PA TV
All the terrorist prisoners are “heroic,” “viewed with admiration” - PA Grand Mufti
Terrorist murderers - including Hamas founder Yassin - are “giants and legends” - Top PA/Fatah official Jibril Rajoub
So as not to leave any Palestinian in doubt, the Palestinian Authority is using all the means of communication at its disposal to stress that murderers of Israelis are “heroes,” “giants,” and “legends.” While PA and Fatah officials emphasize this in speeches and statements, official PA TV drives home the point in fillers and programs for and about terrorist prisoners.
Thus, a new filler on PA TV glorifies murderers and other terrorists as “Martyrs” and “heroes” who “create “our glory, our honor, and life.”
Some of these terrorist murderers carried out some of the most atrocious attacks against Israelis in recent years. Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal carried out the attack at the Har Nof synagogue in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014. They attacked worshippers with guns, knives and axes, murdering Israelis. Muhannad Halabi attacked a young family with a knife in the Old City of Jerusalem on Oct. 3, 2015, murdering 2, and injuring a mother and her 2-year-old son. Baha Alyan boarded a bus with an accomplice in Jerusalem and attacked passengers with a gun and a knife, murdering 3.
In the PA TV filler, the names and pictures of the terrorists appear on screen while a song in the background praises them. Among the murderers and terrorists praised:
Ghassan and Uday Abu Jamal - murdered 6
Baha Alyan - murdered 3 with an accomplice
Muhannad Halabi - murdered 2 (appears twice in filler)
Musbah Abu Sbeih - murdered 2
Alaa Abu Jamal - murdered 1
Muhammad Ali - placed a bomb
Diya Al-Talahmeh – threw a grenade at Israeli soldiers
Thaer Abu Ghazaleh - stabbed 5
Muhammad Shamasneh - stabbed 3
Muhammad Al-Ja’abari - stabbed 1
Ahmad Abu Sha’aban - stabbed 1
Is’haq Badran - stabbed 2
Muhammad Abu Khalaf - stabbed 2
Amjad Al-Jundi - stabbed 2
Fadi Alloun - stabbed 1
The following are the lyrics of the song accompanying the images of the terrorists:
“My last will to you if I don’t return: We will meet in eternal Paradise.
I will draw the borders with blood and roses – you are all witnesses.
You are the free people, you are the fortress,
The siege will not make you bend, chains will not worry you.
You are all witnesses.
You, O Martyrs, you create our glory, our honor, and life.
Thanks to you we have triumphed and we will triumph…
We will not abandon the trust of your blood;
We will remain loyal to the commitment.
You are the heroes; your glory is the struggle.
Nothing is impossible for those who are lions
You are all witnesses, you are all witnesses.”[Official PA TV, Oct. 16, 2020]
That these and other killers of Israelis are “heroes” is a message that is repeated by the highest religious authority in the PA: The Grand Mufti. He recently explained to PA TV viewers that all the Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons are “heroic” and admired by the Palestinian people:
PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein: “We ask Almighty Allah for a soon and speedy release for all our brave prisoners... Our heroic prisoners – all of them without exception – are sons of this precious homeland. The entire Palestinian people and every free person in this world view them with admiration and honor.”
[Official PA TV, Fatwa, Oct. 7, 2020]
Likewise, top PA/Fatah official Jibril Rajoub mentioned several terrorist murderers together with Hamas founder Yassin, stating they are “giants and legends”:
Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “In the shade of the Palestinian flag… we will all take refuge… draw nearer to one another, to think, eat, drink, sing, and live our lives as Palestinians, through the pride and glory of our people’s sacrifices – our Martyrs, our prisoners, our wounded… The Israelis assassinated Yasser Arafat because of his patriotism, and so too regarding Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (founder of Hamas responsible for murder of hundreds), and Abu Ali Mustafa (Secretary-General of PFLP terror org., responsible for many murders). They are giants. We must be loyal to this heritage. And also [to] those who are still in prison, and foremost among them Karim Younes… Maher Younes (murdered 1 together), Ahmad Sa’adat (leader of PFLP terror org., responsible for many murders), and Marwan Barghouti (convicted of murder of 5)… We have 6,000 giants inside the prisons whose names I cannot mention, but each one of them is a legend, each one of them is an ethos.”
[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Sept. 29, 2020]
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that Rajoub is fond of glorifying terrorists and murderers. Singling out murderer Muhannad Halabi who features twice in the PA’s filler above, Rajoub praised him and other murderers as “a crown on the head of every Palestinian.”
The following is a longer excerpt of Rajoub’s statement and more details on the murderers and terrorists glorified by the PA and its officials:
Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “If the Arabs continue to pressure us together with the Israelis and the Americans – we will change the rules of engagement with the Israelis. We won’t open fire on the Arabs and we don't want to escalate against anyone, but we are capable of controlling the rules of engagement. And by the way, all the options are open… In the shade of the Palestinian flag… we will all take refuge… draw nearer to one another, to think, eat, drink, sing, and live our lives as Palestinians, through the pride and glory of our people’s sacrifices – our Martyrs, our prisoners, our wounded… The Israelis assassinated Yasser Arafat because of his patriotism, and so too regarding Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and Abu Ali Mustafa. They are giants. We must be loyal to this heritage. And also [to] those who are still in prison, and foremost among them Karim Younes… Maher Younes, Ahmad Sa’adat, and Marwan Barghouti… We have 6,000 giants inside the prisons whose names I cannot mention, but each one of them is a legend, each one of them is an ethos.”
[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Sept. 29, 2020]