PA celebrates the release of 4,700 Palestinian terrorist prisoners, calling them “leaders of the national movement”, and “heroes”
Headline: “37 years since the largest prisoner exchange deal in the history of the [Palestinian] revolution”
“Thirty-seven years have passed since the largest prisoner exchange deal in the history of the Palestinian revolution, which was led by the Fatah Movement, and which brought about the release of 4,700 prisoners (see note below –Ed.)…
After more than a year of negotiations – in which international bodies including the Red Cross; the leader of the revolution [former PLO Chairman and PA President] Yasser Arafat; deputy general commander of the revolution Khalil Al-Wazir [‘Abu Jihad’] (i.e. terrorist, responsible for the murder of 125); and [PA Deputy Prime Minister] Nabil Abu Rudeina participated – Israel submitted to the Palestinian revolution’s demands: releasing the prisoners held in the detention camps Ansar, Nabatieh, Sidon, and Tyre, in addition to 100 (sic. 65) prisoners from the prisons in the occupied Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel)…
[PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club Chairman Qadura Fares said that the Fatah leadership had planned to release more than 4,700 Palestinian and Arab prisoners from the occupation’s (i.e., Israel’s) prison, but was forced to agree to this number due to the political situation at the time
He added: ‘This was the largest [prisoner] exchange deal, and included in it were… leaders of the national movement, including… hero of the Savoy operation (i.e., Savoy terror attack, 11 people murdered) Musa Al-Tallka, and also Hussein Fayyad and Khaled Abu Asba (i.e., terrorists, involved in the murder of 37, 12 of whom were children) from the squad of Martyr Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led the murder of 37, 12 of whom were children).’”
The capture of 8 Israeli soldiers in Lebanon
Hussein Fayyad – terrorist who participated in the most lethal attack in Israel’s history, the hijacking of a bus led by Dalal Mughrabi in 1978 in which 37 civilians were murdered, 12 of them children. Hussein Fayyad was sentenced to life in prison but was later released in the Jibril Exchange in May 1985, when Israel agreed to release 1,150 Palestinian prisoners, including terrorist murderers, in exchange for three Israeli soldiers who had been taken hostage by the terror organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP - GC).
Khaled Abu Asba -Palestinian terrorist who, at the age of 18, was one of the perpetrators of the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, the hijacking of a bus led by Dalal Mughrabi in 1978 in which 37 civilians were murdered, 12 of them children. He and Hussein Fayyad were the only terrorists who survived the attack and both were arrested by Israeli security forces. Abu Absa was sentenced to life in prison but was later released in the Jibril Agreement in May 1985, when Israel agreed to release 1,150 Palestinian prisoners, including terrorist murderers, in exchange for three Israeli soldiers who had been taken hostage by the terror organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Abu Absa lives in Jordan.