“Every day we will grow a tree, every day we will grow a Martyr” - Father of terrorist “Martyr”

Adnan Abd Al-Jawad Rawajbeh, father of terrorist Bilal Rawajbeh who shot at Israeli soldiers: "The symbolism of [Palestinian Martyrs’] Day is that we are saying to the entire world, to Israel: “Despite death, we will live, and despite the sorrow, we will grow.” Every day we will grow a tree, every day we will grow a Martyr. We love all the Martyrs, we are loyal to the Martyrs, for we are standing firm on this land. We are planted in this land. We’ll die standing here, and we won’t surrender. Therefore, our Martyrs are “alive with their Lord, and provided for” [Quran 3:169].

In January 2021, the PA launched a tree planting initiative named Alive and Provided For to honor all Palestinians who died as so-called “Martyrs” since 1917, planting one tree for each “Martyr.” The PA defines "Martyrs" to include all Palestinian terrorists and murderers killed during their terror attacks, including every Palestinian suicide bomber. The PA initiative also includes all Palestinian arch-terrorists such as Abu Jihad who planned the murder of at least 125 Israelis; Salah Khalaf who headed the Black September terror organization and planned the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes; and mass murderers like Dalal Mughrabi who led the attack that (until Oct. 7, 2023) was the most lethal attack against Israel in which 37 were murdered, among them 12 children. The name Alive and Provided For is a paraphrase of Quran 3:169: "And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, and provided for.”

Bilal Rawajbeh – Palestinian terrorist and PA Preventive Security Forces member who shot at Israeli soldiers at a military post near Nablus on Nov. 4, 2020, reportedly using a PA Security Forces issued handgun. The soldiers killed Rawajbeh in self-defense.