Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah defends terror attack and calls to erase evidence in security cameras
Fatah posted on its Facebook page (of Nablus branch) today a call to Palestinians in the area of the escape route taken by a terrorist who shot and critically injured two Israelis yesterday, to delete the video footage on their security cameras that might have evidence that will enable Israel to catch the terrorist:
“Our lauded people, honored members of our people, we call on you to get rid of the contents that were stored in the [security] cameras of your homes or your businesses today, and not to transfer any media content among yourselves."
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, May 2, 2021]
In a second post on Facebook by the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, clearly in response although not specifically mentioning yesterday’s terror attack, expressed its support for terror against Israelis:
“The Fatah Movement’s Nablus branch emphasized that resistance is a natural right of the Palestinian people against the Zionist arrogance.”
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, May 2, 2021]
“Resistance” is the Palestinian euphemism for terror against Israelis, including the murder of civilians.
PMW has documented repeatedly that Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah, although proclaiming in English to the international community that it rejects terror, in Arabic routinely supports, honors, and encourages terrorists.
The following are longer excerpts from the two responses posted by Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah, in support of yesterday’s terror attack:
Posted text: “Our lauded people, honored members of our people, we call on you to get rid of the contents that were stored in the [security] cameras of your homes or your businesses today, and not to transfer any media content among yourselves that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is spreading (the call follows a shooting attack in which 3 were wounded; see note below -Ed.).
Our lauded people, members of our people in the towns and villages in the southern Nablus district who are standing firm, we salute you for your stand alongside those who were caught in a dead end from among our people that gives much of itself.
We salute you and your struggle,
The Fatah Movement
Nablus branch”[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, May 2, 2021]
Posted text: “Fatah: Resistance is a natural right of the Palestinian people, and the occupation will bear the responsibility for its actions in Jerusalem
The Fatah Movement’s Nablus branch emphasized that resistance is a natural right of the Palestinian people against the Zionist arrogance and the attacks against our people wherever they are, and particularly in Jerusalem (the justification of “resistance” follows a shooting attack in which 3 were wounded; see note below -Ed.).
In a press release issued by its information office today, Sunday [May 2, 2021], Fatah emphasized that the Palestinian people will not leave Jerusalem alone against the occupation forces and its settler herds.”[Facebook page of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, May 2, 2021;
Facebook page of the Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, May 2, 2021]
Three Israeli teens wounded in a shooting attack – three 19-year-old Israeli students – Yehuda Gueta, Benaya Peretz, and Amichai Hala – were wounded in a drive-by shooting attack at the Tapuach Junction near Ariel in the northern West Bank on May 2, 2021. As of May 3, 2021, the Israeli army is pursuing the Palestinian terrorists who committed the attack.