On anniversary of its murder of Israeli minister, PFLP vows to continue terror
PLO-member PFLP celebrates its assassination of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze’evi and promises to “continue the resistance” until destroying Israel entirely
“Our rifles are clean and pure against the enemy” says PLO member, praising arch-terrorists
“The best example” of PFLP “influence and presence” was the murder of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb
Praising its assassination of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze’evi 20 years ago as a “quality operation,” the terror organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - which is a member of the PLO – celebrated its “blow” to Israel:
“Regarding the 20th anniversary of the quality operation to assassinate Israeli Minister [of Tourism] Rehavam Ze’evi, which the PFLP carried out… PFLP Political Bureau member Jamil Mazhar said: ‘The October 17 operation – the killing of Ze’evi – was a blow to the occupation system.”
[Ma’an, independent Palestinian news agency, Oct. 17, 2021]
PFLP official Mazhar also took pride in the PFLP’s murder of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb two years ago when she and her family were hiking by the Danny Spring near the town of Dolev north of Ramallah.
Having stated that the “resistance is a strategic choice from the PFLP’s perspective,” and that “the PFLP will continue this regardless of how great the sacrifices may be, because this is the only path to liberation and return,” Mazhar mentioned the murder of Shnerb as an example of this “resistance” – a well-known PA euphemism for terror:
“[Mazhar] emphasized: ‘We will continue the resistance, and will not be dissuaded by the incessant pursuit that the occupation is carrying out in the West Bank because it is aware of the influence and presence that the PFLP has there publicly and militarily. The best example of this was the Ein Bubin operation (i.e., the murder of Rina Shnerb; see note below).’”
Mazhar vowed that the PFLP will continue on the path of terror until Israel is destroyed:
“Despite the pursuit and the great sacrifices, the PFLP will remain firm and strong and will not withdraw from resistance until the expulsion [of the occupation] from the entire homeland, from Rafah to Rosh HaNikra (i.e., an Israeli town on the northern border with Lebanon).”
It should be recalled that the PFLP has been designated by the the US, EU, Israel and others as a terror organization. Despite the terror designation, the PFLP remains a member of the PLO.
Recently Palestinian Media Watch exposed another PFLP official similarly stressing that PFLP chooses the path of terror with “clean and pure rifles against the enemy”:
PFLP Political Bureau member Maryam Abu Daqqa: “Our compass is clear, our rifle is clear, in one direction. The enemy is one, the homeland is one, the people is one, our path and our rifles are clean and pure against the enemy… [Former PFLP Sec.-Gen.] Abu Ali [Mustafa] is the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the loyalty. We’ve always said: Whoever follows us, whoever follows our path, what do they see? Either Martyrdom-death or blessing. Our path is known, O Abu Ali, loyalty is our custom…”
Newsreader: “How is it possible to restore [this unity] and restore its spark, as Martyr commander Abu Ali Mustafa aspired to do? …”
Maryam Abu Daqqa: “[Through] loyalty to the Moon of the Martyrs Martyr Abu Ali, to Martyr Yasser Arafat, to Ahmed Yassin, to [Fathi] Shaqaqi, to Haidar Abd Al-Shafi, [Marwan] Barghouti, and all the Martyrs.”
[Official PA TV News, Aug. 27, 2021]
Ten years ago, PMW documented the existence of a PFLP song that celebrates the murder and mocks the victim, Rehavam Ze’evi.
The following is a longer excerpt of the report on the PFLP’s statements:
Headline: “The Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine]: The October 17 operation was a blow to the occupation system, we will continue the resistance”
“Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Political Bureau member Jamil Mazhar said that resistance is a strategic choice from the PFLP’s perspective, and that it is impossible to compromise on this in any way. He added that the PFLP will continue this regardless of how great the sacrifices may be, because this is the only path to liberation and return.
Regarding the 20th anniversary of the quality operation to assassinate Israeli Minister [of Tourism] Rehavam Ze’evi, which the PFLP carried out… Mazhar said: ‘The October 17 operation – the killing of Ze’evi – was a blow to the occupation system, as was the extraordinary activity of the resistance in the Gaza Strip during the Sword of Jerusalem battle (i.e., Fatah/Hamas riot and rocket war 2021; see note below), in which the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades (i.e., PFLP’s military wing) participated.’ …
He emphasized: ‘We will continue the resistance, and will not be dissuaded by the incessant pursuit that the occupation is carrying out in the West Bank because it is aware of the influence and presence that the PFLP has there publicly and militarily. The best example of this was the Ein Bubin operation (i.e., the murder of Rina Shnerb; see note below).’
Mazhar noted: ‘Despite the pursuit and the great sacrifices, the PFLP will remain firm and strong and will not withdraw from resistance until the expulsion [of the occupation] from the entire homeland, from Rafah to Rosh HaNikra (i.e., an Israeli town on the northern border with Lebanon).’”
[Ma’an, independent Palestinian news agency, Oct. 17, 2021]
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Fatah/Hamas Riot and Rocket War 2021
PFLP Political Bureau member Maryam Abu Daqqa: “Our compass is clear, our rifle is clear, in one direction. The enemy is one, the homeland is one, the people is one, our path and our rifles are clean and pure against the enemy… [Former PFLP Sec.-Gen.] Abu Ali [Mustafa] is the Martyrs, the prisoners, and the loyalty. We’ve always said: Whoever follows us, whoever follows our path, what do they see? Either Martyrdom-death or blessing. Our path is known, O Abu Ali, loyalty is our custom…”
Newsreader: “How is it possible to restore [this unity] and restore its spark, as Martyr commander Abu Ali Mustafa aspired to do? …”
Maryam Abu Daqqa: “[Through] loyalty to the Moon of the Martyrs Martyr Abu Ali, to Martyr Yasser Arafat, to Ahmed Yassin, to [Fathi] Shaqaqi, to Haidar Abd Al-Shafi, [Marwan] Barghouti, and all the Martyrs.”
[Official PA TV News, Aug. 27, 2021]