Terror inciting songs are played at Fatah youth event in memory of Arafat, calling for "blood," "revolution," and even "death" in the name of Palestine
Video and text posted on the Facebook page of independent Palestinian news agency Khabar
Visual:
The logo of independent Palestinian news agency Khabar includes the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.”
Posted text:
“#The_[Fatah_]Shabiba_Student_Movement at Al-Quds Open University in #Hebron marks the anniversary of the death of [former PLO Chairman and PA President] Mart.yr Yasser Arafat.”
The “.” in the word “Martyr” is an apparent attempt to evade Facebook’s algorithm -Ed.
Video:
The video shows Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations Abbas Zaki speaking at the event. In the background on the left is a poster featuring a picture of Yasser Arafat and six terrorist prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison – see note below.
Text on poster: “Yasser Arafat salutes the freedom tunnel prisoners (refers to Gilboa Prison escape -Ed.)”
Several songs are played at the event – for the full lyrics of the original songs see note below.
Lyrics: “O my brother,
I believed in the neglected and chained people
I turned my wounds and the blood
Into a plain and valleys, [into] a river”
Lyrics: “My path is bitter, your path is bitter, tread on my ribs and advance
How much this revolutionary people has sacrificed to live freely
My weapon has emerged”
Lyrics: “We pledge to Allah - we won’t leave!
We pledge to Allah - we will starve to death and won’t leave!
We pledge to the revolution, the revolutionaries, and the public – we won’t leave!”
The following are the full lyrics of the songs sung at the event:
“O my brother,
I believed in the neglected and chained people
And I carried my machine gun
So that the generations after us will carry a sickle
I turned my wounds and the blood
Into a plain and valleys, [into] a river
Our blood – a duty is imposed on you
And the duty is a right that will not be rejected”
“From my wounds, my weapon has emerged.
Oh, our revolution, my weapon has emerged.
There is no force in the world that can remove the weapon from my hand.
My weapon has emerged.
My weapon has emerged.
This revolutionary people has sacrificed and offered in order to live in freedom!
My weapon has emerged.
My weapon has emerged.
He who offers his blood doesn't care if his blood flows upon the ground.
As the weapon of the revolution is in my hand, so my presence will be forced [upon Israel].
My weapon has emerged.
My weapon has emerged
My path is bitter, your path is bitter, tread on my ribs and advance
How much this revolutionary people has sacrificed to live freely
My weapon has emerged”
“We pledge to Allah - we won’t leave!
We pledge to Allah - we will starve to death and won’t leave!
We pledge to the revolution, the revolutionaries, and the public – we won’t leave!
We are a piece of this land and we pledge to Allah – we will never leave!
We pledge to Allah and to the blood! …
We have caused the outbreak of the revolution, a popular revolution”
Yasser Arafat – Founder of Fatah and former chairman of the PLO and PA. During the 1960s, 70s and 80s Arafat was behind numerous terror attacks against Israelis. Although he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 together with then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and then Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres “for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East" after signing the Oslo Accords peace agreement, Arafat launched a 5-year terror campaign - the second Intifada (2000-2005) – in which more than 1,000 Israelis were murdered. Arafat died of an illness in 2004.
2021 Gilboa Prison escape – 6 Palestinian terrorist prisoners escaped from Israel's Gilboa Prison on Sept. 6, 2021, by widening the hole of the shower drainpipe in the floor of their cell. One terrorist is from Fatah - Zakariya Zubeidi, and the other five are from Islamic Jihad - Ayham Kamamji, Muhammad Ardah, Mahmoud Ardah, Yaqub Qaderi, and Munadil Nafiyat. Four of the terrorists were recaptured after five days: Zubeidi, Ardah, Ardah, and Qaderi. Kamamji and Nafiyat were arrested in Jenin on Sept. 18, 2021 along with two accomplices. Zubeidi was head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Fatah's military wing) in the Jenin area during the PA terror campaign (the second Intifada, 2000-2005), when he oversaw numerous lethal attacks, and he also carried out shooting attacks in 2018-2019. Kamamji participated in the murder of 18-year-old Eliyahu Asheri on June 25, 2006, and planned to blow up a bus using an exploding car. Muhammad Ardah participated in initiating and executing a suicide bombing on bus no. 823 on Nov. 29, 2001, in which 3 people were murdered and many others were wounded. Mahmoud Ardah was involved in numerous attacks; the website of Islamic Jihad’s military wing defined him as the "commander" of the prison escape. Qaderi committed a shooting attack on Sept. 18, 2002 with an accomplice in which Israeli Yosef Ajami was murdered and a foreign worker was wounded. Nafiyat was being held in administrative detention.