PA refuses to use the name 'Israel,' referring to it instead as "the areas that were occupied in 1948"

Headline: “Intilaqa celebrations in Bethlehem”

“Bethlehem District Governor Kamel Hamid… participated – together with Fatah leaders including members of the [Fatah] Revolutionary Council – in lighting the torch of the Intilaqa (i.e., the anniversary of “the Launch” of Fatah, counted from its first terror attack against Israel), in the presence of many civilians and visitors from the city [of Bethlehem] and from the areas that were occupied in 1948 (i.e., Israel).”

Intilaqa - "the Launch" refers to the beginning of Fatah on Jan. 1, 1965, when it carried out its first terror attack against Israel, attempting to blow up Israel's National Water Carrier.