“The bride price of Palestine is my death as a Martyr” reads gravestone of Palestinian prisoner and Fatah member
Image and text posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture
Posted text: “With great honor, pride, and admiration, the Fatah Movement Commission of Information and Culture accompanies to [his] wedding (i.e., Martyr's funeral is considered wedding to the 72 Virgins in Paradise in Islam) its heroic Martyr, released prisoner and one of the prominent leaders of the [Fatah] Shabiba Student [Movement] in the homeland Fadi Washaha, who died today [June 2, 2021] of wounds he received during the battle to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The image shows a gravestone in the shape of the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.” On the gravestone is the logo of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, featuring crossed assault rifles over the Dome of the Rock and Palestinian flags.
Text on gravestone: “The bride price of [Palestine] is my death as a Martyr.”
The word “Martyr” in the posted text has a space in the middle of it, in an apparent attempt to evade Facebook’s algorithm -Ed.
PMW was unable to determine for which crimes Fadi Washaha had been imprisoned.
“The battle to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque” refers to violent Israeli Arab riots in Jerusalem.