Shooting of 3 Israeli teens was “heroic” and "natural" says Fatah Official
Video posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch
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The video shows an interview with Fatah Spokesman in the Nablus District on the Hayat radio station.
Fatah Spokesman in the Nablus District Kayed Mi’ari: “We salute the members of our people who are standing firm in the Nablus district, throughout the homeland, and in Jerusalem. Nablus has always accustomed us to it being at the frontlines of the Palestinian struggle, the mutual support, the solidarity between its residents, and an expression of the Palestinian people’s cultural nature, both on the democratic level and the level of joint struggle activity.
What we saw yesterday [May 2, 2021] (refers to shooting attack in which 3 Israelis were wounded -Ed.) is the Palestinian people’s natural right to resist, defend its resources and dignity, and come out against the occupation’s forces and its settler herds, whose terror is increasing daily and becoming organized. They are targeting trees, rocks, children, elderly, women, and everything that is connected to the Palestinians. Therefore, we think that this is the Palestinian people’s natural right to deter this terror and defend itself and its resources with all available means.
We think that the Palestinian people is responding to the call of Jerusalem, Jerusalem which is being subjected to a brutal attack that is strengthening: acts of Judaization, uprooting [Arab residents] in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in addition to the policy of dividing [prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque] according to times and areas (see note below -Ed.), which the occupation authorities are attempting to impose on Jerusalem whether through metal detectors (see note below -Ed.) or barricades at the Damascus Gate, [as happened] recently (refers to security measures that were removed following violent Arab riots -Ed.). But the resolution, solidarity, and mutual support of our people have thwarted these plans, and will thwart them every time and everywhere…
All of the circumstances – the occupation forces disrupting the Palestinian democratic process in Jerusalem (refers to PA demand to hold elections in Jerusalem -Ed.), and all the other things – contributed in one way or another to this heroic operation being carried out (refers to shooting attack -Ed.)…
Israel is going too far in excluding the Palestinians, violating their right to self-determination, and harming their dignity. It is attempting to harm Jerusalem with various means, and therefore this is a natural response and a natural right that the Palestinian people has realized.”
Three Israeli teens wounded in a shooting attack
Division according to areas and times
The mention of "metal detectors" refers to Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount, including metal detectors at the entrances, following an attack there on July 14, 2017, in which 2 Israeli border police officers were murdered by 3 Israeli Arab terrorists. On July 24, 2017, Israel decided to remove the metal detectors and security cameras it had placed at the site. The PA continued to demand that all measures including inspections at the entrances be removed, and Palestinians continued to riot. On July 27, 2017, PA religious leaders declared that all Israeli measures had been removed.