Fatah honours terrorist murderers as “heroic prisoners”

Headline: “Fatah in Nablus held visits to the relatives of a number of heroic prisoners”

“In honor of Mother’s Day and the Memorial Day of the Karameh Battle (see note below -Ed.), the Fatah Nablus Branch paid a visit to the relatives of a number of sick prisoners and prisoners who are serving life sentences in the occupation’s prisons, in the presence of [Fatah] Revolutionary Council member Arij Al-Khalili…

The visits included the families of prisoners… Zaid Younes (i.e., terrorist, involved in the murder of 2 people) from the village of Asira Al-Shimaliya and Bassem Al-Khandaqji (i.e., terrorist, involved in the murder of 3 people).”

The article includes a photograph of Fatah members visiting relatives of a prisoner, in which the relatives are seen receiving an honorary plaque featuring the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.”

The Karameh battle, or Al-Karameh - On March 21, 1968, Israeli army forces attacked the town of Karameh in Jordan, where Fatah terrorists had been launching attacks on Israel. Although Israel prevailed militarily, Arafat used the event for propaganda purposes, declaring the battle a great victory that erased the disgrace of the 1967 Six Day War defeat.

Zaid Younes - Palestinian terrorist and member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Fatah's military wing) who drove suicide bomber Safwat Khalil (17) to carry out an attack in Tel Aviv on Jan. 25, 2002 in which 25 people were injured. Younes also aided the escape of a terrorist involved in the murder of Binyamin and Talia Kahane on Dec. 31, 2000, in a shooting attack in which 5 of their daughters were also wounded. Younes is serving a life sentence and 25 additional years.

Bassem Al-Khandaqji - member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Serving 3 life sentences for his involvement in the suicide bombing at the Tel Aviv Carmel market on Nov. 1, 2004, in which 3 people were killed.