Palestinian terrorist names his son after murderer Karim Younes
Video posted on the Facebook page of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture; interview with released terrorist prisoner Khaled Al-Azraq – who murdered 1 person – on Fatah-run Awdah TV
Released terrorist prisoner Khaled Al-Azraq: “Today there are more than 6-7 million Palestinian refugees, whether inside the homeland or outside of it, as a result of the Nakba (i.e., “the catastrophe,” the Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel) to which the Palestinian people was subjected during the takeover of Palestine in 1948.”
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Fatah-run Awdah TV host: “A short time ago the most veteran prisoner in the world (sic.), Fatah Movement Central Committee member prisoner Karim Younes (i.e., terrorist, murdered 1 together with an accomplice), began his 39th year in the occupation’s prisons. On Jan. 7, 2018, Karim Younes was also born in Bethlehem! In other words, you [Khaled Al-Azraq] named one of the twins you were blessed with Karim Younes at this opportunity. What would you say to your brother, Karim Younes? And why did you name one of your two children with whom you were blessed Karim Younes in 2018?”
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Khaled Al-Azraq: “Time is short, but in a nutshell so that someone will speak about this Palestinian stature – Karim Younes cannot be defeated. I lived with Karim Younes for many years inside the prison, and the last five years of my imprisonment I left Hadarim Prison. Karim Younes and I were among the best friends. Karim Younes, as they say, is the salt of the earth – Karim, and [his cousin] Maher [Younes] (i.e., terrorist, Karim’s accomplice), and most of the Palestinian prisoners. Karim reflects the firm identity of the Fatah Movement, of the Palestinian people, with our pain, our hardships, and at the same time also our exhaustion. Karim is a source of pride for every Palestinian.
Karim, with his politeness, his traits, his knowledge, his education, his giving, and his sacrifice – a perfect person, a perfect person, a man with patience, a man who does not fear, [and a man of] giving. Until now, until this moment, and until after his release from prison in another two years, Allah willing, he will be at the peak of his giving, because he gave his entirety to this cause. [Therefore] Karim deserves that we be loyal to him and give him a small portion of our due. In other words, naming one of my children after him is a small portion. I spoke with Karim through certain means from within the prison and after Karim was born. Allah willing this will be hope for the release of Karim and the rest of the prisoners… This is a tiny portion of our loyalty to what is due these prisoners, as all that we dedicate, all that we give, and all that we say will never be able to really repay them what they’re due…
On May 23, 1990, and before that on May 20, 1990 – which the Palestinians called ‘Black Sunday’ – extremist Zionist settler Ami Bobber (sic., Popper; see note below) killed 7 Palestinian laborers from the Gaza Strip at a checkpoint in the area of the Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel). We were mobilized in a Fatah military cell at the time, and commander Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 125) was the one responsible for this group – we were subordinate to Fatah’s western sector. My first wife, Amal, Martyr Amal- we were married on Oct. 21, 1990, engaged- married on Oct. 21, 1990. During her stay in Jordan, she trained in preparing explosives… We decided that we must respond to this crime that the settlers committed with an operation (i.e., terror attack). On May 23 we placed an explosive device in the Mahane Yehuda market in occupied Jerusalem, and as a result one Israeli was killed and 11 wounded (sic., 9). It was declared that this operation comes in response to the murder of the Palestinian laborers… [On] December 31, the eve of the Intilaqa (i.e., the anniversary of “the Launch” of Fatah, counted from its first terror attack against Israel), Dec. 31, 1990, given our faith in the idea that Fatah believes in armed struggle and that armed struggle is the way to liberate Palestine – in order to mark this anniversary, there was a need for a military operation. My wife, Martyr Amal-”
Host: “She died as a Martyr on December 31; you lost Amal and your son.”
Khaled Al-Azraq: “On Dec. 31, 1990, yes. She was in her second month of pregnancy, and there was a certain malfunction with the bomb-”
Host: “We congratulate you, Khaled, on the birth last month of Amal, your new daughter whom you named after Amal.”
Khaled Al-Azraq: “On Dec. 15, 2020, Amal was born.”
Khaled Al-Azraq - Palestinian terrorist who placed an explosive device in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open market on May 28, 1990, murdering 71-year-old Shimon Cohen and wounding 9. Al-Azraq was serving a life sentence, but was released in October 2013 as one of the 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Karim Younes - Israeli Arab terrorist who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980 together with his cousin Maher Younes. Younes was originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced his sentence in 2012. Younes is serving a 40-year sentence. In May 2017 Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee. Younes was released from prison on Jan. 5, 2023.
Ami Popper – Israeli who shot and murdered 7 Palestinian workers from Gaza and wounded 11 others at a bus stop in Rishon LeZion on May 20, 1990. Popper was sentenced to 7 life sentences and an additional 20 years, but his sentence was commuted to 40 years by Israeli President Ezer Weizman in 1999.
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization's military wing and also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks in the 1960’s - 1980’s. These attacks, in which a total of 125 Israelis were murdered, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and murder of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
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.