PLO summer camps teach kids Jerusalem is the “eternal capital of Palestine”

Official PA TV filler

Visual:

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is seen giving a speech; on the stage with him are Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub and Fatah Central Committee Deputy Secretary Sabri Saidam.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “Hundreds of thousands of flowers and lion cubs (i.e., girls and boys) have marched on the path [of Fatah], carried the flag, and led the procession.”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “I hope that these summer camps will be a serious and true breakthrough for all the Palestinians in the homeland and the diaspora as part of our efforts to shape the consciousness of our children, who are the builders of our future, on the foundations of Palestinian nationalism in all the Palestinian lands.”

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Lebanese singer Fairouz’s song “The flower of the cities” about Jerusalem is played, including the line: “The gate of our city will not be locked.”

Official PA TV narrator: “Under the slogan ‘The gate of our city will not be locked,’ the [PLO] Supreme Council for Youth and Sports is launching the pioneer summer camp program starting Aug. 1 [2021] for 10 days. One-hundred-and-fifty summer camps will be held in the West Bank districts including Jerusalem the capital, and 70 summer camps in the Gaza Strip districts. This is with the cooperation of the relevant official and civilian institutions.”

Visual:

Children are seen wearing summer camp shirts.

Text on shirt: “Jerusalem the eternal capital of Palestine – seeds of hope, pioneers of tomorrow”

Jibril Rajoub also serves as Head of the PLO Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the Palestinian Scout Association (PSA).

Sabri Saidam also serves as Fatah Revolutionary Council Deputy Secretary and is the former PA Minister of Education and Higher Education.