Prominent terrorists are focus of PA TV “National Knowledge Competition” for youth
Official PA TV program National Knowledge Competition; the program is a collaborative effort between the Yasser Arafat Foundation, the PA Ministry of Education, and the Palestine Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)
Visual:
A photo album is shown with “National Knowledge Competition” written on the front cover. The album flips open, showing various images.
The image in the middle shows Abd Al-Qader Al-Husseini, an Arab commander in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence; the image on the right shows Dalal Mughrabi, a terrorist who led the murder of 37, 12 of them children.
The image on the left shows Haj Amin Al-Husseini, a Nazi ally and associate of Adolf Hitler.
Question: “The massacre at the Jenin refugee camp, in which 52 Palestinians died as Martyrs (refers to battle in April 2002 when terrorists attacked Israeli forces; see note below -Ed.) –
- Took place in 2000
- Took place in 2002
- Took place in 2004
- Took place in 1995
(the correct answer is 2 -Ed.)”
Question: “The founder of the Islamic Jihad Movement –
- Ramadan Shalah (i.e., former Islamic Jihad Secretary-General)
- Ali Al-Rifai
- Fathi Shaqaqi (see note below -Ed.)
- Khaled Al-Batsh (i.e., Islamic Jihad leader)
(the correct answer is 3 -Ed.)”
Question: “The previous picture is of –
- Salah Khalaf ‘Abu Iyad’ (i.e., head of Black September terror organization)
- Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 125)
- Majed Abu Sharar (i.e., Fatah official)
- Samir Ghosheh (i.e., former Palestinian Popular Struggle Front Secretary-General)
(the correct answer is 2 -Ed.)”
Question: “It broke off from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1968 –
- The National Popular Front
- The Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine] – General Command (PFLP – GC)
- The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
- The [Palestinian] Popular Struggle Front (the correct answer is 2 -Ed.)”
Question: “Who were the three Palestinian leaders who were assassinated in Tunis on the eve of the Second Gulf War?”
Female student: “Salah Khalaf [‘Abu Iyad’], Hayel Abd Al-Hamid [‘Abu Al-Hol’] (i.e., one of the founders of Fatah), and [Fakhri] ‘Abu Muhammad’ Al-Omari (i.e., a founding member of Black September).”
Samir Ghosheh was Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) from 1974 to 2009. The group carried out terror attacks against Israeli and American targets in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)