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Educating its members to become terrorist murderers like killer of 3 in Tel Aviv is “Fatah’s philosophy,” says Fatah official

Nan Jacques Zilberdik  |
  • It is Fatah “that is sacrificing Martyrs, fighting in the streets, and resisting the occupation” 

  • Murderer of 3 exemplifies Fatah’s “philosophy”: 
    "This is the philosophy of Fatah with all its elements, and Fatah’s members are not waiting for any political decision of any leader in order to carry out a patriotic action. Their Fatah education and conscience is what motivates them. Did Ra’ad Hazem (i.e., terrorist, murdered 3) – a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a Fatah member… wait for a decision by someone? No, only the Palestinian national Fatah education that Fatah educated him on is what motivated him to carry out this operation"

During the current wave of Palestinian terror attacks, a Fatah official has openly explained that Abbas’ movement’s “philosophy” is to “educate” its members to become terrorist murderers. As an example of a Fatah role model, Fatah Revolutionary Council member Muhammad Al-Lahham named Ra’ad Hazem - the terrorist who murdered 3 when he opened fire on a crowded bar on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv on April 7, 2022. 

Al-Lahham stressed that the murderer was “a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a Fatah member,” and underlined that the terrorist didn’t “wait for a decision by someone” to order him to attack. Rather it was Fatah’s education that taught him terror: “The Palestinian national Fatah education that Fatah educated him on is what motivated him to carry out this operation.”  

Al-Lahham gave additional specific examples of “glorious and great names that Fatah has” who should be emulated, such as the two Fatah Central Committee members, and “Fatah commanders” Karim Younes – terrorist who murdered 1 with an accomplice, and Marwan Barghouti – terrorist who orchestrated attacks in which 5 were murdered: 

Fatah Revolutionary Council member Muhammad Al-Lahham: “This is the Fatah Movement whose president, His Honor [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks about policy, and this is the same Fatah that is sacrificing Martyrs, fighting in the streets, and resisting the occupation. There are two options – the political option and the option of the ground, of the struggle, of self-sacrifice and sacrifice. This is the philosophy of Fatah with all its elements, and Fatah’s members are not waiting for any political decision of any leader in order to carry out a patriotic action. Their Fatah education and conscience is what motivates them. Did Ra’ad Hazem (i.e., terrorist, murdered 3) – a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a Fatah member… wait for a decision by someone? No, only the Palestinian national Fatah education that Fatah educated him on is what motivated him to carry out this operation (i.e., terror attack). There are hundreds and thousands of other Martyrs, fighters, and self-sacrificing fighters. In the occupation’s prisons there are Karim Younes (i.e., murdered 1) and Marwan Barghouti (i.e., planned murder of 5) - [Fatah] Central Committee members, and Fatah commanders. Ahmad Sa’adat (i.e., former head of PFLP terror organization), our great sheikh, [Fuad] Al-Shubaki (i.e., PA official and weapons smuggler), and all the glorious and great names that Fatah has. 

[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Oct. 12, 2022] 

Note that the Fatah official also highlighted the fact that it is “Fatah that is sacrificing Martyrs, fighting in the streets, and resisting the occupation,” a point Palestinian Media Watch has shown Fatah is eager to make at the moment. Trying to win the population’s support while distinguishing itself from the terror organization Hamas, Abbas’ Fatah presents itself as leading the “resistance” against Israel, bragging that it carries out the most terror attacks. In fact the movement gloated that its members have carried out as many as 7,200 attacks so far in 2022 - while Hamas sits idle. 

Ra'ad Hazem

Karim Younes

Marwan Barghouti

Ahmad Sa’adat

Fuad Al-Shubaki

 

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