Fatah: 3 female terrorists, who murdered dozens, prove equal opportunities for women in the PA
- PLO’s female role models on Palestinian Women’s Day: 2 murderers, 2 hijackers, and a bomber
On the occasion of “Palestinian National Women’s Day,” both Abbas’ Fatah Movement and the PLO made a point of highlighting female terrorists. Fatah, the biggest party within the PLO, stressed that the achievements of two murderers and a bomber is proof of the equal opportunities for women in the PA. In a video, a female Fatah host mentioned the following three women terrorists as proof that “Fatah did not exclude the Palestinian women,” while photos of them were shown on screen:
Dalal Mughrabi - terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children
Zakiya Shammout - terrorist, involved in murder of 1
Fatima Barnawi - terrorist, placed bomb in movie theater
Fatah host:“The Fatah Movement has included the Palestinian women in all fields of the struggle... The Fatah women participated in the struggle and the battles on the ground, and they carried the pen and the sword. Here [were] Zakiya Shammout (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of 1), Fatima Barnawi (i.e., terrorist, placed bomb in movie theater), Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children), and a long list of female self-sacrificing fighters. Fatah did not exclude the Palestinian women. On the contrary, they were present in every form of struggle... They participated in heroic battles and reached senior positions in the Palestinian revolution.”
[Facebook page of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture,
Oct. 24, 2022]
Last year, Palestinian Media Watch exposed that the PA’s female minister of women’s affairs mentioned female murderer of children Dalal Mughrabi and other “female Martyrs” as proof of gender equality in Palestinian society.
This year, Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr similarly chose to highlight women terrorists, singling out 2 murderers, 2 hijackers, and a bomber, including Mughrabi, Shammout, and Barnawi noted above, in addition to:
Laila Khaled - terrorist hijacker, involved in murder of 1
Theresa Halsa - terrorist hijacker
Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr: “We have many examples of Palestinian women – Fatima Barnawi (i.e., terrorist, placed bomb in movie theater), the first female Palestinian prisoner. We have Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children), the commander of the coastal squad. We have Zakariya (Zakiya) Shammout (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of 1). We have Lina Al-Nabulsi (see note below -Ed.). We have Theresa Halsa (i.e., terrorist hijacker, involved in killing of 1). We have Laila Khaled (i.e., terrorist hijacker, involved in murder of 1), and many other female prisoners and Martyrs throughout the homeland.”
Posted text: “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr’s speech on the sidelines of the activity to support the prisoners for Palestinian National Women’s Day.”
[Facebook page of the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, Oct. 24, 2022]
PMW has exposed numerous examples of women terrorists being promoted as role models for girls and women. Among other things, the PA has named 5 schools after murderer Dalal Mughrabi. Girls in the school are taught to see the mass murderer as a role model.
PMW has also demonstrated that this PA role modeling works. Recently a girl explained she drew terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi because she “was a fighter who participated in operations”:
Girl: “I wanted to draw Palestinian figures, a woman, a woman who was a fighter who participated in operations (i.e., terror attacks), Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children), a woman who had a role in the struggle and the resolve. She died as a Martyr in this operation (i.e., murder of 37) and the occupation took her body and imprisoned it even though she was dead. A lifeless body, dead.But it wanted her to suffer. It imprisoned her and she remained there for a certain time until her body decayed.”
[Official PA TV, Palestine This Morning, Sept. 11, 2022]
The girl participated in a portrait exhibit in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
The following are additional details about the women terrorists and their attacks, in addition to Lina Al-Nabulsi who was killed in a demonstration:
Dalal Mughrabi – female Palestinian terrorist who led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, known as the Coastal Road massacre, in 1978, when she and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.