“Palestine will return to being free and Arab,” says PA Ministry of Education official
Official PA TV News
Official PA TV newsreader: “To mark 73 [years] since the Nakba (i.e., “the catastrophe,” the Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel) and 54 [years] since the Naksa (i.e., “the setback,” Palestinian term for Israel’s victory in the Six Day War), the popular committee for refugees in Jenin and the Fatah Movement – Jenin Branch, in participation with Martyr Sami Taha High School in Arraba in the Jenin district, inaugurated the national graffiti activity and olive tree planting to commemorate the two Martyrs Musa Hassouna from Lod and Muhammad Kiwan from Umm Al-Fahm (i.e., both Israeli cities, refers to rioters killed while participating in violent Arab riots; see note below). The activity is sponsored by the PLO.”
Visual:
The newly inaugurated graffiti is shown.
Text on top right of the graffiti: “The popular committee for refugees in the Jenin district, and the national commission to commemorate the Arab Martyrs”
Inthecenterofthegraffitiiswritteninred“TheNakba.”Aboveitiswritten“1948,”andunderneathitistheshapeofakeysymbolizing“therightofreturn”ofthePalestinianrefugees.
Text underneath the key: “Our resolve is the path to our return”
A group of girls is seen carrying pictures of former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, as well as a sign with text on it in red.
Text on sign: “We want to return to the land of our fathers and grandfathers – the popular committee for refugees Jenin district”
Deputy Director of the Qabatiya Directorate of Education Mazen Jarrar: “As part of a series of activities to mark the Palestinian Nakba, today the Qabatiya Directorate of Education (i.e., under the PA Ministry of Education), through Martyr Sami Taha School, is marking this day with a collection of graffiti paintings. The contents of these graffiti paintings have great meanings, and perhaps the most important of them is that Palestine exists in our souls, in our thoughts, in our minds, and in our hearts, and we always emphasize the right of return and that we are remaining, and Palestine will return to being free and Arab, Allah willing, with noble Jerusalem as its capital.”
[Official PA TV News, June 6, 2021]