Fatah glorifies terrorist responsible for murder of 125 people

The Fatah Movement – Gaza Strip Branch posted an image and text on its Facebook page

The image shows terrorist Khalil Al-Wazir “Abu Jihad,” who was responsible for the murder of 125 people. In the background on the left is a uniformed figure carrying a shoulder-fired missile, and on the right is the Dome of the Rock. In the upper right is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.”

Text on image: “There is no voice louder than the voice of the intifada

35 years since the death as a Martyr of Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad,’ engineer of the first Intifada”

(i.e., Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel, approximately 200 Israelis murdered, 1987-1993)

Posted text: “There is no voice louder than the voice of the intifada

35 years since the death as a Martyr of Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad,’ engineer of the first Intifada.

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The [Fatah] Commission of Information and Culture in the southern districts (i.e., the Gaza Strip)”

[Fatah Movement – Gaza Strip Branch, Facebook page, April 16, 2023]

Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - was a founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization's military wing and also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks in the 1960’s - 1980’s. These attacks, in which a total of 125 Israelis were murdered, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and murder of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.

The first Intifada - Palestinian wave of violence and terror against Israel 1987-1993, approximately 200 Israelis murdered