Fatah: “Strike the sons of apes of pigs… slaughter everyone who is Israeli”
- “Get ready to strike them and to burn them, slaughter them.
Set out, all of you, with your weapons…. You are closer to kill them in Hebron, the occupied Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel), Nablus, Tulkarem, and our entire proud West Bank
Slaughter them, by Allah, this is the final promise”
- “Ignite all points of friction in the West Bank, rain down bullets and explosives on their checkpoints, and kill the settlers in every alley”
- “Launch an extensive attack on all targets of the Zionist enemy”
- “Today is a tiding of days of victory, Allah willing – for this is Jihad, Jihad, victory or Martyrdom”
- Hamas terrorists are “Jihad fighters”
A Telegram channel associated with Fatah’s military wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, is calling on Palestinians to slaughter Jews who they term “apes and pigs.”
The first post published by the Fatah channel after Hamas launched its terror massacre on Israel on Saturday was a “call for general mobilization” and to strike the settlers and occupation soldiers with full force and with all means.” The post started with a quote from the Quran and ended stating the belief that the Palestinians will “triumph with Allah’s might”:
Posted text: “‘So fight them and Allah will punish them at your hands, put them to shame’ [Quran 9:14, Sahih International translation]’…
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar (i.e., “Allah is greatest”)!
This is a call for mobilization, a call for general mobilization (refers to the Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.)!
All our lucky fighters in the West Bank must increase the level of full preparedness, unite in this true battle, and strike the settlers and occupation soldiers with full force and with all means.
This is the final promise (see note below -Ed.), O beloved ones. ‘They truly see this Day as impossible, but We see it as inevitable’ [Quran 70:6-7, Sahih International translation], and we are triumphing with Allah’s might.
Scents of Paradise have begun to blow.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the occupied land of Palestine.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land, Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Many posts begin with the words “Allahu Akbar - “Allah is greatest” – although Fatah presents itself to the world as a non-religious movement. One such post called for “Jihad” – Islamic war -and invoked an antisemitic Quranic reference to Jews, calling to “strike the sons of apes of pigs, kill everyone who is a settler, slaughter everyone who is Israeli”:
Posted text: “Allahu Akbar (i.e., “Allah is greatest”), come to Jihad, come to Jihad (refers to Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.).
To all our sons and brothers in the Palestinian [PA] Security Forces throughout the West Bank – today is your day.
Break into the settlements, strike the sons of apes of pigs (i.e., an antisemitic Quranic reference to Jews; see note below), kill everyone who is a settler, slaughter everyone who is Israeli, by Allah, they are the most cowardly among men.
Today is a tiding of days of victory, Allah willing – for this is Jihad, Jihad, victory or Martyrdom.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
In several other posts Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, which is a designated terror organization by the US and other countries, called on Palestinians to help the Hamas terrorists and divert attention by “igniting all points of friction in the West Bank, to rain down bullets and explosives on their checkpoints, and kill the settlers in every alley.” It further urged to “harm the occupation’s soldiers and the settlers everywhere,” and to “take control of the settlers’ houses.” [All quotes from The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land, Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Some posts explicitly encouraged terror inside Israel - “the 1948 territories” and in Jerusalem – in addition to the West Bank, urging Palestinian “fighters” to “launch an extensive attack on all targets of the Zionist enemy”:
Posted text: “In the name of All Merciful Allah – a statement from the headquarters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the occupied land of Palestine (i.e., Fatah’s military wing)
Based on the decision of the brigades’ headquarters – [this is] an announcement to all our fighters and all our military squads that are active in the areas of the West Bank to launch an extensive attack on all targets of the Zionist enemy – military posts, settlements – and to increase the attacks on the settlements surrounding Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, Hebron, occupied Jerusalem, and the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel), with all possible means and with all possible force, while using all types of weapons possible (refers to joining in the Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.).
[This is] in participation with all the factions and military wings of the resistance.
The leadership of the headquarters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ [Brigades] – the occupied land of Palestine.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land, Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
A different channel, also associated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, called on Palestinians in the West Bank to “strike, burn, and slaughter” Israelis, arguing that it is easier for them to murder Israelis there, while the Gazan terrorists will murder Israelis across the Gazan border:
“Today is your day, O free people, O honored ones – this is Allah’s final promise.
O our beloved ones in the West Bank, get ready to strike them and to burn them, slaughter them.
Set out, all of you, with your weapons. Here the [Hamas] fighters went in to them from the territories of the beloved Gaza Strip and crossed distances – and you are closer to kill them in Hebron, the occupied Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel), Nablus, Tulkarem, and our entire proud West Bank.
Slaughter them, by Allah, this is the final promise.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - Beit Ummar Brigade,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
The following are the items that appeared on the Telegram channel:
This was the first post on this TG channel on the day Hamas launched its terror war on Israel -Ed.
Posted text: “‘So fight them and Allah will punish them at your hands, put them to shame’ [Quran 9:14, Sahih International translation]’…
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar (i.e., “Allah is greatest”)!
This is a call for mobilization, a call for general mobilization (refers to the Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.)!
All our lucky fighters in the West Bank must increase the level of full preparedness, unite in this true battle, and strike the settlers and occupation soldiers with full force and with all means.
This is the final promise (see note below -Ed.), O beloved ones. ‘They truly see this Day as impossible, but We see it as inevitable’ [Quran 70:6-7, Sahih International translation], and we are triumphing with Allah’s might.
Scents of Paradise have begun to blow.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the occupied land of Palestine.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Posted text: “The Jihad fighters of the Gaza Strip are still fighting inside the occupation’s settlements (sic., towns in sovereign Israel near the Gaza border; refers to Hamas terror war – see note below) – we must help them and divert the occupation’s attention by igniting all points of friction in the West Bank, [must] rain down bullets and explosives on their checkpoints, and [must] kill the settlers in every alley.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Posted text: “To our brothers in the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel) and Jerusalem –
[This is] a call for general mobilization, joining the Al-Aqsa Flood battle (Hamas' name for its terror war against Israel; see note below -Ed.), and harming the occupation’s soldiers and the settlers everywhere – ‘the Al-Aqsa Flood’ battle.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Posted text: “In the name of All Merciful Allah – ‘So fight them and Allah will punish them at your hands, put them to shame’ [Quran 9:14, Sahih International translation]’…
An announcement from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (i.e., Fatah’s military wing)
A short time ago our fighters succeeded in harming the settlement of Bat Ayin with blessed barrages and returned to their base safely.
Today is your day, O free people, O honored ones – this is Allah’s final promise (refers to the Hamas terror war; see note below and note on “the final promise” -Ed.).
O our beloved ones in the West Bank, get ready to strike them and to burn them, slaughter them.
Set out, all of you, with your weapons. Here the [Hamas] fighters went in to them from the territories of the beloved Gaza Strip and crossed distances – and you are closer to kill them in Hebron, the occupied Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel), Nablus, Tulkarem, and our entire proud West Bank.
Slaughter them, by Allah, this is the final promise.
From your brothers in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Beit Ummar Brigade, Oct. 7, 2023”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - Beit Ummar Brigade,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Posted text: “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar (i.e., “Allah is greatest”)!
An invasion of most of the Gaza Envelope settlements (sic., refers to towns in sovereign Israel near the Gaza Strip) by the resistance fighters (i.e. Hamas terrorists), and taking control of most of the settlements (refers to Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.).
Today [Oct. 7, 2023] is your day, O free people in the West Bank.
Take control of the settlers’ houses – they are closer to you than to the people of the Gaza Strip.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land, Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Posted text: “Allahu Akbar (i.e., “Allah is greatest”), come to Jihad, come to Jihad (refers to Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.).
To all our sons and brothers in the Palestinian [PA] Security Forces throughout the West Bank – today is your day.
Break into the settlements, strike the sons of apes of pigs (i.e., an antisemitic Quranic reference to Jews; see note below), kill everyone who is a settler, slaughter everyone who is Israeli, by Allah, they are the most cowardly among men.
Today is a tiding of days of victory, Allah willing – for this is Jihad, Jihad, victory or Martyrdom.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land,
Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Posted text: “In the name of All Merciful Allah – a statement from the headquarters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the occupied land of Palestine (i.e., Fatah’s military wing)
Based on the decision of the brigades’ headquarters – [this is] an announcement to all our fighters and all our military squads that are active in the areas of the West Bank to launch an extensive attack on all targets of the Zionist enemy – military posts, settlements – and to increase the attacks on the settlements surrounding Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, Hebron, occupied Jerusalem, and the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel), with all possible means and with all possible force, while using all types of weapons possible (refers to joining in the Hamas terror war; see note below -Ed.).
[This is] in participation with all the factions and military wings of the resistance.
The leadership of the headquarters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ [Brigades] – the occupied land of Palestine.”
[The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land, Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 800 Israelis were murdered and over 2,500 wounded, in addition to approximately 150 Israelis who were abducted into the Gaza Strip, when hundreds of Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns on the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret (Simchat Torah), which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 3,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat.
“Apes and pigs” - In three instances (Suras 2:65, 5:60, and 7:166), the Quran tells of Allah turning Jews into apes and/or pigs.
Sura 2:65 “And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, ‘Be apes, despised.’”
Sura 7:166 “So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, ‘Be apes, despised.’”
Sura 5:60 “Say, ‘Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah? [It is that of] those (i.e., the Jews) whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of Taghut. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way.’”
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine the Occupied Land Telegram channel - Palestinian Media Watch has not been able to definitively confirm that Fatah’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, is indeed behind the channel. However, the info section of the channel describes it as “spokesman for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades,” and the channel posts official looking announcements in the name of the Brigades with their logo. In addition, other Fatah Telegram channels that PMW has verified as official channels forward and use messages from the channel. At the time of this publication, the channel has 5,718 subscribers.