Fatah leader Rajoub: Hamas leader Arouri was an “extraordinary leader… I am among the believers in his ideology”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Jan. 3, 2024

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: We in the Fatah movement, from the leadership and its base, express our condolences to our people, to his family, to the Hamas movement, to all the Palestinian national forces, and all the free people in the world, over [the death of] the extraordinary national leader [Saleh al-Arouri], who was always extraordinary in the way of his struggle (i.e., PA euphemism for terror)...I am among the believers in his ideology, his way, and his activity, and therefore this is a trust upon us that we be loyal, and I am sure that this generation of young people who believe in Palestinian nationalism will also be loyal… including that which concerns perfecting the resistance (i.e., terror) and confrontation with the occupation (i.e., Israel).

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[TV host:] When was the last time you met him?

Rajoub: I met him on the sixth of October, that's not the point... I am pained by his passing and I see his passing as a loss for Fatah just as it is a loss for Hamas and a Palestinian loss and a loss for the global liberation movement, whether they are Muslim or non-Muslim

Jibril Rajoub also serves as Head of the PLO Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Chairman of the Palestinian Football Association, Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the Palestinian Scout Association (PSA).

Hamas war on Israel October 20233.