Netanyahu still thirsty? Have some Lebanese blood! - Palestinian Authority daily cartoon
- The Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah have all condemned Israel's killing of Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah.
A cartoon in the official PA daily depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opening a bottle of Lebanese blood after having finished off a bottle of Palestinian blood:
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Sept. 28, 2024]
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stressed where his sympathies lie and sent his:
"Condolences to Hezbollah in Lebanon over the death as a Martyr of [Hezbollah] Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
His Honor the president also conveyed his condolences to the Lebanese government and the brotherly Lebanese people over the deaths as Martyrs of the civilian victims who died as a result of the oppressive Israeli aggression…"[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Sept. 28, 2024]
Abbas' Fatah movement likewise:
"Eulogized Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Martyr Hassan Nasrallah, who died as a Martyr with a number of leaders of the [Hezbollah] party, following an assassination operation that was carried out by the Israeli occupation army as part of its systematic war of annihilation against the two peoples, the Palestinian and Lebanese."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Sept. 28, 2024]
The PLO also joined in:
"The PLO Executive Committee conveyed its deep condolences to Lebanese Hezbollah over the death as a Martyr of its Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah."
[WAFA, official PA news agency, Sept. 28, 2024]
During the current 2023 Gaza war, Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the PA and Fatah have not been actively pro-Nasrallah and Hezbollah. Moreover, the PA and Fatah, while continuing to defend what they call the Palestinian's right to attack Israel on Oct. 7 as an act of self-defense, they have actively criticized Hamas, their popular political rival, for the death and destruction in Gaza. But just as the PA praised rival Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh after he was killed by Israel, so too Nasrallah is being turned into a heroic "Martyr" by the PA and Fatah.