PA honors baby killer in official ceremony
- PA: Murderers of Israeli civilians are "symbols of the Palestinian people's struggle"
When the PA says that the murderer of a 9-month-old is a "symbol of the Palestinian people's struggle," can the PA be called anything other than a terror organization?
In yet another morally reprehensible display of terror support, Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub and other senior PA and Fatah officials held a public ceremony honoring convicted terrorist murderers - including a terrorist responsible for the murder of a 9-month-old Israeli infant.
[Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, Facebook page, May 3, 2025]
The terrorists were released in January in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Hamas. The recent event in their honor was organized by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Movement.
The ceremony, described as "appreciation for the symbols of the Palestinian people's struggle," featured Rajoub personally presenting honorary plaques to released terrorist prisoners Yasser Abu Bakr and Nasser Al-Shawish, each of whom was convicted for murdering three people.
[Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, Facebook page, May 3, 2025]
Abu Bakr threw a grenade from a rooftop in Hadera in 2002, killing 9-month-old Avia Malka and two other Israelis. Al-Shawish was involved in multiple terror attacks and murders, including targeting Israeli civilians.
Photos from Fatah's event show Rajoub with the murderers, solidifying their status as celebrities and role models in Palestinian society. Other leaders present were Fatah Revolutionary Council member Akram Rajoub, PLO Youth and Sports Director-General Issam Al-Qaddumi, and representatives of the PA-funded Prisoners' Club and PLO Commission of Prisoners' Affairs - highlighting the official endorsement of terrorism.
This embrace of terrorists who murdered civilians - including an infant - is not isolated but is part of a fundamental Palestinian Authority policy of glorifying terror and terrorists as "heroic" as documented for decades by Palestinian Media Watch. It is not only a celebration of brutality and murder, but direct incitement to more terror, as Palestinians, especially youth, see the high status achieved by terrorists.