PA officials honor terrorist killers on PA TV
PA TV live broadcast of ceremony commemorating anniversary of the death of Ghassan Kanafani – Tulkarem. See descriptions of the honored terrorists below.
Tulkarem district governor, Jamal Sa'id: "We commemorate all the Martyr (Shahid) fighters who have left us, and whose light continues to illuminate our path. [These lights] instilled hope within us, and emphasize to us that only the revolution can take death and use it [positively] as a means to forge a path. At this time, on the anniversary of the death of the man among men, we recall the Imam [leader] of the modern revolution, Yasser Arafat, the doctor of the revolution, George Habash, and the conscience of the revolution, Salah Khalaf-Abu Iyad, and the prince of Martyrs (Shahids), Abu Jihad. We recall Abu Ali Mustafa, Ahmed Yassin, [Fathi] Shaqaqi, Abu Abbas, Thabet Thabet, and all the fallen Martyrs whose flags have not fallen from the sky of the homeland and the sky of the struggle."
Mohammad Shtayyeh, member of the Fatah Central Committee: "We, of the Fatah movement, do not cry over Martyrs. It is natural that a fighter should die as a Martyr, [as did] Abu Jihad, Abu Iyad, the Martyr, the symbol Yasser Arafat, and thousands more. But what makes Ghassan Kanafani special is that he died as a Martyr early on, like the Martyrdom-seekers Kamal Adwan, Kamal Nasser, Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar, and Abu Ali Iyad…
Today we recall Hani Al-Hassan, who said: 'Military action seeds, and political action reaps.'"
Note: Ghassan Kanafani was a writer and a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
George Habash - founder of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PLFP, which has rejected the Oslo Peace Accords since they were signed in 1993, planned numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians during the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000- 2005 (the “Intifada”).
Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) - A founder of Fatah and head of the terror organization Black September. Attacks he planned included the murder of two American diplomats (March 1, 1973), as well as the murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics (Sept. 5, 1972).
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization’s military wing and planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the worst in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
Abu Ali Mustafa - the General Secretary of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP). The PLFP, which has rejected the Oslo Peace Accords since they were signed in 1993, planned numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians during the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000- 2005 (the “Intifada”).
Ahmed Yassin - founder of the Hamas terror movement.
Fathi Shaqaqi - founded the Islamic Jihad organization, which has carried out about 1,000 terrorist attacks, killing about 150 people and injuring approximately 950.
Abu Abbas - Head of the terror organization Palestinian Liberation Front. He planned the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship in 1985, in which one passenger in a wheelchair was killed.
Thabet Thabet - A founder of Tanzim (Fatah terror group) responsible for drive-by shooting and many other attacks during the PA terror campaign (the Intifada, 2000-2005).
Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar - Arafat's deputy and Commander of Operations for the terrorist organization Black September.
Tulkarem district governor, Jamal Sa'id: "We commemorate all the Martyr (Shahid) fighters who have left us, and whose light continues to illuminate our path. [These lights] instilled hope within us, and emphasize to us that only the revolution can take death and use it [positively] as a means to forge a path. At this time, on the anniversary of the death of the man among men, we recall the Imam [leader] of the modern revolution, Yasser Arafat, the doctor of the revolution, George Habash, and the conscience of the revolution, Salah Khalaf-Abu Iyad, and the prince of Martyrs (Shahids), Abu Jihad. We recall Abu Ali Mustafa, Ahmed Yassin, [Fathi] Shaqaqi, Abu Abbas, Thabet Thabet, and all the fallen Martyrs whose flags have not fallen from the sky of the homeland and the sky of the struggle."
Mohammad Shtayyeh, member of the Fatah Central Committee: "We, of the Fatah movement, do not cry over Martyrs. It is natural that a fighter should die as a Martyr, [as did] Abu Jihad, Abu Iyad, the Martyr, the symbol Yasser Arafat, and thousands more. But what makes Ghassan Kanafani special is that he died as a Martyr early on, like the Martyrdom-seekers Kamal Adwan, Kamal Nasser, Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar, and Abu Ali Iyad…
Today we recall Hani Al-Hassan, who said: 'Military action seeds, and political action reaps.'"
Note: Ghassan Kanafani was a writer and a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
George Habash - founder of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PLFP, which has rejected the Oslo Peace Accords since they were signed in 1993, planned numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians during the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000- 2005 (the “Intifada”).
Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) - A founder of Fatah and head of the terror organization Black September. Attacks he planned included the murder of two American diplomats (March 1, 1973), as well as the murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics (Sept. 5, 1972).
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) - founder of Fatah and deputy to Yasser Arafat. He headed the PLO terror organization’s military wing and planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks, including the worst in Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
Abu Ali Mustafa - the General Secretary of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP). The PLFP, which has rejected the Oslo Peace Accords since they were signed in 1993, planned numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians during the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000- 2005 (the “Intifada”).
Ahmed Yassin - founder of the Hamas terror movement.
Fathi Shaqaqi - founded the Islamic Jihad organization, which has carried out about 1,000 terrorist attacks, killing about 150 people and injuring approximately 950.
Abu Abbas - Head of the terror organization Palestinian Liberation Front. He planned the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship in 1985, in which one passenger in a wheelchair was killed.
Thabet Thabet - A founder of Tanzim (Fatah terror group) responsible for drive-by shooting and many other attacks during the PA terror campaign (the Intifada, 2000-2005).
Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar - Arafat's deputy and Commander of Operations for the terrorist organization Black September.
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