Dead terrorist murderer is “a proud and resolute national symbol” and “A school of fundamental principles and morality”
Image shown of a poster put up by the Fatah Movement Ramallah regional branch at the mourning tent honoring terrorist murderer Maher Younes.
Text on poster: "An expression of loyalty to the path of the elder of the prisoners, the great national leader."
Official PA TV reporter Musa Hussein: "With the participation of official representatives and public figures, the Ramallah and El-Bireh branch of the Fatah Movement put up a mourning tent in memory of the late national-struggle fighter Maher Younes (i.e., terrorist murderer)..."
Follow-up Commission for Prisoners' Affairs Director and Fatah member Amin Shuman: "A man who for four decades remained a proud and resolute national symbol within the Israeli prisons..."
Nihad Younes, Maher's sister: "Maher is a school. A school of fundamental principles, morality, and patience… He educated many generations, and many people were influenced by him…
Official PA TV reporter Musa Hussein: "Younes' death does not seal the story of a single person, but our people bid farewell to one of the struggle's most prominent fighters, who embodied the meaning of resolve in the face of imprisonment and turned the long years of incarceration into a school of patience, honor, and willpower."
Senior PA Security Forces officers visit the mourning tent.
[Official PA TV, July 12, 2026]