PA and Fatah continue promoting violence
PA and Fatah continue promoting violence
PA TV sends greetings to rioters and Molotov cocktail throwers
Fatah calls to “go down from every house with cleavers and knives, with grenades”
Official PA daily and Fatah honor the terrorists
who murdered the rabbis in the synagogue as Shahids - Martyrs
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Official Palestinian Authority TV and Fatah continue to promote violence and terror in and around Jerusalem. PA TV’s Friday morning show sent greetings of encouragement to the Jerusalem rioters:
“Good morning to you, good morning to your pride, and to your hands preparing to throw stones and ignite the gasoline in the Molotov cocktails, greetings from the Good Morning Jerusalem program.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 21, 2014]
Fatah posted a video on its Facebook page that can only be understood as calling for murder:
“I'm coming towards you, my enemy,
We're going down from every house with cleavers and knives,
With grenades we announced a popular war.
I swear, you won't escape, my enemy,
from the revolution and the people.
How will you escape the ring of fire,
while the crowds are blocking the way?”
[Facebook, “Fatah - The Main Page,” Nov. 22, 2014]
“Cleavers, knives and grenades” are weapons of murder. This was broadcast by Fatah just days after knives and axes were used to murder four rabbis in a Jerusalem synagogue.
Before the murder of the rabbis, PA TV had broadcast another video that promoted violence, showing Yasser Arafat calling for Palestinians to become martyred for Jerusalem:
Voice of Yasser Arafat:
"Millions of Martyrs are marching to Jerusalem! Oh Lord, let me become a Martyr among the Martyrs of Jerusalem.”
Singer:
"Massive armies are advancing on Jerusalem.
They do not fear the attackers.
May our convoy die as Martyrs to redeem the forlorn Al-Aqsa.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 9, 2014]
Honoring terrorist murderers continues
Meanwhile the PA and Fatah continue to honor the terrorist murderers. The Fatah Advisory Council held a meeting yesterday headed by Mahmoud Abbas, at which it “saluted the heroic mass uprising and the brave spirit which [it] is confronting, today, with chest bared, the settlement attack against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque." Palestinian Media Watch documented that fighting Israelis "with chest bared" was what Mahmoud Abbas demanded in his Oct. 17 speech that sparked the Jerusalem area violence and terror and led to the murder of 11 Israelis.
The Fatah Council also “demanded that funds be urgently allocated for the families that sacrificed the Martyrs (Shahids) of liberty (i.e., terrorists from Jerusalem) who were arrested and whose homes have been destroyed by the Israeli occupier.” It should be noted that the only homes destroyed belonged to the murderers of civilians - and Fatah refers to them with the term of highest honor - “Shahids” - Martyrs.
The same term of honor was used by the official PA daily on the day after the Jerusalem synagogue massacre to define the murders:
Headline: “Five Israelis killed in an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem; perpetratorsMartyred (became Shahids)..."
“Five Israelis were killed and 7 wounded yesterday morning in an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem carried out by two Palestinians, who died as Martyrs (Shahids) at the hands of the Israeli police.”
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 19, 2014]
The following are longer excerpts of the articles and TV reports:
PA TV greets Palestinian rioters and encourages stone throwing and Molotov cocktails:
Official PA TV host: “For those preparing for a further wave of clashes in [Jerusalem neighborhoods of] Al-Tur, Jabal Mukkaber, Silwan, Bab Al-Huta, Silwad, Kafr Qaddum, Al-Ram, the Old City of Jerusalem, Shuafat, Qalandiya, Sur Baher, and every street, alley and neighborhood, good morning to you, good morning to your pride, and to your hands preparing to throw stones and ignite the gasoline in the Molotov cocktails, greetings from the Good Morning Jerusalem program.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 21, 2014]
Song on Fatah Facebook celebrating Palestinian violence and encouraging its continuation:
"I'm coming towards you, my enemy,
from every house, neighborhood and street
Our war is a war of the streets.
I'm coming towards you, my enemy
We're going down from every house with cleavers and knives
With grenades we announced a popular war
I swear, you won't escape, my enemy, from the revolution and the people.
How will you escape the ring of fire while the crowds are blocking the way?
I'm coming towards you, my enemy,
from every house, neighborhood and street"
[Facebook, “Fatah - The Main Page,” Nov. 22, 2014]
Official PA TV broadcast a song about Yasser Arafat that calls for religious war in Jerusalem:
Yasser Arafat:
"Millions of Martyrs are marching to Jerusalem! Oh Lord, let me become a Martyr among the Martyrs of Jerusalem.”
Singer:
"Massive armies are advancing on Jerusalem.
They do not fear the attackers
May our convoy die as Martyrs to redeem the forlorn Al-Aqsa...
Jerusalem is shouting ‘O Homeland.’
It needs a mausoleum [for Arafat]
Until your heart comes to rest in Jerusalem,
the land of Ribat (religious conflict/war over land claimed to be Islamic)."
[Official PA TV, Nov. 9, 2014]
Fatah Advisory Council meeting headed by Mahmoud Abbas glorifies terrorists as Martyrs and calls for funds to be given to the terrorists' families:
“The Fatah Advisory Council concluded its eighth session yesterday [Nov. 23, 2014]. The session lasted two days, November 22-23, and was held in the [PA] Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah under the heading ‘Session of the Martyrs of the Homeland, the Martyrs of Jerusalem and the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa – the Martyrs’ Session of the Fatah Advisory Council.’… The president [Mahmoud Abbas] said that it was our people’s moral, national and religious right to defend Al-Aqsa and the Islamic and Christian holy places by opposing these thieving attackers, behind whom stands the Netanyahu government… The President [Mahmoud Abbas] added: ‘I salute our people that stand resolute in defense of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and say to them: “We are all willing to sacrifice ourselves for Al-Aqsa; we are all willing to sacrifice ourselves for Jerusalem.”’…
The Fatah Advisory Council saluted the heroic mass uprising and the brave spirit [with] which [it] is confronting, today, with chest bared, the settlement attack against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Likewise, it [the Council] said that our youth, women and men in Jerusalem are proving that they are carrying out Ribat (religious conflict/war over land claimed to be Islamic) in Jerusalem and its environs until Judgment Day…
The Fatah Advisory Council demanded that funds be urgently allocated for the families that sacrificed the Martyrs (Shahids) of liberty (i.e., the terrorists from Jerusalem) who were arrested and whose homes have been destroyed by the Israeli occupier. Likewise, [the Council] said they were, more than anyone else, entitled to our support, aid and unwavering solidarity, given that they are standing resolute for our future in Palestine, this historic homeland, besides which we have no other homeland.”