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Facebook
shuts down Fatah's page
Page
glorifies terrorist murderers,
promotes
and endorses violence
- In 2016 alone, PMW reported on over 130 Fatah posts glorifying terror and
murder
- glorified arch-terrorist Abu Jihad who planned attacks that killed
125
- promoted dying for "Palestine":
"The path to victory and to the certain return
will be paved with our skulls"
"I will live as a
self-sacrificing fighter until [Palestine] returns"
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques
Zilberdik
For the second time, Facebook has shut down the
official page of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Movement.
Fatah has pleaded innocence, claiming that Facebook unjustifiably shut down
its page due to a "historical picture" of Yasser Arafat holding a weapon and
Mahmoud Al-Aloul, now Deputy Chairman of Fatah and member of the Fatah Central
Committee.
Recent posts from 2017 endorsing terror and violence have included posts
honoring arch-terrorist Abu Jihad, who the Palestinian Authority has credited
with organizing attacks in which 125 people were murdered. One post praised
Abu Jihad as "the Prince" and a "roaring lion," another promoted dying for
"Palestine":
Posted text: "Martyr
(Shahid) leader Khalil Al-Wazir Abu Jihad (i.e., former head of the PLO
terror organization's military wing) - a leader whose greatness was as the
greatness of the homeland"
Text on image: "He is
Al-Wazir, he is the Prince, he is the roaring lion, the first bullet and the
first stone. He is Abu Jihad"
[Official Fatah Facebook page,
Feb. 20, 2017]
 Posted text: "Our heads will
remain in the heavens, while our legs are planted on the ground of our homeland.
The path to victory and to the certain return will be paved with our skulls. The
compass will never err in the path, and will continue to point towards
Palestine"
[Official Fatah Facebook page, Feb.
20, 2017]
Another post explicitly promoted the use of arms, posting the picture seen
at the top that shows an AK-47 assault rifle on top of the Fatah logo:
Posted text: "The idea did not
die with the deaths of its creators, but rather is igniting, rising, and growing
in strength and intensity. Whoever thinks that it can be extinguished and die is
mistaken, as this is an idea that is not prepared to do anything but
spread."
[Official Fatah Facebook page, Feb.
19, 2017]
Another post included the photo seen at the top showing a masked man
holding an assault rifle, and behind him the PA map of "Palestine" that presents
all of Israel as "Palestine" together with the PA areas. Posted text and text on
the image stated:
"I will live as a self-sacrificing fighter
(Fida'i) until [Palestine] returns"
[Official Fatah Facebook page, Feb.
21, 2017]
Fatah also used its Facebook page to present its recent choice of Mahmoud
Al-Aloul as Deputy Chairman of the Fatah Movement as part of Fatah's "process of
correction and the redirecting of the compass towards the Martyrs," and a
"commitment to the path" of two terrorist murderers: Salah Khalaf - former head
of the terror organization Black September and planner of the murder of 11
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, and Dalal Mughrabi - who led the murder
of 37. (See full text below.)
The official PA daily stated that the current Fatah page had more than
70,000 followers.
The following is the article in the official PA daily about
Facebook's shutdown of Fatah's page, and recent posts from Fatah's Facebook
page:
Headline: "The Facebook administration closed
down the official page of the Fatah Movement!"
"The Facebook administration closed down the
official [Facebook] page of the Fatah Movement which has more than 70,000
followers, after it received reactions from the local and international media.
In a Fatah notice yesterday [Feb. 27, 2017] it was noted that this is the second
time that the Facebook administration has closed down the page of the movement,
after closing down the previous page (in June 2015 -Ed.) that had more than
100,000 followers. The notice was attributed to Fatah leadership member
responsible for administering the page Munir Al-Jaghoub. He said that what made
the Facebook administration close down the page is a historical picture that was
recently posted, in which Fatah Deputy Chairman [and Fatah Central Committee
member] Mahmoud Al-Aloul and Martyr (Shahid) symbol Yasser Arafat appear as he
presents him with a weapon belonging to [Israeli] soldiers that Fatah in
southern Lebanon captured. Al-Jaghoub said: 'We will continue to take pride in
our historic leadership and the national heritage and the heritage of our
struggle."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, Feb. 28, 2017]
Posted text: "From commander
Salem Thabet 'Abu Al-Abd,' General Commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
(i.e., Fatah's military wing) 'Al-Asifa Army'
In the name of All Merciful Allah
The election of national leader Mahmoud Al-Aloul
'Abu Jihad' as Deputy Chairman of the [Fatah] Movement comes as a proper part of
the process of correction and the redirecting of the compass towards the Martyrs
(Shahids), and out of loyalty to the wills of Yasser [Arafat] and
[Khalil] Al-Wazir (i.e., former head of the PLO terror organization's military
wing), and commitment to the path of Salah Khalaf (i.e., head of the terror
organization Black September), Dalal [Mughrabi] (i.e., terrorist who led murder
of 37, 12 of them children), and the two Kamals [Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser]
(i.e., senior members of the Black September terror organization).
All loyalty and appreciation for the good branch
that remains of the good tree of Fatah.
#Together_hand_in_hand_for_Fatah"
Text on image: "Walking on the
path of the revolution
Brother fighter
Mahmoud Al-Aloul
Fatah Movement Deputy Chairman
Salem Thabet 'Abu Al-Abd'"
[Official Fatah Facebook page, Feb.
18, 2017]
Abu Jihad (Khalil Al-Wazir) was a 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 most lethal in
Israeli history, the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them
children.
Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) - One of the founders of Fatah
and head of the terror organization Black September. Attacks he planned include
the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics (Sept. 5, 1972) and the
murder of two American diplomats in Sudan (March 1, 1973). It is commonly
assumed that his assassin, a former Fatah bodyguard, was sent by the Abu Nidal
Organization, a rival Palestinian faction.
Dalal Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in
Israel's history, known as the Coastal Road massacre, in 1978, when she and
other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway, killing 37
civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.
Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser were
both senior members of Black September who were killed by Israeli forces in
April 1973. Kamal Nasser was also the spokesperson for the PLO and Fatah. Kamal
Adwan was responsible for Fatah terrorist operations in
Israel.
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