Fatah honored the founders and heads of terror organizations responsible for murdering hundreds as part of its 52nd anniversary celebration:

Bulletin Jan. 2, 2017 Fatah: "To be a real Palestinian you must be a self-sacrificing fighter" Fatah honored the founders and heads of terror organizations responsible for murdering hundreds as part of its 52nd anniversary celebration:  Ahmad Yassin, founder of Hamas  Fathi Shaqaqi, founder Islamic Jihad Abu Ali Mustafa, head of PFLP Fatah cited as role models: Terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi who led killing of 37 Mughrabi is "Bride of Palestine" Arch-terrorist Abu Jihad who orchestrated the murder of at least 125 people Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik Click to read on PMW's website Abbas' Fatah wished "the real Palestinians" a "good year" in a post on Facebook, parading some of the movement's role models, among them several "Martyrs," all of whom were either murderers or heads of murderous terror organizations. The largest picture among the role models on Fatah's image above is terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi who led the killing of 37 Israelis in a bus hijacking in 1978. Additional pictures (left to right) are PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, terrorist Omar Al-Qassem, Yasser Arafat, Islamic Jihad founder Fathi Shaqaqi, Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin, and Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Abu Ali Mustafa. Fatah described what it means to be "a real Palestinian," and predicted that "a people whose leaders are Martyrs" - as the leaders singled out in the photos, except Abbas - "will undoubtedly triumph with Allah's help": Text on image: "Fatah embraces its people and praises the Martyrs. To be a real Palestinian, you must be a self-sacrificing fighter (Fida'i), know much and reveal little, search for the security in the heart of the danger, get used to having no time to cry over endings but rather to always have new beginnings. Long life to you and long live the anniversary of the Launch [of Fatah] (Intilaqa), and may it be a good year. A people whose leaders are Martyrs will undoubtedly triumph with Allah's help..." [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 27, 2016] In another post, Fatah presented the same terror leaders as "heroic Martyrs" and "swore" it will "continue our revolution until victory:" Posted text: "On the 52nd anniversary of the Launch of the Fatah Movement, we swear to our heroic Martyrs (Shahids) to continue our revolution until victory #Fatah_52" [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 26, 2016] The celebration posts of Fatah's 52nd anniversary concentrate on Fatah's "leaders" - and leading terrorists. Palestinian Media Watch has also documented Fatah's glorification of specific terror attacks. As is its policy, Fatah glorified terrorist Dalal Mughrabi in another post as the "Bride of Palestine." [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 27, 2016] Adding to the message that Fatah is proud of its killers and adheres to the option of "armed struggle" and violence, Fatah posted a photo of the Chairman of the Information Committee of the Fatah Mobilization and Organization Commission Munir Al-Jaghoub holding a drawing of a handshake forming a gun with a Palestinian flag. The gun points at a flag with a Star of David on it with the text: "The Israeli occupation." Text on the gun says "The Palestinian reconciliation" - referring to a desired resolution of the existing rift between Fatah and Hamas. [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 28, 2016]  The posted statement by this Fatah official urges Fatah to meet with Hamas "on the basis of the partnership that unites all of us." According to the drawing, this unifying basis is violence against Israel. In addition to these posts, Fatah has celebrated the 52nd anniversary of its "Launch" by glorifying numerous of "Martyrs," among them many terrorist murderers: Arch-terrorist Abu Jihad who orchestrated attacks in which at least 125 Israelis were murdered; Marwan Barghouti, who is serving 5 life sentences for planning attacks that killed 5; Karim Younes, who kidnapped and killed an Israeli soldier; Raed Al-Karmi, who was responsible for attacks that killed 9 Israelis; Abu Ali Iyad, who was responsible for several terror attacks in 1966; Kamal Adwan, who was responsible for Fatah's terrorist operations in Israel in the 1960's and 1970's and was a senior member of Black September. (Longer descriptions of these terrorists appear below.) Text on image: "[Fatah] Central Committee member Martyr ( Shahid) Commander Khalid Al-Wazir Information Committee of the [Fatah] Mobilization and Organization Commission"  [Official Fatah Facebook page,  Dec. 29, 2016] The photos show terrorist prisoner Marwan Barghouti (top) and terrorist prisoner Karim Younes. Posted text: "On the 52nd anniversary of the Launch of the Fatah Movement, we promise our heroic prisoners that we will continue our revolution until victory and until they are released from imprisonment #Fatah_52"  [Official Fatah Facebook page,  Dec. 26, 2016] Posted text: "Martyr (Shahid) Commander Raed Al-Karmi" Text on image: "Information Committee of the [Fatah] Mobilization and Organization Commission"  [Official Fatah Facebook page,  Dec. 29, 2016 Text on image: "[Fatah] Central Committee member Martyr (Shahid) Commander Kamal Adwan Information Committee of the [Fatah] Mobilization and Organization Commission" [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 28, 2016] Text on image: "[Fatah] Central Committee member Martyr (Shahid) Commander Abu Ali Iyad Information Committee of the [Fatah] Mobilization and Organization Commission"  [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 28, 2016] Text on image: "[Fatah] Central Committee member Martyr (Shahid) Commander Kamal Adwan Information Committee of the [Fatah] Mobilization and Organization Commission"  [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 28, 2016] On all the images appears the logo of the 52nd anniversary of "the Launch" (Intilaqa) of Fatah, which features the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel as "Palestine" together with the PA areas, a keffiyeh (Arab headdress), and the Fatah logo with a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of "Palestine." The logo is the profile picture and appears on the cover photo of Fatah's official Facebook page. [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 15 and 18, 2016] The following are longer descriptions of the terrorists glorified by Fatah: Abu Ali Iyad was appointed head of Fatah military operations in 1966 and was responsible for several terror attacks. The attacks included a bombing in the town of Beit Yosef in northern Israel on April 25, 1966 (injuring 3 people), and placing bombs in the town of Margaliot in northern Israel on July 19, 1966. He was killed in 1971 in Jordan by the Jordanian army when it forced Fatah members out of the country. Abu Ali Mustafa - Secretary-General of the terror organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PFLP, which rejected the Oslo Accords (1993), has planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians since its founding in 1967 and throughout the Palestinian terror campaign between 2000-2005 (the Intifada). 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 also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks in the 1960's - 1980's. These attacks, which killed a total of 125 Israelis, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children. Ahmed Yassin - Founder and former head of the terrorist organization Hamas. The Hamas movement is responsible for numerous terror attacks and the deaths of hundreds of Israeli civilians. 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. Fathi Shaqaqi - Founder of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, which has carried out more than 1,000 terror attacks, killing and wounding hundreds of Israeli civilians. He was killed by Israel in Malta in 1995. Kamal Adwan was responsible for Fatah's terrorist operations in Israel in the 1960's and 1970's and was a senior member of Black September. He was killed by Israeli forces in April 1973. Karim Younes - an Israeli Arab serving a 40-year sentence for kidnapping and killing Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980 together with his cousin Maher Younes. Originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced his sentence in 2012. Marwan Barghouti - Palestinian terrorist who is serving 5 life sentences for orchestrating three shooting attacks that killed 5 people: one attack in Jerusalem (June 12, 2001) in which Greek monk Tsibouktsakis Germanus was murdered by terrorist Ismail Radaida and another unidentified terrorist, another attack at a gas station in Givat Zeev near Jerusalem (Jan. 15, 2002) in which Yoela Hen, 45, was murdered by terrorists led by Mohammed Matla, and one shooting and stabbing attack at the Sea Food Market restaurant in Tel Aviv (March 5, 2002) in which Eli Dahan, 53, Yosef Habi, 52, and Police Officer Sergeant-Major Salim Barakat, 33, were murdered by terrorist Ibrahim Hasouna. When arrested by Israel in 2002, Barghouti headed the Tanzim (Fatah terror faction). After he was convicted and imprisoned, he was re-elected member of the Palestinian Authority parliament. On Dec. 4, 2016, he was elected to Fatah's Central Committee.  Omar Al-Qassem - Led a terror squad that crossed the Jordan River into Israel to carry out a terror attack in 1968. Caught by Israeli soldiers, the squad killed two soldiers. Al-Qassem was given two life sentences, and died in his prison cell 21 years later. Raed Al-Karmi - was a senior Tanzim (Fatah terror faction) operative and responsible for the murder of 9 Israelis in several attacks: Etgar Zeituni and Motti Dayan on Jan. 23, 2001; Zvi Shelef on May 31, 2001; Danny Yehuda on June 18, 2001; Elie Na'aman on July 4, 2001; Dov Roseman on Aug. 26, 2001; Hananya Ben Avraham on Oct. 5, 2001; soldier Yaniv Levy on Aug. 28, 2001 and Israeli army officer Erez Merhavi on Sept. 6, 2001. Al-Karmi was killed by the Israeli army on Jan. 14, 2002. Statement by Chairman of the Information Committee of the Fatah Mobilization and Organization Commission and picture posted on the official Fatah Facebook page: The picture shows Chairman of the Information Committee of the Fatah Mobilization and Organization Commission Munir Al-Jaghoub holding a drawing. The drawing depicts a handshake that forms a gun on which is written "The Palestinian reconciliation" - referring to a desired resolution of the existing rift between Fatah and Hamas - and on top of the gun is a Palestinian flag. The gun is pointed at a flag with a Star of David on it with the text: "The Israeli occupation." Posted text: "The national responsibility and the supreme interests of our people require us in the Fatah Movement to meet with the Hamas movement on the basis of the partnership that unites all of us. Their participation in a preparatory meeting of the [Palestinian] National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) constitutes a first and important step on the path to ending the rift [between Fatah and Hamas] and returning the unity and cohesion to the homeland. Munir Al-Jaghoub Chairman of the Information Committee of the Fatah Mobilization and Organization Commission" [Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 28, 2016] This research was made possible by the support of readers like you. Donate to PMW now. VISIT PMW VIDEO ARCHIVES Shahada (Death for Allah) promotion Holocaust denial and distortion Success of Shahada promotion Glorifying terrorists and terror Promoting violence & terror Demonization Conspiracy libels Israel's right to exist denied Jewish history rewritten Objective: Israel's destruction p:+972 2 625 4140     e: pmw@palwatch.org f: +972 2 624 2803       w: www.palwatch.org

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Facts force Washington Post to backtrack on report that Russia hacked US power grid

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The Washington Post has corrected an article in which it said that Russian hackers had infiltrated the US power grid at a Vermont utility. The newspaper now says authorities have no such “indications” as people on social media claim the outlet promotes “fake news.”

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On Friday, Burlington Electric, a Vermont-based power company, raised an alarm after finding malware code on a company laptop. Referring to undisclosed officials, the Washington Post then ran a damning headline, saying that “Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility” which posed a risk “to US electrical grid security.”

Yet it turns out that the laptop that was penetrated wasn’t even attached to the power network, according to a statement from Burlington Electric. “We detected suspicious internet traffic in a single Burlington Electric Department computer not connected to our organization’s grid systems,” the message reads. 

No evidence of a Russian trace has been released either. Eventually, the Washington Post issued a correction to its article. “An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Russian hackers had penetrated the US electric grid. Authorities say there is no indication of that so far,” the statement said. The headline, blatantly accusing “Russian hackers” of breaching the US power grid, remains, though.

Glen Greenwald, a prominent US journalist who was among those breaking the story on Edward Snowden’s leaks on the NSA spying scandal, said the case suits America’s anti-Russian agenda. “It matters even more because it reflects the deeply irrational and ever-spiraling fever that is being cultivated in US political discourse and culture about the threat posed by Moscow,” Greenwald wrote. 

Meanwhile, people on social media teamed up in slamming the material by the Washington Post as another instance of “fake news.”

It’s not the first time the Washington Post has had to correct a report containing ill-founded allegations. On November 24, an article by the newspaper alleged that Russia is in fact behind a massive spread of “fake news” which affected the US presidential campaign in November last year. 

One of the experts cited by the newspaper was a group called PropOrNot, which “identified” over 200 websites as spreading Russian propaganda. Yet the article drew serious criticism from people on social media as well as journalists over PropOrNot's own dubious credentials.

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In return, the Washington Post issued a lengthy editor’s note, saying that some of the sites included by PropOrNot “have publicly challenged the group’s methodology and conclusions.” The group later deleted them and Washington Post on its part said that does not “vouch for the validity of PropOrNot’s findings.”

In October, the US officially accused Russia of hacking computers of individuals and organizations of the Democratic campaign ahead of the US elections. Moscow rebuffed the accusation as “nonsense.”

Following the victory of the Republican candidate Donald Trump, the Washington Post, citing a CIA report, said that Moscow specifically helped Trump to get into the White House.

The President-elect called the allegations “ridiculous” and labeled them yet “another excuse” by the Democrats for the loss of Hillary Clinton.  Speaking to RT, a former member of the British MI5 intelligence agency, Annie Machon, said that rolling out with a bright headline and later issuing a correction is part of the Washington Post’s tactics.

“Time after time after time, we are seeing this fake news coming out in the Washington Post,” she said. “And every time they put these fake stories out they have to put [out] a disclaimer afterwards. But of course, the seed is then sown,” Machon said.

Brazile: Trump has ‘enormous’ opportunity to find common ground with Dems

BY KYLE BALLUCK - 01/01/17 10:09 AM EST 148

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Donna Brazile, the interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said on Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump has an “enormous” opportunity to find common ground with Democrats in the early days of his presidency.

“If it’s ‘my way or the highway,’ what you’re going to see again is another round of gridlock in Washington, D.C.” she said on ABC’s “This Week." “You’re going to see retribution and retaliation.”

Brazile said Trump has an “enormous” opportunity, as has every president in his first 100 days, “to show that he’s eager to find common ground, to meet with Democrats.“

“Have them over for breakfast, have them over for afternoon tea, and see if you can find some common ground,” she suggested.

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Report: North Korea close to testing ICBMs

Sarah Lee January 1, 2017 2:42 pm

A man watches a television news report showing file footage of North Korea's missile launch at a railway station in Seoul on October 20, 2016. North Korea on October 20 conducted what appeared to be its second failed test in a week of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be operationally deployed as early as next year. South Korean and US military monitors said the missile -- believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan -- exploded shortly after take-off at around 6:30 am Pyongyang time. / AFP / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kim Jong Un, leader of nuclear-capable North Korea, has indicated his country is close to testing a long-range, intercontinental ballistic missile or ICBM.

Kim made the announcement in a New Year’s Day speech, saying the tests are in the final stages and a launch is imminent. Reuters reports:

North Korea tested ballistic missiles at an unprecedented rate during 2016, although some experts have said it is years away from developing an ICBM fitted with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States…

…A successful ICBM test launch would mark a significant step forward for secretive Pyongyang’s weapons capability. ICBMs have a minimum range of about 5,500 km (3,418 miles), but some are designed to travel 10,000 km or further. The U.S. state of California is roughly 9,000 km from North Korea.

North Korea has been under international sanctions since 2006 due to its missile tests, with those sanctions becoming even stricter in Sept. 2016 following their largest nuclear test to date.

President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming National Security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, have both expressed an interest in the North Korean tests, with Trump requesting a special classified intelligence briefing to discuss the country’s nuclear program.

Reuters quotes An Chan-il, a former North Korean military officer who defected to South Korea and runs a think tank in Seoul, as saying that Trump’s language concerning Pyongyang’s nuclear tests will play a role in Kim’s decision making.

“If Trump comes in and the North does not get a good signal in terms of how the relationship between the two countries is going to go, that’ll give them another reason to do it,” An said.

North Korea launched a satellite into space last February, which was widely considered to be a test of the isolated nation’s long-range ballistic missile technology, Reuters notes.

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Trump hints at hacking revelation in coming days

BY KYLE BALLUCK - 01/01/17 07:25 AM EST 2,378

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President-elect Donald Trump late Saturday said he will reveal new information in the next few days about alleged Russian hacking during the U.S. presidential election, saying he knows “things that other people don’t know.”

During brief remarks to reporters during a New Year’s Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump repeated his skepticism of U.S. intelligence agencies’ assertions that Russia was behind the hacking.

“I just want them to be sure because it’s a pretty serious charge,” Trump said. “If you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster, and they were wrong.”

“So I want them to be sure,” he added. “I think it’s unfair if they don’t know.”

Trump also said he knows “a lot” about hacking, saying it is a “very hard thing to prove.”

“So it could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don’t know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation.”

Trump did not offer details when pressed about what he knows, saying only that, “You’ll find out on Tuesday or Wednesday.” 

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