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Facebook shuts down Fatah's terror promoting page
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Feb. 28, 2017
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=20520

Facebook shuts down Fatah's terror promoting page

Page glorifies terrorist murderers,

promotes and endorses violence

- In 2016 alone, PMW reported on over 130 Fatah posts glorifying terror and
murder
- Recent posts in 2017:
◦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”
◦endorsed violence: “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.


However, the obvious reason is that Fatah’s endless stream of posts
glorifying violence, terror, and murder of Israelis caused the shutdown. In
2016 alone, Palestinian Media Watch documented over 130 posts glorifying
individual terrorist murderers and terror attacks, and posts encouraging
violence and terror.



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 first time Facebook shut down Fatah’s official page was in June 2015.
Then Fatah vowed to remain “a thorn in the side of the occupation and its
assistants.”



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.