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Fatah Facebook page commemorates anniversary of death of leader of Black September terror organization


Images and text posted on the official Fatah Facebook page

Posted text: "Marking the anniversary of the death of Martyr (Shahid) Ali Hassan Salameh (i.e., commander of the Black September terror organization) in the village of Ni'lin."

The images show a man masked with a keffiyeh and holding a picture of terrorist Ali Hassan Salameh and a Palestinian flag.

Ali Hassan Salameh - Palestinian terrorist and commander of operations in Europe of the Black September terror organization - a secret branch of Fatah - in the 1970s. He planned many terror attacks, including the attack on the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics in 1972, in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered. Salameh was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on Jan. 22, 1979. Israel is thought to be responsible for his death, but has not officially taken responsibility for it.

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