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Having female terrorist leaders is proof of gender equality in Fatah, says Abbas' Secretary General

Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  |
   
Having female terrorist leaders is proof of gender equality in Fatah,
says Abbas' Secretary General
 
  • Mughrabi's leading a group of male terrorists is "testimony" to gender equality within Fatah, says Abbas' Secretary General 
  • It is our "educational responsibility" to "return the glory to the fighting Palestinian women such as Dalal Mughrabi," says school principal 
  • Fatah named another course after murderer Mughrabi
By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

At a recent ceremony at the El-Bireh High School for Girls, school principal Nida Abd Rabbo announced that promoting terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi as a role model to female students is an "educational responsibility":

"It's [the Al-Yasser Cultural Forum's] goal is to strengthen the affiliation with Palestine and its history, and to adhere to the Palestinian identity, because this is a great educational responsibility. The forum's goal is also to return the glory to the fighting Palestinian girls and women such as Dalal Mughrabi and others who sacrificed their lives for Palestine, and also to provide information and knowledge to these female students during recesses..."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 19, 2018]

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, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.

PA Minister of Education Sabri Saidam and Fatah Movement Central Committee member Jamal Muhaisen were also present at the ceremony.
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that 5 PA schools are named after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi and dozens of other schools are named after other terrorist murderers. 

At a ceremony celebrating International Women's Day, Secretary-General of the PA Chairman Abbas' office Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim also chose murderer Mughrabi as an example, pointing out that her role as leader of the attack is "testimony" of gender equality within Fatah:

"From the outbreak of our revolution in 1965, the outlook of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement - Fatah - has been clear in its social aspect; it saw no difference between women and men, and Dalal Mughrabi who led men is testimony to this."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 16, 2018]

Marking the 40th anniversary of Mughrabi's attack, Fatah posted a video praising her, focusing on the fact that
the leader of the attack was a woman

The Fatah Movement also honored terrorist Mughrabi in Gaza by naming an organizational course after her. The official PA daily reported that "dozens of leaders of the western Gaza Fatah branches" participated in the Dalal Mughrabi course. [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 23, 2018]

Glorifying female terrorists was a repeating Palestinian theme for International Women's Day:
"District Governor of Qalqilya Rafe' Rawajbeh participated in the ceremony [for International Women's Day]... The district governor expressed his appreciation for the Palestinian women's giving, their sacrifice, and their participation in the national struggle in all of its stages. He mentioned hero Dalal Mughrabi- the anniversary of whose death as a Martyr (Shahida) is now - as a symbol of women rejecting the occupation."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 13, 2018]

Click to see more examples of PA and Fatah's glorification of murderer Mughrabi

The following are longer excerpts of the reports above:

Headline: "Abd Al-Rahim: Women are our document of independence..."
"Secretary-General of the [PA] Presidential Office Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim... said during a ceremony held by the [PA] presidential institution yesterday [March 15, 2018] honoring its female workers for International Women's Day: ...'From the outbreak of our revolution in 1965, the outlook of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement - Fatah - has been clear in its social aspect; it saw no difference between women and men, and Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children) who led men is testimony to this.'"
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 16, 2018]

"The El-Bireh High School for Girls yesterday [March 18, 2018] celebrated the opening of The Al-Yasser Cultural Forum and the unveiling of a wall display that tells the life story of late [PA] President Yasser Arafat. This was in the presence of [PA] Minister of Education Sabri Saidam, Fatah Movement Central Committee member Jamal Muhaisen... and school principal Nida Abd Rabbo...
Minister Saidam said... that the Israelis are accusing the Palestinian curriculum of incitement to murder, but we call for life and love.
Muhaisen... expressed joy over what he heard from the female students regarding the history and life story of late leader Yasser Arafat.
Muhaisen added: 'After the death of Yasser Arafat, the torch passed to [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, the knight who is dealing with the criminal plan according to which US President [Donald] Trump is attempting, together with Israel, to implement what is called "the deal of the century."' ...
Abd Rabbo spoke about the idea to establish the forum and the goals it hopes to achieve. She said: 'Its goal is to strengthen the affiliation with Palestine and its history, and to adhere to the Palestinian identity, because this is a great educational responsibility. The forum's goal is also to return the glory to the fighting Palestinian girls and women such as Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children) and others who sacrificed their lives for Palestine, and also to provide information and knowledge to these female students during recesses, and to engage in drawing, recycling, agriculture, and other works and ideas that can contribute to strengthening the affiliation with the school, city, homeland, and [Palestinian] cause.'"
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 19, 2018]

"The Fatah Movement completed a series of organizational courses to instill ideology that began on the anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian revolution and ended on the anniversary of the Al-Karameh battle. The first course was named after Martyr (Shahid) Ahmad Musa (i.e., terrorist, involved in first Fatah terror attack), while the second course was named after Martyr Dalal Mughrabi (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children). Dozens of leaders of the western Gaza Fatah branches participated in these courses."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 23, 2018]

The Al-Karameh battle - On March 21, 1968, Israeli army forces attacked the town of Karameh in Jordan, where Fatah terrorists had been launching attacks on Israel. Although Israel prevailed militarily, Arafat used the event for propaganda purposes, declaring the battle a great victory that erased the disgrace of the 1967 Six Day War defeat.

Ahmad Musa - known among Palestinians as the "first Martyr of the modern Palestinian revolution." He was killed by a Jordanian army patrol on his way back to Jordan after the first Fatah terror attack against Israel, the attempted bombing of Israel's
National Water Carrier on Jan. 1, 1965.


 

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