Fatah commemorates anniversary of terror leader’s death

Image and text posted on the official Fatah Facebook page

The image shows Ali Hassan Salameh, a commander of the Black September terrorist organization, with a keffiyeh (Arab headdress) pattern in the background. To the right of Salameh is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas.

Posted text: “So that we will not forget – the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Commander Abu Ali Hassan Salameh, the Red Prince (i.e., commander of the Black September terrorist organization), which will take place tomorrow, Jan. 22 [2019].”

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.