Palestinians hang and burn Trump in effigy, brand him Nazi
Palestinians against Trump and Bahrain: Hang and burn an effigy of Trump
Trump is a Nazi, his Deal of the Century is "the Deal of the Devil"
Fatah: Participants in Bahrain are backstabbing Palestine
Abbas' Fatah Movement is publishing numerous photos from Palestinian demonstrations against the current Bahrain Conference that discusses economic aspects of US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan. The demonstrations, the slogans and posters, and Fatah's visual coverage of the protests emphasize the Palestinian hate towards Trump, the US, and Israel, as well as the Palestinian rejection of Trump's Middle East peace plan - the so-called Deal of the Century - and the Bahrain Conference.
At a demonstration organized by the PLO in Bethlehem, at which Bethlehem District Governor Kamel Hamid was present and gave a speech, Palestinians hung an effigy of Trump on the gallows and later burned it as seen in the photo above and here:
The effigy's face is a picture of Trump's face, and it is wearing a wig meant to resemble Trump's hair. A Palestinian flag is waving next to the effigy and a man is holding a sign:
Text on effigy's shirt: "The Deal of the Century" and "The Bahrain Conference"
Text on sign: "Despicable Trump, your talk is like your urine.
Shut up."Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch, June 25, 2019
At another event, a Palestinian dressed as former PA leader Arafat burned a poster portraying Trump with red satanic horns and a swastika on his forehead and with US and British flags with swastikas and a blue Star of David over them (above). In another photo, Trump is crossed out with a red "X." Trump's peace plan is referred to as "the Deal of the Devil":
Posted text: "A Palestinian burns pictures of American President Donald Trump in Gaza, in protest against the deal of the century and the Bahrain workshop."
Text on posters in English: "Deal of devil"
Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019
Fatah further stated in a cartoon that participants in the Bahrain Conference are back-stabbing "Palestine":
The cartoon shows a man holding a knife and preparing to stab a woman - "Palestine" - in the back. The woman is wearing a head covering that appears to be in the shape of the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel as "Palestine" together with the PA areas. A hand is holding out a sack of dollars to the man with the knife.
Text under the man with the knife: "The participants in the Bahrain conference"
Posted text: "The participants in the Bahrain conference
The deal of the century #will_not_be_implemented"Official Fatah Facebook page, June 23, 2019
This statement follows a similar comment by the secretary-general of Fatah's youth movement Shabiba, who said that Palestinian participation in the workshop is "treason" and will be responded to "with full force." Fatah and the National and Islamic Forces have called for violence and "escalation" and "demonstrations of rage" during the Bahrain Conference, as exposed by Palestinian Media Watch. To follow up, Fatah is posting numerous photos from the demonstrations. The following are some of them:
Burning coffins and rock-throwing
At one Fatah demonstration Palestinian protesters set fire to a coffin:
Text on coffin: "The deal of the century and the workshop in Manama [Bahrain] died even before they were born"
[Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019]
In other places, Palestinians burned tires and brought rocks:
A Palestinian protester is holding a Palestinian flag and a picture of Arafat and Abbas, while a tire is burning behind him. A UN car is seen in the background.
Rocks in the hand of a woman.
Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019
Joining the call to Palestinians to "escalate" confrontations with Israel was Fatah official Mahmoud Walwil:
"Fatah's Qalqilya Branch Secretary [Mahmoud Walwil] called on the masses of the district for the widest participation in the activities to denounce the deal of the century and the Bahrain conference, in order to send a message to all of the conspirators that such conferences will not pass, and that by the resolve of our leadership and the will of the masses it will be thwarted. He called for an escalation of the popular resistance at the points of friction."
Al-Quds, June 24, 2019
Bahrain Conference is "treason," Arab participants are Zionists
The triangular sign below was displayed at a Fatah demonstration in Hebron. It features the Israeli flag and the flag of Bahrain, and a picture of King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa inside a blue Star of David as if to say he is a "Zionist":
Text on sign: "Down with your conference
Down with the Bahrain conference."
Additional text on what is possibly the same sign says:
"Palestine is not for sale, and you can all go to hell."
[Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019]
At the PLO demonstration in Bethlehem, protesters paraded a donkey with posters of Trump and King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on it:
[Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch, June 25, 2019]
At demonstrations in Ramallah and Tubas, Palestinians held signs calling the Bahrain Conference "treason":
Text on sign of girl with sunglasses: "Down with the conference of treason."
Text on sign of Fatah Central Committee member Dalal Salameh: "United to thwart the deal of the century."
Text on sign of curly-haired girl: "The most important item on the Bahrain conference's agenda is the coffee break."
Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019
Abbas is "brave," the Palestinians "a people of giants"
In another post, Fatah praised its chairman Abbas for being "brave" and standing up to the US, and lauded the Palestinian people as one of "giants":
Posted text and on image: "History will commemorate a brave man who said 'No' to the greatest state in the world and rejected all of the temptations. He remained alone, resolved, and behind him a people of giants."
Additional posted text: "#The_Manama_workshop_will_fall
#The_Bahrain_conference_will_fall
#Palestine_is_not_for_sale"Official Fatah Facebook page, June 25, 2019
Qalqilya District Governor Rafe' Rawajbeh also applauded Abbas' unyielding opposition to the Bahrain Conference and any US-led initiative:
"[Qalqilya District] Governor [Rafe' Rawajbeh] praised the resolve of the Palestinian leadership that is being manifested by [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, called on the civilians to participate in the activities that reject the dubious Bahrain workshop, and emphasized that the Palestinian people is united around the leadership of our people, led by President Mahmoud Abbas who is waging a fierce battle against the plots being woven against our national project under American guidance."
Al-Quds, June 24, 2019
The following are additional texts of Fatah's posts above:
Post with images from PLO demonstration in Bethlehem:
Posted text: "From the confrontations that broke out at the northern entrance to Bethlehem following a mass participant procession of rage that went out from Nisan Square against the deal of the century (refers to US President Donald Trump's as yet unpublished Middle East peace plan -Ed.) and the Bahrain conference (refers to US-led conference in Bahrain in June 2019 focusing on economic aspects of Trump's Middle East peace plan -Ed.). The PLO factions in the Bethlehem district organized [the procession]."
Bethlehem District Governor Kamel Hamid gave a speech at the event:
Text on sign in English: "Down The deal off the century
Our conflict with Israel isn't economic, it's political conflict"Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch, June 25, 2019
Post with images from Fatah demonstration in Hebron:
Posted text: "The activities of the Fatah Movement's central Hebron branch against the deal of the century and the workshop in Bahrain."
Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019
Post with images from demonstrations in Ramallah and Tubas against the Bahrain conference:
Posted text: "Generation after generation, the flag is waved and the journey continues until redemption from the occupation. A picture from the procession that was held today [June 24, 2019] against the deal of the century and the workshop in Bahrain. From [the procession in] Ramallah, [Fatah] Central Committee member [and Fatah Commissioner of NGOs] sister Dalal Salameh, and from the procession in Tubas, one of our flowers (i.e., girls)."
Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019
Post with images from Fatah demonstration in Jericho and Jordan Valley
Posted text: "The activities of the Fatah Movement Jericho and Jordan Valley branch against the deal of the century and the Bahrain workshop."
Official Fatah Facebook page, June 24, 2019
Post with images from Beit-El:
Posted text: "El-Bireh - a procession against the Bahrain conference and the deal of the century, next to the military checkpoint at Beit El, north of El-Bireh"