Palestinian Football Association supervises youth football championship named after terrorist who murdered 125
Headline: “The Ansar Al-Quds Club is preparing to hold the 21st football championship named after Abu Jihad”
“As is its custom since 1995, the Ansar Al-Quds Club is organizing the football championship named after the Prince of Martyrs (Shahids), Khalil Al-Wazir Abu Jihad. The club began the preparations for the 21st championship and the distribution of invitations to all the Jerusalem clubs. The championship will take place on Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Burj Luq Luq fields in the Old City [of Jerusalem], through the futsal method, [and it is meant] for players born in 1996 or later (i.e., 19 and under)…
The championship will be held under the supervision of the central branch of the [Palestinian] Football Association.”
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 also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks. These attacks, which killed a total of 125 Israelis, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
“As is its custom since 1995, the Ansar Al-Quds Club is organizing the football championship named after the Prince of Martyrs (Shahids), Khalil Al-Wazir Abu Jihad. The club began the preparations for the 21st championship and the distribution of invitations to all the Jerusalem clubs. The championship will take place on Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Burj Luq Luq fields in the Old City [of Jerusalem], through the futsal method, [and it is meant] for players born in 1996 or later (i.e., 19 and under)…
The championship will be held under the supervision of the central branch of the [Palestinian] Football Association.”
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 also planned many deadly Fatah terror attacks. These attacks, which killed a total of 125 Israelis, included the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and killing of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.
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