Fatah glorifies terrorists, including murderers, weapons dealers and smugglers
Image posted on Falestinona, the website of Fatah’s Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon
The image shows five terrorist prisoners with keffiyehs (Arab headdress) superimposed around their necks, a prison fence in the foreground, and a Palestinian flag in the background.
The three prisoners in the top row are from left to right: Fuad Al-Shubaki, a senior PLO official who tried to smuggle weapons; Abdallah Barghouti, a bomb-maker responsible for the murder of 67 people; and Ahmad Sa’adat, head of the PFLP terrorist organization.
The two prisoners in the bottom row are from left to right: Marwan Barghouti, a terrorist who orchestrated three shooting attacks in which 5 people were murdered; and Karim Younes, a terrorist who murdered 1 and was recently appointed to the Fatah Central Committee. See below for longer descriptions of the crimes of each of them.
Text on image: “You triumphed" (refers to a prisoner hunger strike, see note below –Ed.)
The image appears in the May 2017 edition of the magazine of Fatah’s Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon, Al-Quds, and was posted on the commission’s website Falestinona on May 31, 2017.
Hunger strike (April-May 2017) Palestinian terrorist prisoners launched a hunger strike on April 17, 2017, which ended on May 27, 2017, after an agreement was reached. While the prisoners had issued a list of demands, reportedly only the demand to have the Red Cross reinstate a second monthly family visit for prisoners was agreed to. Nevertheless, the PA has claimed the development as a victory.
Ahmad Sa’adat - serving a 30-year sentence for heading the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organization. A song at a PFLP event also praised him for planning the assassination of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi in 2001, but he has not been tried for this crime.
Marwan Barghouti – Palestinian terrorist and member of the Palestinian Authority parliament who is serving 5 life sentences for orchestrating three shooting attacks in which 5 people were murdered: one attack on the Jerusalem-Maale Adumim road (June 12, 2001) in which Greek Orthodox monk Tsibouktsakis Germanus was murdered by terrorists Ismail Radaida and Yasser Ah'Rabai, another attack at a gas station in Givat Zeev near Jerusalem (Jan. 15, 2002) in which Yoela Hen was murdered by terrorists led by Mohammed Matla, and one shooting and stabbing attack at the Seafood Market restaurant in Tel Aviv (March 5, 2002) in which Eli Dahan, Yosef Habi, and Police Officer Sergeant-Major Salim Barakat, were murdered by terrorist Ibrahim Hasouna. When arrested by Israel in 2002, Barghouti headed the Tanzim (Fatah terror faction). After he was convicted and imprisoned, he was re-elected as a member of the Palestinian Authority parliament. On Dec. 4, 2016, he was elected to Fatah's Central Committee.
Karim Younes - Israeli Arab terrorist who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980 together with his cousin Maher Younes. Younes was originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced his sentence in 2012. Younes is serving a 40-year sentence. In May 2017 Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee. Younes was released from prison on Jan. 5, 2023.