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"I want to achieve a Martyrdom-death that will enrage the enemy and gladden the friend"

Image posted on the official Fatah Facebook page

 

The image shows Suleiman Al-Hathalin, an Arab protester who died while participating in a violent riot, with his legs depicted as tree trunks rooted in the ground, a Palestinian flag flying from his staff, and wings on his back.

Text on image: "I want to achieve a Martyrdom-death that will enrage the enemy and gladden the friend.”

 

 

Suleiman Al-Hathalin – 65-year-old Arab protester who participated in a violent riot in the southern Har Hebron region in early January 2022, in which rioters threw rocks at police officers and a tow truck in the service of the Israeli police, wounding the driver. In fleeing the attackers, the tow truck hit Al-Hathalin who was blocking its path, critically wounding him; Al-Hathalin died of his wounds on Jan. 17, 2022. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas posthumously awarded Al-Hathalin with a medal of honor.

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Al-Hathalin helped establish the illegal Arab village of Umm Al-Kheir on Israeli state land in the southern Har Hebron region. He participated in numerous violent riots in the past and was arrested several times.

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