Abbas "emphasized that Fatah will remain loyal to the blood of its righteous Martyrs"
Headline: “Lighting the torch of the outbreak of the revolution in Jenin in front of the home of prisoners’ movement Martyr Kamal Abu Wa’er”
“The Jenin [City Branch] and the [Jenin] District Branch of the Fatah Movement lit the torch of the 56th [anniversary of] the outbreak of the Palestinian revolution (i.e., the anniversary of “the Launch” of Fatah, counted from its first terror attack against Israel) yesterday evening, Thursday [Dec. 31, 2020], in front of the home of Martyr Kamal Abu Wa’er of the prisoners’ movement (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of at least 4 people) in the Al-Jaberiyat neighborhood of [Jenin].
Jenin District Governor Akram Rajoub conveyed [PA] President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas’ blessings to those celebrating this national event, and emphasized that Fatah will remain loyal to the blood of its righteous Martyrs, and foremost among them [former PLO Chairman and PA President] Martyr Yasser Arafat…
Prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’er, 46, died as a Martyr in the Israeli occupation’s prisons on Nov. 10, 2020, as a result of the occupation’s policy of deliberate medical neglect (sic., see note below), which left him prey to cancer.”
Intilaqa - "the Launch" refers to the beginning of Fatah on Jan. 1, 1965, when it carried out its first terror attack against Israel, attempting to blow up Israel's National Water Carrier.
Kamal Abu Wa’er – Palestinian terrorist and member of the PA Presidential Security Force 17 who participated in a number of lethal terror attacks including: the murder of Israeli border policeman Madhat Yousef in a shooting attack at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus on Oct. 1, 2000; the murder of Rabbi Benjamin Herling in a shooting attack at Mount Eival on Oct. 19, 2000; the shooting and murder of Arnaldo Agranionic, a guard at the town of Itamar, on May 8, 2001; and the murder of 16-year-old Aliza Malka in a drive-by shooting near the entrance of Kibbutz Meirav on Aug. 9, 2001. Abu Wa'er was serving 6 life sentences and died in prison in November 2020.
Yasser Arafat – Founder of Fatah and former chairman of the PLO and PA. During the 1960s, 70s and 80s Arafat was behind numerous terror attacks against Israelis. Although he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 together with then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and then Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres “for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East" after signing the Oslo Accords peace agreement, Arafat launched a 5-year terror campaign - the second Intifada (2000-2005) – in which more than 1,000 Israelis were murdered. Arafat died of an illness in 2004.
Libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners - The PA claims that Israel abuses Palestinian prisoners through medical neglect, medical experiments, and by intentionally infecting them with diseases. However, the International Red Cross regularly visits these prisoners and has not documented or accused Israel of any of these claims. Likewise, lists of demands occasionally issued by the prisoners during hunger strikes—such as during one in 2011—include no demands relating to these claims. PMW has documented prisoners talking about how they "lack nothing" in the prisons and that "the worst thing about Israeli prison" is riding in a prison vehicle that has no padding on the seat. When PMW contacted the Israeli Ministry of Health in 2007 regarding PA claims of medical experiments on prisoners, the ministry responded: "Clinical testing on prisoners in prison was never approved, never performed, and is most certainly not taking place at present."