Prominent terrorists are focus of PA TV “National Knowledge Competition” for youth

Official PA TV program National Knowledge Competition; the program is a collaborative effort between the Yasser Arafat Foundation, the PA Ministry of Education, and the Palestine Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)

Visual:

A photo album is shown with “National Knowledge Competition” written on the front cover. The album flips open, showing various images.

The image in the middle shows Abd Al-Qader Al-Husseini, an Arab commander in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence; the image on the right shows Dalal Mughrabi, a terrorist who led the murder of 37, 12 of them children.

The image on the left shows Haj Amin Al-Husseini, a Nazi ally and associate of Adolf Hitler.

Question: “The massacre at the Jenin refugee camp, in which 52 Palestinians died as Martyrs (refers to battle in April 2002 when terrorists attacked Israeli forces; see note below -Ed.) –

1. Took place in 2000
2. Took place in 2002
3. Took place in 2004
4. Took place in 1995
   (the correct answer is 2 -Ed.)”

Question: “The founder of the Islamic Jihad Movement –

1. Ramadan Shalah (i.e., former Islamic Jihad Secretary-General)
2. Ali Al-Rifai
3. Fathi Shaqaqi (see note below -Ed.)
4. Khaled Al-Batsh (i.e., Islamic Jihad leader)
   (the correct answer is 3 -Ed.)”

Question: “The previous picture is of –

1. Salah Khalaf ‘Abu Iyad’ (i.e., head of Black September terror organization)
2. Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 125)
3. Majed Abu Sharar (i.e., Fatah official)
4. Samir Ghosheh (i.e., former Palestinian Popular Struggle Front Secretary-General)
   (the correct answer is 2 -Ed.)”

Question: “It broke off from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1968 –

1. The National Popular Front
2. The Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine] – General Command (PFLP – GC)
3. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
4. The [Palestinian] Popular Struggle Front (the correct answer is 2 -Ed.)”

Question: “Who were the three Palestinian leaders who were assassinated in Tunis on the eve of the Second Gulf War?”

Female student: “Salah Khalaf [‘Abu Iyad’], Hayel Abd Al-Hamid [‘Abu Al-Hol’] (i.e., one of the founders of Fatah), and [Fakhri] ‘Abu Muhammad’ Al-Omari (i.e., a founding member of Black September).”

Dalal Mughrabi – female Palestinian terrorist who led the attack that (until Oct. 7, 2023) was the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, known as the Coastal Road massacre, in 1978, when she and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70. In text note: (i.e., terrorist who led murder of 37, 12 of them children)

Haj Amin Al-Husseini - the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem at the time of the British Mandate. During World War II he moved to Berlin, where he was a Nazi collaborator and an associate of Hitler. Al-Husseini was on Yugoslavia's list of wanted war criminals, and was responsible for a Muslim SS division that murdered thousands of Serbs and Croats. When the Nazis offered to free some Jewish children, Al-Husseini fought against their release, and as a result, 5000 children were sent to the gas chambers.

Jenin – refugee camp north of Nablus that was a major hotbed of terrorism in the PA terror campaign 2000-2005 (the second Intifada). To reduce the attacks, Israeli forces entered Jenin on April 3, 2002, to conduct searches as part of Operation Defensive Shield, which was carried out to destroy the terror infrastructure in the West Bank, and several days of intense fighting against Palestinian terrorists in booby-trapped houses ensued. While the PA claimed that the Israeli forces committed a “massacre” and killed hundreds of civilians, a UN report refuted these claims, confirming that 52 Palestinians were killed in the battle of which the majority were terrorists. 23 Israeli soldiers were also killed in the fighting.

Fathi Shaqaqi - Founder of the terror organization Islamic Jihad, which has carried out more than 1,000 terror attacks, murdering and wounding hundreds of Israeli civilians. Shaqaqi was killed in 1995 in an operation attributed to Israel but for which Israel never took responsibility.

Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf) - PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat’s deputy, one of the founders of Fatah, and head of the terror organization Black September, a secret branch of Fatah. Attacks he planned include the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics (Sept. 5, 1972) and the murder of two American diplomats in Sudan (March 1, 1973). It is commonly assumed that his assassin, a former Fatah bodyguard, was sent by the Abu Nidal Organization, a rival Palestinian faction.

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 in the 1960s - 1980s. These attacks, in which a total of 125 Israelis were murdered, included the Coastal Road attack that (until Oct. 7, 2023) was the most lethal in Israeli history - the hijacking of a bus and murder of 37 civilians, 12 of them children.

Majed Abu Sharar - senior Fatah and PLO leader from the 1970s.

Samir Ghosheh was Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) from 1974 to 2009. The group carried out terror attacks against Israeli and American targets in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - a socialist Palestinian terror organization and one of the largest factions in the PLO. Founded by George Habash in 1967, PFLP has planned and carried out numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians since its founding and throughout the PA terror campaign (the second Intifada, 2000-2005). One of its most high profile attacks was the murder of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi on Oct. 17, 2001. PFLP has been designated as a terror organization by several states including the US, Japan, Canada, Australia, and the EU.Terrorist prisoner Ahmad Sa’adat has served as PFLP’s secretary-general since 2001; he is serving a 30-year sentence in an Israeli prison for heading the PFLP.

The DFLP (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) has carried out numerous terror attacks, including the Ma’alot massacre in which 22 schoolchildren and 4 adults were murdered (May 15, 1974), the Avivim school bus massacre, in which 9 children and 3 adults were murdered (May 22, 1970), the Kiryat Shmona massacre (18 murdered, April 11, 1974), the Beit Shean attack (4 murdered, Nov. 19, 1974), the Jaffa street bombing in Jerusalem (7 murdered, Nov. 13, 1975) the Tiberias bombing (2 high school students murdered, May 15, 1979), the Night of the Gliders (in which two terrorists infiltrated Israel from Lebanon using hang gliders, murdering 6 Israeli soldiers on Nov. 25, 1987), and the Geha junction suicide bombing near Tel Aviv (4 murdered, Dec. 25, 2003.) The DFLP has participated in and claimed responsibility for dozens of other terror attacks.

Fakhri Al-Omari – Fatah member and a founding member of the Black September terror organization, a secret branch of Fatah, and top aide to Salah Khalaf, one of the founders of Fatah and the head of Black September. Fatah has credited Al-Omari with being the one who conceived the idea of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre in which 11 Israeli Olympic athletes were murdered, and stated that he participated in its planning. Al-Omari and Salah Khalaf were assassinated on Jan. 14, 1991 by Khalaf's bodyguard, who it is commonly assumed was recruited to do so by the Abu Nidal Organization, a rival Palestinian faction.