“We want the rifle, to fight the enemy of Allah and our enemy” - Fatah calls for terror
Fatah:
- “All fingers are on the trigger… we don’t want the olive branch, we want the rifle, to fight the enemy of Allah and our enemy”
- “Our resistance members need to strike the Zionist depth”
- “For every Martyr” there will be “revenge”
One of the spokesmen from Fatah’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, has openly announced that Fatah – together with other Palestinian terror organizations – wants war with Israel: “to fight the enemy of Allah and our enemy.”
Whereas former head of the PLO and the PA, Yasser Arafat, in his famous olive branch speech at the UN in 1974, at least pretended there was a choice between the olive branch and the gun – i.e., peace and war - Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades spokesman Abd Al-Rahman Abu Al-Rub has made it clear that Fatah wants war and that the olive branch and peace are not an option.
Abu Al-Rub emphasized this in a speech by dramatically throwing an olive branch to the ground and grabbing a rifle, while stating that the goal now is “to fight the enemy of Allah and our enemy.” Abu Al-Rub also added a religious component, threatening “those who do not mobilize for Allah” to fight Israel with a “painful punishment”:
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades spokesman Abd Al-Rahman Abu Al-Rub: “All fingers are on the trigger, all fingers are on the Al-Aqsa [Martyrs’] Brigades, all fingers are on [Palestinian Islamic] Jihad, all fingers are on the [Izz A-Din] Al-Qassam [Brigades]. Almighty Allah says: ‘Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter?’ [Quran 9:38]. See the warning of Almighty Allah to those who do not mobilize for Allah… ‘If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment’ [Quran 9:39]… The political talk in Fatah today, and prior to this, and since its foundation, is the rifle and the olive branch. Regarding the olive branch – we don’t want it. Rather we want the rifle, in order to fight the enemy of Allah and our enemy. This is the belief of Fatah with its military wings, in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Martyrs’ Division and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Palestine, and the rest of the heroic resistance members.”
[Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch, Telegram channel, March 3, 2023]
Arafat: “Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. I repeat: do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”
[UN website, UN General Assembly 29th session, Nov. 13, 1974]
Another Fatah official also called for terror in the heart of Israel – “the Zionist depth”:.
Fatah Revolutionary Council member Wafa Zakarneh: “Our resistance members need to strike the Zionist depth (i.e., inside Israel), because the occupation only understands the language of force, the language of violence... Our people needs to fight, and our [PA] government and our leadership need to dish out twice as much as they’ve received.”
[Official PA TV, March 7, 2023]
The expression “to dish out twice as much as they’ve received” is a quote of PA and Fatah Chairman Abbas. After Israel killed three terrorists who had already carried out a number of terror attacks and were planning another imminent attack, Abbas called on Palestinians to kill Israelis - “to dish out to them twice as much as we’ve received.” [Sawa, independent Palestinian news agency, Feb. 10, 2022]
Similarly, another Fatah official threatened Israel that terror will continue, because for every dead terrorist “Martyr” there will be “revenge”:
Fatah Revolutionary Council member Abd Al-Ilah Atteereh: “Just as they set out against you [Israelis] in Jerusalem, people will set out who will take revenge for the Martyrs... Every time there is a Martyr, there will also be a [new] self-sacrificing fighter. Every time there is a Martyr, there will be one who will carry out various kinds of resistance against you… There is no doubt that the situation will pull us into a comprehensive intifada in all the Palestinian lands. O Netanyahu, dozens of young people will set out against you [Israelis] everywhere.”
[Official PA TV, Feb. 22, 2023]
Calling for unity among the different Palestinian factions – i.e., terror organizations – Fatah’s Secretary in Jenin Ata Abu Rmeileh stressed that the Palestinians are at “war” with Israel:
Fatah Jenin Secretary Ata Abu Rmeileh: “In a war against the occupation all the statements, all the calls, and everything that is happening in the Palestinian arena needs to focus on this occupation and avenging this pure blood.”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, March 10, 2023]
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that Fatah recently praised the murder of 7 in January, seeing it as part of their “intifada” and “war against Israel.”
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – an internationally designated terror organization – is an integral part of Fatah. Fatah, including its terror wing that is now openly advocating to carry out terror attacks and murder Israelis, is headed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
The following are additional texts and information on the terrorists mentioned above:
Posted text with the speech of Fatah official Al-Rahman Abu Al-Rub:
“The speech of the Fatah Movement – Jenin Branch [delivered] by Abd Al-Rahman Abu Al-Rub, during the eulogy rally organized by the ‘Jenin Brigade’ (i.e., the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Martyrs’ Division, Fatah’s military wing that is apparently associated with Jenin) in the Jenin [refugee] camp, in honor of the top team of Martyrs of the Jenin district in the recent period”
[Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch, Telegram channel, March 3, 2023]
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades is Fatah’s military wing
The Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades is Hamas’ military wing
Zakarneh called for terror in “the Zionist depth” during a live PA TV broadcast about a gun battle in Jenin in which terrorist Abd Al-Fattah Kharousha, who murdered 2 Israeli brothers, resisted arrest, and was killed along with 6 other terrorists:
Abd Al-Fattah Kharousha – Palestinian terrorist and Hamas member who shot and murdered Israeli brothers Yagel and Hallel Yaniv, aged 19 and 21 respectively, while they were driving on a main road through Hawara, near Nablus in the West Bank, on Feb. 26, 2023. The terrorist fled the scene, and when Israeli forces located him in Jenin on March 7, 2023, he resisted arrest, initiating an exchange of fire in which he was shot and killed. In the exchange of fire, which included terrorists shooting from within an ambulance, 3 Israeli soldiers were wounded, while an additional 6 terrorists were killed.
Fatah Jenin Secretary Ata Abu Rmeileh: “All the voices of civil war and the trumpets of civil war must be silent, and they must not arouse civil war in Nablus, nor in Jenin, nor anywhere else by attacking this or that faction and our heroic [PA] Security Forces who are sacrificing Martyrs every day. Yesterday [March 9, 2023] it was Security Forces member Ziyad Al-Zar’ini (i.e., terrorist, shot at Israeli forces attempting to arrest terrorist murderer Abd Al-Fattah Kharousha) who fought and defended a Hamas member, [Islamic] Jihad member, and Fatah member, and the members of all the factions. We are all united. We are in the battlefield – everyone is united. Let no one cause a civil war. We are keeping an eye on everyone who is causing civil war. We will not allow the trumpets of civil war to achieve their goals. In a war against the occupation all the statements, all the calls, and everything that is happening in the Palestinian arena needs to focus on this occupation and avenging this pure blood.”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, March 10, 2023]