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Fatah Facebook page glorifies terrorist serving 14 life sentences


Images and text posted on the official Fatah Facebook page

Posted text: “Prisoner commander Nasser Awais (i.e., terrorist, responsible for murder of 14), the general commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades (i.e., Fatah’s military wing) in Palestine, has begun his 17th year in the occupation’s prisons; may Allah release you, [Nasser Awais] Abu Omar, O commander, and blessings on prisons that contain within them the strongest men in the world in terms of faith, resolve, and honor”

The image on the left shows terrorist Nasser Awais, and the image on the right shows Awais on trial in court.

Nasser Awais – Palestinian terrorist who planned many attacks, one of the founders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (Fatah’s military wing), and assistant to arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti. Awais was convicted of murdering 14 Israelis and wounding dozens in different attacks: 6 murdered in a shooting attack at a Bat Mitzvah celebration in Hadera on Jan. 16, 2002; 3 murdered in a shooting and stabbing attack at the Seafood Market restaurant in Tel Aviv on March 5, 2002; 2 murdered in a shooting attack in Jerusalem on Jan. 22, 2002 ; 2 murdered, 1 a baby, in a hand grenade attack in Netanya on March 9, 2002; one Israeli border policeman murdered when Israeli forces deployed to prevent a planned terror attack in northern Israel on March 31, 2002. Awais is serving 14 life sentences and an additional 50 years.

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