Six sporting events named after the arch-terrorist
PA TV and PA official news agency WAFA venerate Abu Jihad's 125 killings
PA TV and PA official news agency WAFA venerate Abu Jihad's 125 killings
PA TV broadcast of Abu Jihad speaking in the
1960s and 1970s:
"On one street, for example, we will hold 500 people [hostage]... at any moment, he can blow up everyone; blow up their building, or the whole thing, no matter how many people are there... We want to turn the Tel Aviv day black. We want to turn the Tel Aviv day into destruction, Allah willing. We will turn the Tel Aviv day so it will be remembered in the history of Tel Aviv as black Saturday, black Sunday. Tel Aviv will be closed that whole day with blood and destruction."[PA TV (Fatah), April 16, 2012]
During the week of the anniversary of the death of PLO
arch-terrorist Abu Jihad, the Palestinian Authority held events and broadcast
TV programs celebrating him and his terror attacks.
One of the striking
components of the Abu Jihad festivities was the presentation of the 125 Israeli
civilians and soldiers killed in terror attacks he planned and directed, as a
positive achievement.
...[See full listing of his terrorist "successes" below ]
...Sporting events portraying him as a hero and role model for youth
were held throughout the anniversary period, as reported in the official PA
daily:
"The
anniversary of the Martyrdom-death of our people's legendary leader, Khalil
Al-Wazir, Abu Jihad, is approaching, and in its honor the sports organizations
in Palestine are organizing many tournaments in diverse branches of sports...
the knights of the Ansar Al-Quds club have commemorated this anniversary every
year, and continue to do so. This
year they will be holding their 18th tournament." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 12, 2012]
Other sporting events in his name, included:
"Abu
Jihad table-tennis championship reaches the
quarter-finals."[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 16, 2012]
"Veterans of Tulkarem prepare for the 'Abu Jihad' Tournament."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April
21, 2012]
"The Palestinian Judo Association held the Martyr Abu Jihad judo tournament
on the anniversary of the death of commander Khalil Al-Wazir - 'Abu Jihad'...
Ziyad Abu Sbih delivered a moving address in which he reviewed the life of
Martyr Abu Jihad and his national achievements. He told the children and youth
about the Martyr's biography."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April
24, 2012]
"Sponsored by the Palestinian Investment Fund - 'The Prince of Martyrs Abu Jihad' Tournament
draw will take place today at the 'Al-Ansar club ."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April
22, 2012]
"The Boxing Association has announced the launch of the Third
Palestine Tournament for Men and Boys. The association has named [the
tournament] 'the Martyr
(Shahid) Khalil Al-Wazir, Abu Jihad,
Tournament.'"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March
27, 2012]
The period was marked with events. For example:
"Marking the anniversary of the Martyrdom-death of Abu Jihad at the Open University in
Bethlehem..."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April
22, 2012]"Martyr (Shahid) Abu Jihad School names the winner of the Ya'bad marathon..."
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The PA TV documentary on Abu Jihad included
this image of a bus that was destroyed
in one of Abu Jihad's attacks
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The second PA TV film on Abu Jihad glorified terrorist Dalal Mughrabi,
who participated in the bus hijacking and killing of 37 civilians,
that was planned by Abu Jihad |
Parts of a long documentary program, including old films showing
Abu Jihad planning large scale terror attacks against Israel was broadcast on
PA TV. The film, entitled Abu
Jihad: Revolution of a man; a man in the Revolution, shows Abu
Jihad telling PLO terrorists about to embark on their terror attack that his
goal is "to turn the Tel Aviv day black... Tel Aviv will be closed that
whole day with blood and destruction."
The following are texts from the documentary broadcast on PA TV.
The film was produced in 2010 under the auspices and supervision of Fatah MP
Ashraf Jum'a. It opens with a note that the film contains footage of Abu Jihad
making "final arrangements for self-sacrificing operations in occupied
Palestine." The PA term "operations in occupied Palestine"
refers to terror attacks in Israel. Parts of the documentary film were
broadcast on April 16 , the day of the celebrations of his
"Martyrdom" death and other parts were broadcast earlier on PA TV in
January 2012. Another film honoring him was broadcast on the same day - April
16, 2012.
The following is the video and transcript of the first Abu Jihad
film:
Narrator: "It occurred to Abu Jihad to publish a Fatah journal named The Call of Life - Palestine. The first issue, published in October 1959, called for an armed revolution to uproot the Zionist entity. [Abu Jihad] was the mastermind of the armed struggle against Israel. He is a symbol of Palestinian armed struggle. Abu Jihad fell as a Martyr, and symbolized the generation of the fighting commanders who adopted the path of resistance as the first and last solution for the nation's cause. He was known as a tough fighter and an extraordinary commander who was always in a state of war and never lost his way."
[PA TV (Fatah), April 16, 2012]
Click to view
The following is the video and transcript of the second Abu Jihad
film also broadcast on April 16:
Narrator: "The Palestinian revolution was at its peak, and many times
Fatah carried out 60 special operations a day. Among the leading operations of
the Prince of Martyrs (Abu Jihad): the explosion of the Zohar reservoir in
1955, the explosion of the Israeli National Water Carrier in 1965, the 1975
Savoy Hotel operation in Tel Aviv, in which 10 Israelis were killed, the Dalal
Mughrabi operation in 1978, in which more than 37 Israelis were killed, the
shelling of the Eilat Port in 1979, and the Dimona Reactor operation in 1988
(bus hijacking and killing of 3 civilians), which was the principle reason for
his assassination on April 16, 1988."[PA TV (Fatah), April 16, 2012]
Click to view
During the anniversary week, the Secretary General of the Mahmoud Abbas's office praised Abu Jihad:
"Secretary General of the Presidential Office and member of
the Fatah Central Committee, Al-Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim, emphasized that the Martyr
Abu Jihad left behind him a clear stamp and heritage in the journey of the
Palestinian struggle... Abd Al-Rahim said: 'On days like these we recall one of
the founding members and leaders who risked their lives and fought quietly,
without making a show and without the media, but they created men who brought
about victories, who brought about acts of heroism... Abu Jihad will remain in
our hearts and in the pulse in our veins. He will never die among us; rather,
he will be renewed with every young boy, with every young girl... When Abu
Jihad died as a Martyr, we felt - I personally and all who knew him - that we
had lost not only a symbol, but a father, a brother, a teacher and ideal; a
model in every way."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April
17, 2012]
The following is the full text of the article
by WAFA, the official PA news agency, glorifying Abu Jihad for killing Israeli
civilians, that was also published in the official PA daily:
"Abu Jihad was killed by the Israeli Mossad in Tunisia on
April 16, 1988... and was crowned the Prince of the Martyrs of Palestine...
Among the military operations planned by Abu Jihad: the explosion at the Zohar
reservoir in 1955; the operation to blow up the Israeli National Water Carrier
in 1965; the operation at the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv, which killed 10
Israelis, in 1975; the blowing up of a truck bomb in Jerusalem in 1975; the
killing of Albert Levi, the senior sapper, and his assistant, in Nablus in
1976; the Dalal Mughrabi operation, in which more than 37 Israelis were killed,
in 1978; the shelling of the Eilat Port in 1979; the Katyusha fire on the
northern settlements [in Israel] in 1981 and the capture of 8 Israeli soldiers
in Lebanon, and their exchange for 5,000 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and
100 of the detainees from occupied territory in 1982. He planned the
infiltration and bombing of the headquarters of the Israeli military governor
in Tyre, leading to the deaths of 76 officers and soldiers, including 12 senior
officers, in 1982; he led the war of attrition during the years 1982-1984 in
southern Lebanon, and planned the Dimona Reactor operation in 1988, which was
the principle reason for his assassination."
[Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, April 16, 2012]
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