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Fatah: Terrorists Who Killed 37 Israelis Were "Heroic"


(Palestinian Media Watch) Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik - A public Fatah event held this month under the auspices of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas included a song celebrating Fatah's 1978 terror attack in which 37 Israeli civilians were murdered in a bus hijacking. In addition, two summer camps for Palestinian youth were named after Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who led the 1978 attack, and participants wore shirts with Mughrabi's picture. The Secretary of Fatah in Bethlehem, Yousuf Al-Aref, explained that "naming such summer camps after the shahida (martyr) Dalal Mughrabi strengthens the sense of belonging and citizenship among Palestinian girls."
2010-08-12 08:33:01
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