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Leading Party of Palestinian Authority Brags About Its Support for Terrorism That Murders Jew
Supporters celebrate Fatah’s 55th anniversary in Gaza City on January 1, 2020. Photo: Fatah. http://fatehorg.ps/?p=16727
Last week, the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s ruling party, Fatah, celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding as a terrorist organization.
Fatah’s first act of terror was to attempt to blow up Israel’s National Water Carrier on January 1, 1965. Today, Fatah’s leaders brag that it remains the leader of Palestinian terror, citing as proof that it has more members imprisoned than any other Palestinian faction:
Abd al-Fatah Doleh, spokesman for Fatah Commission of Mobilization and Organization: “Fatah is the conscience of the Palestinian people… It has paid a heavy price with Martyrs that include the movement’s leaders and founders, such as Arafat, Abu Jihad (i.e., responsible for murder of 125), Abu Iyad, and both Kamals [Kamal Nasser and Kamal Adwan], and an entire series of marvelous Martyrs as well as the heroic prisoners in the occupation’s prisons… The number of Fatah prisoners has always been more than half of the prisoners’ movement. All other factions together make up less than half.”
[Official PA TV, December 31, 2024]
Fatah has bragged about having more prisoners and even more Martyrs than the other Palestinian terrorist organizations for years.
Fatah is the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, which many in the West would like to see take responsibility for Gaza. The Fatah leaders that Doleh mentions and venerates—Arafat, Abu Jihad, Abu Iyad, and “both Kamals”—were all terrorists, responsible for the murder of many Israelis. The Fatah of 2025 also still takes pride in having “stepped on the heads” of Jews on October 7, 2023.
Although countries such as the United States may have been hoping to see the Palestinian Authority “revitalized,” there is certainly nothing new or revitalized about the PA’s ruling party. Besides glorifying its murderous history, Fatah also overtly places its denial of Israel’s right to exist directly on its logos posted on Facebook.
This image celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Intilaqa, or launch, of Fatah presents all of Israel together with the PA areas on a map of “Palestine” encircled by a large key representing the Palestinian refugees’ “right of return”:
Posted text: “The Fatah Movement has launched the official logo for the 60th anniversary of the Intilaqa of the Palestinian revolution.”
Text on logo: “Fatah, free will, and the independent national decision”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, Dec. 29, 2024]
This is and has always been the essence of Fatah – enamored with the murder of Israelis and the hateful desire to wipe Israel off the map.
Ephraim D. Tepler is a contributor to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Itamar Marcus is PMW’s Founder and Director. A version of this article originally appeared at PMW.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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