Fatah and the Palestinian Authority celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Coastal Road Massacre, which resulted in the slaughter of 37 and was the deadliest terror attack in Israeli history before the October 7th massacre.
By Rachel Avraham
According to a recent report in Palestinian Media Watch, “The PA and Fatah still rejoice over the murder of 37 Israelis in 1978! Before Hamas’ massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, the attack known as the Coastal Road Massacre was the most lethal in Israel’s history and has remained the source of immense pride for Fatah, PA Chairman Abbas’ party.”
“On the anniversary of the attack, Abbas’ Fatah glorified female terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi who led the attack,” Palestinian Media Watch proclaimed. “Mughrabi has been turned by the PA into a hero and role model for Palestinian society. Her “heroic” act was leading a squad of Fatah terrorists in the hijacking of a bus on Israel’s Coastal Highway, the murder of 37 civilians—of which 12 were children, and the wounding of over 70.”
According to Palestinian Media Watch, the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture posted on Facebook: “Dalal Mughrabi and her comrades established the Palestinian republic.” In another post, they proclaimed: “The day that Fatah established the Republic of Palestine in the heart of Tel Aviv (the terror squad never reached north of Tel Aviv – ed.), an independent fully sovereign republic for four hours. It never mattered how long this Palestinian republic lasted, rather that it was established altogether. The first president of the republic was Dalal Mughrabi, and the Palestinian flag flew in the depth of the occupied land on a road 95 km long on the main road in Palestine (i.e., Israel – ed.). Self-sacrificing fighter Dalal Mughrabi died as a Martyr along with the squad members. Two of them, prisoners Khaled Abu Asba and Hassan Fayyad, were captured and [later] released in an exchange deal in 1983.”
In another post, the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture declared: “‘Know all of you [Israelis] that the land of Palestine is Arab and will remain so no matter how much your voices and your buildings rise on its soil’ – the last words of self-sacrificing fighter Dalal Mughrabi before her Martyrdom.”
The PA official daily Al Hayat Al Jadida also paid tribute to Dalal Mughrabi on the anniversary of the Coastal Road Massacre: “Yesterday was the 47th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Palestinian fighter Dalal Mughrabi… She decided to join the ranks of the Palestinian revolution and to act in the ranks of the self-sacrificing fighters (i.e., terrorists) in the Fatah Movement while still a student. She took many military courses and received lessons in guerilla warfare, during which she trained with different weapons… She became known for her daring, her courage, her well-developed national sentiment, and for her devotion to Palestine and Fatah…”
They continued: “The [operation] plan was formulated by Martyr commander Khalil Al-Wazir ‘Abu Jihad’ (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of 125 Israelis) … The self-sacrificing fighters competed among themselves to participate, foremost among them Dalal Mughrabi, who was 20. She was selected to lead the squad that would carry out the operation, which was made up of 10 self-sacrificing fighters.”
The Fatah Shabiba Student Movement and Student Union Council at Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie also wrote on Facebook: “The 47th anniversary of the Martyrdom-death of fighter Dalal Mughrabi, who outlined the borders of the homeland with her blood and wrote the praise of the self-sacrificing fighter with letters of light.”
Photo from Palestinian Media Watch: https://palwatch.org/page/37047
