At the Palestine Technical University, the terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi is presented as a role model to students.
By Rachel Avraham
According to a recent report in Palestinian Media Watch, “As part of its “national and moral responsibility towards its student members,” the student movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas’ Fatah party distributed free notebooks to students at the Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie at the beginning of the academic year. Seemingly, a praiseworthy act. But whom did they choose to adorn the cover of the notebook? Was it a Palestinian businesswoman, scientist, or artist? No. Terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi was the role model chosen to inspire students on the cover by the Fatah Shabiba Student Movement and the Student Union Council at the university.”
Palestinian Media Watch continued, “Palestinian Media Watch has documented that Dalal Mughrabi – who led the attack that, until Oct. 7, 2023, was the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history – has been turned into a role model for Palestinians by the PA. In the 1978 attack, known as the Coastal Road massacre, Mughrabi and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel’s Coastal Highway, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.”
According to the report, “Murderer Mughrabi’s picture is also included in a display of drawings of various prominent Palestinian figures at a current exhibition at the Yasser Arafat Museum in Ramallah.” Palestinian Media Watch described the display as follows: “In the front row of figures on the left wearing a keffiyeh (Arab headdress) is terrorist Dalal Mughrabi. Directly above Mughrabi is Fatah terror leader Abu Ali Iyad, above him is terrorist Khalil Al-Wazir “Abu Jihad,” who was responsible for the murder of 125 people. To the left of “Abu Jihad” is Yasser Arafat, and to the left of Arafat is head of the Black September terror organization Salah Khalaf “Abu Iyad.””
Palestinian Media Watch added, “Young Palestinian children are also fed a diet of violence and terror promotion. At the National Book Fair organized by the PA Ministry of Culture at the Arab American University in Jenin, young schoolgirls read books written by terrorist prisoners at a booth in which the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs “presented the literary and intellectual works” of terrorists and released terrorists. One book cover in the center of the table pictured below features a picture of terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who orchestrated three attacks in which 5 people were murdered.”
According to Palestinian Media Watch, “The presentation of terrorists as important cultural and “intellectual” figures at schools, universities, museums, and book fairs follows PA policy of celebrating imprisoned and released terrorists who have written books in prison as esteemed writers. Official PA TV glorified released terrorist Osama Al-Ashqar, who was responsible for the murder of 8 people, at an event in Cairo [Official PA TV, Palestine This Morning, Sept. 10, 2025]. Meanwhile, Fatah Movement Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul attended and signed books at the launch ceremony of a book written by released terrorist Raed Abd Al-Jalil, who was involved in the murder of 5 people.”
Palestinian Media Watch concluded, “Al-Aloul also stressed another PA ideology – non-recognition of Israel in any borders – presenting the terrorist murderer’s family with an honorary plaque that features the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.””
Photo from Palestinian Media Watch: https://palwatch.org/page/41718
