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Abbas At PA Event: "All Of Israel Is Occupied Palestine"

November 4, 2013

Abbas' speech at PA event: All of Israel is occupied Palestine
"Gaza... the West Bank...
the 1948 lands (i.e., Israel) are occupied"
Song glorifying violence at event:
"There is no force in the world
that can remove the weapon from my hand"
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
All of Israel is "occupied Palestinian land" was part of the message of a speech by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at a memorial this month. Delivering "the speech of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine," member of Fatah Central Committee Jamal Muhaisen stated that "not an inch of the land of Palestine" has been "liberated," including the "1948 lands," which is a term the PA and Fatah use to refer to Israel within the Green Line:
"All our holy places are still under occupation, and so far we have not liberated one inch of Palestinian land. All Palestinian land is occupied - Gaza is occupied, the West Bank is occupied, the 1948 lands (i.e., Israel) are occupied and Jerusalem is occupied."
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A poster announced that the event was "under the auspices" of Abbas.

A song glorifying the weapon and the use of violence, "My Weapon Has Emerged," was chosen as part of the National Security Band's performance at the memorial, which marked the anniversary of the death of a senior Fatah and PLO leader from 1970s, Majed Abu Sharar:

"From my wounds, my weapon has emerged.
Oh, our revolution, my weapon has emerged.
There is no force in the world that can remove the weapon from my hand." [Official PA TV Live, Oct. 9, 2013]Click to view

Palestinian Media Watch has reported that the PA has also chosen this song to be performed at other events. A longer version of the song also includes text that glorifies death:

"This revolutionary people has sacrificed and offered in order to live in freedom! My weapon has emerged. My weapon has emerged. He who offers his blood doesn't care if his blood flows upon the ground. As the weapon of the revolution is in my hand, so my presence will be forced [upon Israel]. My weapon has emerged. My weapon has emerged." Click to see more examples of the PA's policy of denying Israel's right to exist and its policy of promotion of violence. The following is an excerpt from Abbas' speech at the memorial, delivered by Fatah Central Committee member Jamal Muhaisen: Moderator of memorial: "Brothers and sisters, now listen to the speech of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, which will be delivered by brother and fighter Jamal Muhaisen, member of Fatah's Central Committee." Delivering Abbas' speech, Fatah Central Committee member Jamal Muhaisen: "All our holy places are still under occupation, and so far we have not liberated one inch of Palestinian land. All Palestinian land is occupied - Gaza is occupied, the West Bank is occupied, the 1948 lands (i.e., Israel) are occupied and Jerusalem is occupied." [Official PA TV Live, Oct. 9, 2013] The following are the lyrics of the song "My Weapon Has Emerged," of which part was sung at the memorial: [Brackets indicate lyrics from full version of song that were not sung at the event] "From my wounds, my weapon has emerged. Oh, our revolution, my weapon has emerged. There is no force in the world that can remove the weapon from my hand. From my wounds, my weapon has emerged. Oh, our revolution, my weapon has emerged. There is no force in the world that can remove the weapon from my hand. [This revolutionary people has sacrificed and offered in order to live in freedom! My weapon has emerged. My weapon has emerged. He who offers his blood doesn't care if his blood flows upon the ground. As the weapon of the revolution is in my hand, so my presence will be forced [upon Israel].] My weapon has emerged. My weapon has emerged." [Official PA TV Live, Oct. 9, 2013] http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=10030

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