Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, Sept. 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

As Hamas continues to gain popularity thanks to its successful implementation of terror, which will now lead to the release of many imprisoned terrorists and murderers, Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party is reminding everyone that it has always been the leader of Palestinian terror.

The party’s social media content leaves no doubt regarding its goal for 2025: to continue that terror against Israel.

Fatah has posted images of masked terrorists posing with assault rifles, a picture of arch-terrorist Abu Jihad — who orchestrated the murder of at least 125 people, and Yasser Arafat — who conducted the Palestinian Authority’s 5-year terror campaign, together with logos and text praising “the armed struggle.”

Text on the image above: “Fatah, which bore the rifle and defended the Palestinian decision, was and still is the loyal guardian of the national project.”

The image posted below by Fatah shows former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat on the right walking with terrorist Khalil Al-Wazir “Abu Jihad.”

Posted text: “The story of a people and the struggle of a homeland

#The_60th_anniversary_of_the_Launch_of_the_Palestinian_revolution

Fatah is not just a political movement, but rather the story of a people the struggle of a homeland

On the 60th anniversary of its Intilaqa [i.e., the anniversary of “the Launch” of Fatah, counted from its first terror attack against Israel], the hope and the promise are renewed.” [emphasis added]

[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, Dec. 29, 2024]

Fatah’s image above shows an old Fatah logo featuring a masked man, an assault rifle, and a Palestinian flag.

Text on logo: “Fatah is the eternal revolution and Al-Asifa [i.e., Fatah military unit] is the flame of the armed struggle

1965-2025

Fatah will continue to be the eternal revolution”

[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, Dec. 30, 2024]

And this goal is not just espoused by the old men of Fatah, who have experienced 60 years of “the armed struggle.”

The young Palestinian generation is just as determined in its vow to fight Israel.

Fatah’s Shabiba Student Movement and Student Union Council at Palestine Technical University — Kadoorie call for holy war, “jihad,” asking Allah to “strengthen the Jihad fighters” and “grant victory to the Palestinians,” while “sow[ing] fear in the hearts of their enemies”:

Text on image: “May Allah make the new year good for Palestine; may He strengthen the Jihad fighters in it, grant victory to the Palestinians, give glory, victory, and strength to those carrying out Ribat, and sow fear in the hearts of their enemies.”

Posted text: “Happy New Year, and may Allah bring us and you victory and liberation in it.

Your brothers in the [Fatah] Shabiba Student Movement and the Student Union [at Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie].” [emphasis added]

[Facebook page, Jan. 1, 2025]

Another clear sign of the PA and Fatah’s violent aspirations for 2025 is this photo of Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam, with her hands on the shoulders of a girl wearing a yellow headband of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades — Fatah’s military wing responsible for numerous terror attacks.

The PA governor’s endorsement of the Brigades and their terror is clear:

[PA Ramallah and El-Bireh Governorate, Facebook page, Dec. 31, 2024]

Numerous convicted terrorists and murderers will be released as part of this hostage deal; and they will be considered heroes by Palestinians.

The author is a senior analyst at Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article was originally published.