Fatah fighter eats snake in terror promotion video

The armed wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party has produced a new video showing preparations for a possible abduction of an Israeli soldier.

In the clip posted on the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades Facebook page and brought to light by the monitoring group Palestinian Media Watch, one of the fighters can be seen taking a bite from what appears to be a live snake. The man then chews his mouthful before swallowing.

The display is part of a number of short clips showing presumed military prowess, such as running through explosions and shooting hundreds of rounds from assault rifles.

In the background, a motivational song can be heard chanting, “These are the soldiers of the Nidal Division, sons of Yasser [Arafat]. Lions standing guard in the battlefield, they inflict disasters upon the oppressor. They are the heroes of a mighty people, volcanoes and fires against the occupier. A sniper unit in the battalions does not fear death, they are the heroes of a mighty people. Using RPGs and booby-traps, they do not leave even one settlement.”

At one point in the film, a group of uniformed men with masks on their faces are seen dragging a man supposed to represent an Israeli soldier. They push him down a hill before taking him through a makeshift tunnel.