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Footage shows Fatah summer camp in West Bank urging kids to be martyrs and prisoners
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
A Fatah summer camp in Nablus calls on children “to follow the path of the martyrs and prisoners.”
The Nablus branch of Fatah in the West Bank organized a three-day camp in the beginning of August for 200 Palestinian children under the slogan “Fatah Army.”
Fatah is the movement headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose members currently hold most of the key positions in the Palestinian Authority and the PLO.
According to footage circulated online, members of the Palestinian security forces took part in the camp. In a statement issued by Fatah’s Nablus branch at the conclusion of the camp on August 4, it was said that the event was intended “to prepare a new generation that will carry the message and continue the path of the martyrs and prisoners.”
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