At a time when the Fatah organization is being presented to the Israeli public and to world opinion as a non-terrorist alternative to the Hamas, the Bar Am Public Relations Agency in Jerusalem has assembled the following list of 328 Israeli civilians, soldiers and foreigners who were murdered in cold blood by members of Fatah over the past seven years:

Emi Haim Elmaliah, 32; Michael Ben Sa’adon, 27; Israel Zamalloa, 26; St.-Sgt. Roi Farjoun, 21; Dr. Daniel Yaakobi, 59; St.-Sgt. Osher Damari, 20; Rafi Halevy, 63; Helena Halevy, 58; Reut Feldman, 20; Shaked Lasker, 16; Eldar Abir, 48; Yosef (Yossi) Shok, 35; Sgt. Nir Kahane, 20; Matat (Rosenfeld) Adler, 21; Kineret Mandel, 23; Oz Ben-Meir, 15; Dov Kol, 58; Rachel Kol, 53; Dana Galkowicz, 22; Avihai Levy, 17; Dror Gizri, 30; Ibrahim Kahili, 46; Munam Abu Sabia. 33; Ivan Shmilov, 53; Herzl Shlomo, 51; Ofer Tiri, 23; St.-Sgt. Yosef (Yossi) Atia, 21; Second Lt. Ariel Buda, 21; Salem (Sami) Al-Kimlat, 28; Sgt. Araf Azbarga, 19; Sgt. Sa’id Jahaja, 19; Sgt. Hussein Abu Leil, 23; Corp. Adham Shehada, 19; Sgt. Tarek Al-Ziadne, 20; St.-Sgt. Yair Nisim Turgemann, 22; Capt. Tal Bardugo, 21; St.-Sgt. Nir Sami, 21; St.-Sgt. Israel Lutati, 20; Border Policeman Lance Cpl. Menashe Komemi, 19; Border Policeman Lance. Cpl. Momoya Tahio, 20; Shlomo Miller, 50. Sgt. Maayan Naim, 19; Victor Kreirderman, 49; Moshe Yochai, 63; Maj. Shachar Ben Yishai, 25; Border Policeman Cpl. Yaniv Mashiah, 20; Border Policeman Cpl. Kfir Ohayon, 20; George Khoury, 20; Gil Abutbul, 38; Danny Assulin, 51; Avraham Avraham, 34; Zion Dahan, 30; Ophir Damari, 31; Moshe Hendler, 29; Mazal Marciano, 30; Avi Suissa, 56; Maurice Tubul, 30; Pinhas Avraham Zilberman, 45; Eitan Kukoi, 30; Rima Novikov Kukoi, 25; Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Amir Zimmerman, 25; Israel Ilan Avisidris, 41; Lior Azulai, 18; Yaffa Ben-Shimol, 57; Rahamim Doga, 38; Yehuda Haim, 48; St.-Sgt. Netanel Havshush, 20; Yuval Ozana, 32; Benaya Yehonatan Zuckerman, 18; Avraham (Albert) Balhasan, 28; Rose Boneh, 39; Hava Hannah (Anya) Bonder, 38; Anat Darom, 23; Viorel Octavian Florescu, 42; Natalia Gamril, 53; Yechezkel Isser Goldberg, 41; Baruch (Roman) Hondiashvili, 38; Dana Itach, 24; Mehbere Kifile, 35; Eli Zfira, 48; Cpl. Andrei Kegeles, 19; St.-Sgt. Tzur Or, 20; Gal Shapira, 29; Border Policeman St.-Sgt. Vladimir Trostinsky, 22; Ro’i Arbel, 29; Capt. Hagai Bibi, 24; Capt. Leonardo (Alex) Weissman, 23; Ilya Reiger, 58; Samer Fathi Afan, 25; Sgt.-Maj. Shlomi Belsky, 23; St.-Sgt. Shaul Lahav, 20; St.-Sgt. Erez Idan, 19; Sgt. Elad Pollack, 19; Sgt. Roy Yacov Solomon, 21; St.-Sgt. Gabriel Uziel, 20; Shalom Har-Melekh, 25; Amir Simhon, 24; Krastyu Radkov, 46; Amos (Amit) Mantin, 31; Noam Leibowitz, 7. St.-Sgt. Mordechai Sayada, 22; Avner Maimon, 51; Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Assaf Abergil, 23; Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Udi Eilat, 38; Sgt. Maj. Boaz Emete, 24; Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Chen Engel, 32; Kiryl Shremko, 22; Hassan Ismail Tawatha, 41; Avi Zerihan, 36; Gideon Lichterman, 27; Alexander Kostyuk, 23; St.-Sgt. Yigal Lifshitz, 20; St.-Sgt. Ofer Sharabi, 21; Zion Boshirian, 51; 2nd Lt. Amir Ben-Aryeh, 21; St.-Sgt. Idan Suzin, 20; Moshe (Maurice) Aharfi, 60; Mordechai Evioni, 52; Andrei Friedman, 30; Meir Haim, 74; Hannah Haimov, 53; Avi Kotzer, 43; Ramin Nasibov, 25; Staff Sgt. Mazal Orkobi, 20; Ilanit Peled, 32; Viktor Shebayev, 62; Boris Tepalshvili, 51; Sapira Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe, 46; Lilya Zibstein, 33; Amiram Zmora, 55; Igor Zobokov, 32; Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32; Steven Arthur Cromwell, 43. Ivan Gaptoniak, 46; Ion (Nelu) Nicolae, 34; Guo Aiping, 47; Li Peizhong, 41; Mihai Sabau, 38; Zhang Minmin, 53; Massoud Makhluf Alon, 72; Haim Amar, 56; Ehud (Yehuda) Avitan, 54; Mordechai Avraham, 44; Ya’acov Lary, 35; David Peretz, 48; Shaul Zilberstein, 36. Revital Ohayon, 34; Matan Ohayon 5; Noam Ohayon, 4. Yitzhak Dori, 44; Tirza Damari, 42; Orna Eshel, 53; Linoy Saroussi, 14; Hadas Turgeman, 14; Yosef Ajami, 36; Lt. Malik Grifat, 24; Yafit Herenstein, 31; Avi Wolanski, 29; Avital Wolanski, 27; Yekutiel Amitai, 34; Nizal Awassat, 52; Shlomo Odesser, 60; Mordechai Odesser, 52; St.-Sgt. Elazar Lebovitch, 21. Rabbi Yosef Dikstein, 45; Hannah Dikstein, 42; Shuv’el Zion Dikstein, 9. Rachel Shabo, 40; Neria Shabo, 16; Zvika Shabo, 12; Avishai Shabo, 5. Rabbi Elimelech Shapira, 43; Capt. Hagai Lev, 24; Yosef Twito, 31; Noa Alon, 60; Gal Eisenman, 5; Michal Franklin, 22; Tatiana Igelski, 43; Hadassah Jungreis, 20; Gila Sara Kessler, 19; Shmuel Yerushalmi, 17; Netanel Riachi, 17; Gilad Stiglitz, 14; Avraham Siton, 17; Albert Maloul, 50; Ruth Peled, 56. Sinai Keinan, 14 months. St.-Sgt. Uriel Bar-Maimon, 21; Nissan Cohen, 57; Rivka Fink, 75; Suheila Hushi, 48; Yelena Konrab, 43; Ling Chang Mai, 34; Chai Siang Yang, 32; Rachel Charhi, 36; Tomer Mordechai, 19; Sgt.-Maj. Constantine Danilov, 23; Rachel Levy, 17; Haim Smadar, 55; Gadi Shemesh, 34; Tzipi Shemesh, 29; Yitzhak Cohen, 48; St.-Sgt. Matan Biderman, 21; St.-Sgt. Ala Hubeishi, 21; Sgt. Rotem Shani, 19; Avia Malka, 9 months. Israel Yihye, 27; Devorah Friedman, 45; Police officer FSM Salim Barakat, 33; Yosef Habi, 52; Eli Dahan, 53; Sgt. Steven Kenigsberg, 19; Capt. Ariel Hovav, 25; David Damelin, 29; First Sgt. (res.) Rafael Levy, 42; Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Avraham Ezra, 38; Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Eran Gad, 24; Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Yochai Porat, 26; Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Kfir Weiss, 24; Sergei Birmov, 33; Vadim Balagula, 32; Didi Yitzhak, 66. Shlomo Nehmad 40; Gafnit Nehmad, 32; Shiraz Nehmad, 7; Avraham Eliahu Nehmad, 7; Liran Nehmad, 3; Shaul Nehmad, 15. Lidor Ilan, 12; Oriah Ilan, 18 months. Tzofia Ya’arit Eliyahu, 23; Ya’akov Avraham Eliyahu, 7 months. Avi Hazan, 37; Chief-Supt. Moshe Dayan, 46; Gad Rejwan, 34; Police officer First Sgt. Galit Arbiv, 21; Avraham Fish, 65; Aharon Gorov, 46; Valery Ahmir, 59; Lt. Moshe Eini, 21; St.-Sgt. Benny Kikis, 20; St.-Sgt. Mark Podolsky, 20; St.-Sgt. Erez Turgeman, 20; St.-Sgt. Tamir Atsmi, 21; St.-Sgt. Michael Oxsman, 21; Ahuva Amergi, 30; Maj. Mor Elraz, 25; St.-Sgt. Amir Mansouri, 21; Policeman Ahmed Mazarib, 32; St.-Sgt. Lee Nahman Akunis, 20; Miri Ohana, 45; Yael Ohana, 11. St.-Sgt. Maj.(res.) Moshe Majos Meconen, 33; Pinhas Tokatli, 81; Sarah Hamburger, 79; Svetlana Sandler, 56; Edward Bakshayev, 48; Anatoly Bakshayev, 63; Aharon Ben Yisrael-Ellis, 32; Dina Binayev, 48; Boris Melikhov, 56; Avi Yazdi, 25; Yoela Chen, 45; Avraham (Avi) Boaz, 71; Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19; Yair Amar, 13; Esther Avraham, 42; Border Police Chief Warrant Officer Yoel Bienenfeld, 35; Moshe Gutman, 40; Avraham Nahman Nitzani, 17; Yirmiyahu Salem, 48; Israel Sternberg, 46. David Tzarfati, 38; Hananya Tzarfati, 32; Ya’akov Tzarfati, 64. Haim Chiprot, 52; Inbal Weiss, 22; Yehiav Elshad, 28; Samuel Milshevsky, 45; Noam Gozovsky, 23; Michal Mor, 25; Hadas Abutbul, 39; St.-Sgt. Raz Mintz, 19; St.-Sgt. Yaniv Levy, 22; Sgt. Tali Ben-Armon, 19; Haim Ben-Ezra, 76; Sergei Freidin, 20; Zvia Pinhas, 64; Sarit Amrani, 26; Border Policemen Sgt. Tzachi David, 19; St.-Sgt. Andrei Zledkin, 26; Lt. Erez Merhavi, 23; Dov Rosman, 58; Sharon Ben-Shalom, 26; Yaniv Ben-Shalom, 27; Doron Sviri, 20; Maj. Gil Oz, 30; St.-Sgt. Kobi Nir, 21; Sgt. Tzahi Grabli, 19; Yuri Gushchin, 18; Doron Zisserman, 38; Lt. Col. Yehuda Edri, 45; Zvi Shelef, 63; Dan Yehuda, 35; Eliahu Na’aman, 32; Arnaldo Agranionic, 48. Shalhevet Pass, 10 months. Lior Attiah, 23; Akiva Pashkos, 45; Ofir Rahum, 16; Ron Tzalah, 32; Binyamin Zeev Kahane, 34; Talia Kahane, 31; St.-Sgt. Baruch (Snir) Flum, 21; St.-Sgt. Sharon Shitoubi, 21; Rabbi Binyamin Herling, 64; Amos Makhlouf, 30; Gil Mor, 25; Border Police Cpl. Yusef Madhat, 19; Hillel Lieberman, 36; Lt. David-Chen Cohen, 21; Avner Shalom, 29; Sgt. Shahar Vakrat, 20; Miriam Amitai, 35; Gavriel Biton, 34; Itamar Yefet, 18; Maj. Sharon Arameh, 25; Ariel Jeraffi, 40.

It is therefore not surprising that Fatah remains defined as a terrorist organization by the United States and Israeli governments, without any change in that status – even if both governments prefer to ignore that status.

This piece ran on July 26th, 2007

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