Militant Song on West Bank Pro-Fatah TV Channel: "We Shall Not Lay Down Our Weapons, And We Shall Never Surrender"

A music video titled "Fatah Passed Through Here" aired on May 6 on the pro-Fatah Al-Awda TV channel. The video opens with Palestinian poet Adnan Balawna rapping: "Let the bullets fly high. My rifle is my ornament. I came here to fight, not to compromise," as he sprays a wall with graffiti: "Fatah passed through here." Jordanian singer Nader Sayel sings the nasheed against the backdrop of footage of military training and of Yasser Arafat inspecting the troops. The lyrics include lines such as "we shall not lay down our weapons, and we shall never surrender" and "our leader cannot be defeated."

Adnan Balawna: "Let the bullets fly high. My rifle is my ornament. Do not ask me who I am – I came here to fight, not to compromise. Oh country of our blood, if you see fire being fought with fire, know that this is our Fatah. I have come to write on the walls, any time and anywhere: 'Fatah passed through here.'"

Group: "Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here. Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here. From here, from Eilabun, we blew up the water pipeline. A free land will not be humiliated. The giant revolution has been launched. Oh men crawling with an explosive device, oh men crawling with an explosive device, these are the words of the Al-'Asifah forces: 'Fatah passed through here.' Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here. Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here."

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Nader Sayel: "From being refugees in the diaspora, we became an organized army."

Group: "We became an organized army."

Nader Sayel: "With determination and perseverance, we waged the greatest battles."

Group: "The greatest battles!"

Nader Sayel: "It was a battle of wounds and blood, but we defied the pain."

Group: "It was a battle of wounds and blood, but we defied the pain."

Nader Sayel: "On the wall of the [United] Nations, we wrote: 'Fatah passed through here.'"

Group: "Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here."

Nader Sayel: "Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here.

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"When they invaded Beirut, my finger was on the trigger."

Group: "My finger was on the trigger."

Nader Sayel: "We shall not lay down our weapons, and we shall never surrender."

Group: "We shall never surrender."

Nader Sayel: "Oh Beirut, bear witness that we fended off the aggressors."

Group: "Oh Beirut, bear witness that we fended off the aggressors."

Nader Sayel: "In blood, my hand wrote: 'Fatah passed through here.'"

Group: "Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here."

Nader Sayel: "Our leader cannot be defeated."

Group: "'Fatah passed through here.' Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here. Through here, through here, Fatah passed through here."