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"The subcommittee of the UNRWA advisory committee held a meeting yesterday in Amman, the capital of Jordan, chaired by the Republic of Ireland… The delegation from the PLO Department of Refugee Affairs included Director of Media, Studies, and UNRWA Rami Al-Madhoun... Al-Madhoun called on donor..."

Painter and writer Muhammad Al-Jalous: "My grandmother on my mother's side used to tell us, when we were children, the story of the Nakba (i.e., "the catastrophe," Palestinian term for establishment of Israel). She would tell us how they left Palestine, how they left their furniture, their..."

Fatah's spokesman says UNRWA preserves and "immortalizes" the refugee issue, revealing why Fatah wants it maintained across generations. Fatah Movement spokesman Iyad Abu Zneit: "There is the issue of refugees. This issue is evidence of the existence of a Palestinian problem, of the existence of..."

Official PA TV is perpetuating the demand for a "right of return" to cities and towns inside Israel, teaching successive generations of refugees that Israel itself is their "homeland." The program features interviews with Palestinian refugees living in the Al-Amari refugee camp who recount their...

The former PA minister openly defines peace as Israel's elimination, demanding its "liberation" and replacement through the mass return of Palestinian refugees. Former PA Minister of Women's Affairs Amal Hamad: "There will be no peace in the region, no stability and peace, unless we truly get rid..."

The PA's portrayal of UNRWA as the sole "testimony" to the 1948 war or so-called "right of return" politicizes the agency while promoting an agenda of erasing Israel. Activist Ahlam Abu Al-Saud: "We are here today to support UNRWA, and we are telling the whole world that UNRWA is the testimony, it..."

WAFA article presents the UN's genuine humanitarian solution to refugee crises, which is to end refugee status by helping them build new lives in their new countries.

The PLO conditions regional stability on millions of refugee descendants flooding Israel—effectively demanding Israel's demographic destruction. Awdah TV host: "Every time the Palestinian refugees were discussed, the occupation (i.e., Israel) tried to market to the world that the definition of a..."

This is the fourth time this year that Palestinian Media Watch is exposing an admission by the Palestinian Authority/PLO as to UNRWA being a political organization.

Former Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transportation Ghazi Aridi: The Palestinian [refugee] has never been the one who raises the slogan of naturalization and staying in Lebanon… Our eyes are set on Palestine. Palestine is locked in our hearts and our hearts are with Palestine and with our...

UNRWA refuses to end the suffering of the 5.9 million descendants of the 750,000 refugees with the only possible solution, which is resettlement.

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "We are at the start of 2026, which we hope will be the year of ending the Palestinian people's suffering, at least with the establishment of a fully sovereign independent Palestinian state, and ending the suffering of the Palestinian refugees with..."

Head of the PLO Department of Jerusalem Affairs Adnan Al-Husseini: "UNRWA is an institution of the UN, but for the Palestinians, it has great significance. Its significance is the [Palestinian refugees'] right of return. The right of return is an expression that, from the perspective of the..."

A report on the demolition of the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem due to UNRWA's active involvement in Hamas' Oct. 7 war on Israel – see note below. PA Jerusalem District Spokesman Ma'arouf Al-Rifai: "Since Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas' Oct. 7 terror war on Israel) Israel has started a campaign of..."

Tulkarem District Governor Abdallah Kmeil: "We send a message to our beloved ones in the Nour Shams refugee camp and to our beloved ones in the Tulkarem refugee camp, and also to our sisters and brothers in the Jenin refugee camp... We hear your cries... These cries that say: We stand here firm,..."

Official PA TV host: "Regarding the Palestinian refugees on Lebanese soil, there is a serious contradiction in the numbers between UNRWA's figures, which reach 580,000 people, and the numbers of the [PLO] Department of Refugee Affairs, and the numbers of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee..."

Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "It is the right of Palestinian refugees, according to Resolution 194 published by the UN in 1948, to return to the villages and cities from which they were expelled. This is an authentic and non-negotiable right. The right of return and compensation is an authentic right of the..."

More testimonies of Arabs who confirm Arabs’ responsibility for the 1948 refugees

Gazan pilgrim to Mecca Muhammad Abu Daqqa: "Our feelings are with our family members. If they were given the opportunity to leave the Gaza Strip, they would leave the homeland. The homeland is permanent. We are in the land of Ribat. Everyone wants to leave Palestine because of the magnitude of the..."

A report on commemorations for Nakba Day (see note below) at Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. Official PA TV reporter: "Here in the Deheisheh refugee camp, the refugees emphasize that return is a right that does not expire, and the Nakba (i.e., "the catastrophe," the establishment of Israel) is..."

Senior PLO official calls on Arab states to “open their doors” to released ‎terrorists following Egypt’s example, while ignoring Egypt’s rejection of Gazans ‎fleeing war

Palestinian refugee Muhammad Khana: "[In 1948, the Arab] propaganda and media had a central role in us leaving. The media and propaganda, the propaganda [claimed] that there is a horrifying [Jewish] force coming." [Official PA TV, Source of the Story, May 13, 2025] Muhammad Khana left the abandoned...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "The return [of the Palestinian refugees] – don't forget the return, don't forget the return. Not for me; I'm a refugee and all are refugees. I want to go, why not, this is my land. One day I will return, the right of return is a sacred right… Palestine is ours and..."

The Palestinian Authority has a clear plan for Israel’s end: flood it with millions of descendants of 1948 “refugees.” From Abbas to his top clerics, the message is the same — the future for Gazans is not in Gaza, but inside Israel.

Official Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "Israel wants us to clearly declare that we want to leave the Gaza Strip. We say it's an illusion. We stand before two alternatives, and they are the alternative of death or… migration. We have chosen the alternative of death in the Gaza..."