PA Mufti reiterates religious prohibitions against cooperating with Trump peace deal or selling land to Israelis, land is “Islamic waqf”"A fatwa that bans working to cooperate with the deal of the century and its disseminators who will be pursued by a curse until Judgment Day"Mar 6, 2020
PA Mufti in religious ruling: Anyone who cooperates with Trump peace plan is betraying Allah"Anyone who cooperates with the deal is betraying Allah, His Messenger [Muhammad], the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, and Palestine"Feb 12, 2020
7th Fatah Conference calls: Fight Israels "terror" and the spreading of "a culture of tolerance and peace", Fatah - Hamas unity, and to become a full member stateHeadline: “The Seventh Fatah Movement Conference emphasizes that it is important to complete the national building plan *The [Palestinian] National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) must convene within three months *It is necessary to act against the rift [between Fatah and Hamas] and...”Dec 5, 2016
Op-ed in PA daily: Palestinians should not let their children die and then celebrate them as heroesHeadline: "Do not take part in the execution of our children by Israel!" Op-ed by Muwaffaq Matar, Fatah Revolutionary Committee member and regular columnist for the official PA daily “ Israel still has the upper hand in terms of media, because it owns or controls global media outlets which...”Feb 16, 2016
Abbas expresses zero tolerance for attacks on any holy site, including Jewish onesPA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We told the world: Israel is attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it is the Palestinian nation in Jerusalem that is protecting Al-Aqsa. Some call them Murabitin (those who carry out Ribat, religious conflict/war over land claimed to be Islamic). Who are the Murabitin? They...”Nov 30, 2014
Fatah official: "Popular uprising continues" but "conditions are not yet ripe for intifada"Headline: “An interview with Abbas Zaki” “Q. For the first time, the Palestinians are united behind their demands, but the negotiations have dragged on for two weeks. What is going on? [Member of Fatah Central Committee and Fatah Commissioner of Arab Relations and Relations with China Abbas Zaki:]...”Aug 19, 2014
PA youth magazine calls terrorists “legitimate” and rejects coexistence with IsraelOp-ed by Muhammad Jaradat, reviewing the Israeli film “Lemon Tree”: “After watching Israeli director Eran Riklis’ Israeli film ‘Lemon Tree’, I tried to identify the picture depicted by the movie’s director and its heroes. I came to the conclusion that this is Israeli cinema’s new way of portraying...”Nov 1, 2013
Palestinians will fight “for liberation using methods of struggle they deem suitable”Columnist for official PA daily Adel Abd Al-Rahman: “If there is no other option – let the Israeli occupation stay and let the national resistance flags be raised, capable of blocking the Israeli apartheid state’s plans and plots. This is because the Palestinian leadership won’t continue waiting...”Mar 13, 2013