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Palestinian Council denounces Israel’s efforts to “erase” Jerusalem’s history, vowing “unity and resistance” against “Judaization”

Hussein calls for filling the Temple Mount on arson anniversary, accusing Israel of “Judaization” and “plotting” Temple construction

Fatah released a video holding Israel responsible for the 1969 fire at the Al-Aqsa Mosque

PA continues to hold Jews responsible for the fire at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Khouri: Jews burned Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Israel prevented from extinguishing the fire

Israel and Jews remain the PA’s targets of blame for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Mosque arson

Jerusalem authorities express strong opposition to Israeli moves supposedly impacting the city’s “legal, religious, and historical status,” warning of division and dangers

Official PA TV program Topic of the Day, hosting Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes from Al-Azhar – a prominent Muslim academic institution in Cairo Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: “Read the history, as your state [of Israel] is transient,the entire occupation is transient, Allah willing...”

PA calls Jewish visits “invasion”

Al-Hadmi: The Israeli government is preparing to “establish the alleged Temple in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

Fatah in Jerusalem calls all Palestinians on PA TV to “direct their steps to the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque” because the “settler gangs” will “defile… Al-Aqsa”

The official PA Daily newspaper says “alleged Temple gangs” defile Al-Aqsa through “racist” rituals

Official PA TV broadcast the historical drama Um Al-Yasmin during Ramadan 2023. This episode shows a crowd celebrating the killing of a British policeman during the Mandate. Young person: “O people of the neighborhood, O people of the neighborhood. Someone shot at the British patrol and killed...”

Official PA TV narrator: “It is easy to go from [the Austrian Pilgrim Hospice] to the holy sites in the Old City [of Jerusalem], such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Islamic Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall), and even the Mount of Olives.” [Official PA TV,...

Official PA TV Narrator: "Jerusalem is very important, because it has many important religious sites and locations like the Al-Aqsa Mosque… This mosque is being subjected to a variety of actions of systematic Judaization, including almost daily invasions by the settler herds with the support of the..."

Official PA TV newsreader: “The occupation authorities decided to give permission to 3,000 settlers to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the anniversary of the so-called ‘destruction of the Temple.’” … Official PA TV reporter: “The anniversary of the destruction of the alleged Temple, which comes...”

After Diya Hamarsheh, the Palestinian terrorist who shot and murdered 5 people in B'nei Brak, has his house demolished, Palestinian Mayor on PA TV justifies his lethal attack as "natural"

PA Presidential Office Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Al-Ruweidi warns that Israeli security measures are "tantamount to an attack on a billion Muslims in the world which means the buds of a religious war"

PA Daily reports that preacher Sheikh Yusuf Abu Sneineh "emphasized that the invasions taking place at the Al-Aqsa Mosque emphasize that it is a purely Islamic mosque that belongs to the Muslims only"

Jews entering Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, are "invading" according to the Official PA Daily, who also deny the existence of the ancient Jewish temple

After Israel installs elevator at the Cave of the Patriarchs to make it more accessible, PA Grand Mufti "demanded the Arab nation to thwart the occupation’s aggressive Judaization plans, and defend Palestinian holy sites against attacks of settlers sowing destruction and ruin on Palestinian land"

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem emphasized that the Temple Mount "belongs to the Muslims only, and that no one else has the right to interfere in its affairs – the Palestinians are prepared to sacrifice that which is most precious to them to defend their mosque, regardless of the sacrifices"

Al-Habbash posits that "if Jerusalem is humiliated and occupied, this is proof of the nation’s condition of weakness and lowliness… so we will defend Jerusalem with our property and our lives and victory is approaching"

The Fatwa Council spreads false libel that Israel is committing "ongoing aggressive threats against the Al-Aqsa Mosque" and calls to "end the last occupation in the world that has lasted 74 years"

PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Abbas’ Advisor says Israel is creating "a war against the Islamic world which will ignite the region and the entire world" while "emphasizing that the Palestinian people will continue to defend our Jerusalem, regardless of how heavy the sacrifices may be"