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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “If the Palestinian cause will not be justly, comprehensively, and permanently resolved, at least on the basis of international legitimacy, at least on the basis of the UN resolutions, then Oct. 7”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The floating port is an attempt to throw dust in [our] eyes. It is an attempt to keep the situation in the Gaza Strip under Israeli rule and Israeli sovereignty… What we fear is that this floating...”

Fatah Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul: “All the greetings on your [Ramallah residents’] behalf to our beloved prisoners… Also all the greetings to the popular resistance (i.e., includes using violence and terror) … We say to the world on their behalf and on your behalf that we will defend our...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Hamas is actually not connected to the Palestinian agenda and is not connected to the Palestinian people’s interests. Hamas is connected to its mother, and its mother is the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas...”

Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “Oct. 7 [2023] came (i.e., Hamas’ attack and massacre). No one knows how it came, but the people of Gaza – men – erased Israel’s reputation as a state, [trampling] the Arabs’ heads with its boots, whose army is undefeatable, and the myth of [its]...”

Official PA TV host and preacher Bashar Al-Awiwi: “We’re happy that we’re among the chosen, praise Allah Master of the Universe. We’re happy that our Martyrs are in Paradise and happy that the killed Jews are in Hell.” [Official PA TV, Gate to Paradise, April 9, 2024]

Interview with Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares on independent Palestinian station Ajyal Radio. Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “[PA] President [Abbas] spoke again in a number of circumstances, even from the UN podium, about the...”

Two ministers in new Palestinian cabinet have made statements supporting terrorism Watchdog uncovers 2002 sermon by religious affairs minister in which he called Jews ‘pigs and apes,’ while women’s affairs minister honored terrorists who killed dozens of Israelis By Gianluca Pacchiani | 1 April...

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "Regarding the struggle, as a people under occupation, we have a right to carry out all forms of struggle and resistance (i.e., also refers to use of violence and terror). However, considering this international consensus that provides us support,..."

Top PA official Rajoub: Israel is responsible for the October 7 massacre “[Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub:] “I would be happy if the entire Palestinian people would support Fatah, but there is a part of the Palestinian people that believes in Hamas. From my perspective, Hamas is...”

Brother of terrorist Uday Al-Zayyat “Abu Saqr”: “He would take care of all the household needs. I told him: “Go on and get married” … He told me: ‘Actually I want the Dark-Eyed Maidens of Paradise.’ Praise Allah, Allah granted him Paradise, Allah willing he will see the Dark-Eyed Maidens of...”

Mother of terrorist “Martyr”:“I’m prepared to give all my children asransom for Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Mosque” Mother of terrorist Uday Al-Zayyat “Abu Saqr”:“I told him: ‘Get married, letme hold your child.’ He said: ‘Allah willing, in Paradise’.I thought he was justsaying that, and every time I...”

Columnist for official PA daily Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul: “Israel and the US have many types of weapons that [Israel] could use, in addition to having used many destructive types of weapons including white phosphorus and other types of weapons, and now [it is] in the war of starvation and annihilation,...”

Abbas’ advisor and Supreme Shari’ah Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash: The Pharaoh of this period, America thinks it can do anything without any draw back, and without any consequences... America used its veto for the third time, to prevent the cessation of the war against our people in the Gaza...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash:[America] Satan of the period, the devil of the period, Antichrist of the generation, the plague of the generation, America... America, which is fighting today –, not only against the Palestinian people...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: ‘‘’Your best Jihad is Ribat (i.e., religious conflict over land claimed to be Islamic), and your best Ribat is in Ashkelon’ [Hadith]. Where is Ashkelon (i.e., Israeli city)? It’s the coast of...

Official PA TV Live, broadcast of Friday prayers and sermon by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash at a mosque in Ramallah PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: You love Allah...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We are not in a temporary or limited battle against the occupation (i.e., Israel; refers to the 2023 Gaza war). Our battle is a battle of freedom, a battle of liberation from the occupation, and we...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The continuation of the occupation (i.e., Israel) will lead to a response. The Palestinian response is the resistance to this occupation, resolve against it, and using all the legal meansto get rid of...”

https://palwatch.org/page/4223 [Sign:] "Under the auspices of Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad: The 3rd Summer Nights Festival in Jerusalem" Lyrics: O flying bird, circling around By Allah, O traveling [bird], I burn with envy. My country Palestine is beautiful... Go to Jenin and bring me from its...

Excerpt from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the Cairo Peace Summit on Oct. 21, 2023. In the audience were Arab and European representatives. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We again emphasize our absolute rejection of the killing of civilians on both sides, and [call for] the release of the...”

Ramallah: The video shows Palestinian protesters demonstrating in Ramallah while waving Palestinian flags. Protesters: “The people wants the [Hamas’] Al-Qassam Brigades! The people wants the [Hamas’] Al-Qassam Brigades!” [“Al-Aqsa Radio – News Flashes,” Twitter account, Oct. 18, 2023] Nablus: The...

PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh: “The [PA] government warns against the [Israeli] military order (i.e., warnings) that seeks to expel our people in the Gaza Strip and the creation of a new Nakba (i.e., “the catastrophe,” the establishment of the State of Israel), and we emphasize that our...”

Official PA TV, special broadcast on the Hamas terror war: Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Abbas’ advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We are enacting our legitimate right in resisting these invaders by defending ourselves, and defending our holy sites and our people… This occupation is temporary. Regardless of...”