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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...

Antisemitism, terror lauding ministers form part of new, 'revitalized' Palestinian Authority New expose by watchdog PMW reveals new officials’ history of vile antisemitic rhetoric and commendation of terrorist murderers By Ohad Merlin | April 1, 2024 As part of its fulfillment of the US demand for...

Biden Admin Hails 'Revitalized' Palestinian Authority. But New Ministers Support Murder of Jews. Andrew Tobin | April 1, 2024 The White House on Friday welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian Authority government, suggesting the West Bank-based PA was on track to take over administration of...

Official PA daily columnist Hassan Hmeid: “The West doesn’t surprise me at all (regarding the 2023 Gaza war). This West is white and blond, but it’s barbaric. It views the entire world as a jungle, and it’s the lord of this jungle, and can do whatever it wants. If it breaks a tree, no one says...”

Terrorists deserve to be paid -“they defended Palestine, that has been watered with the Martyrs’ blood” PA Tubas and Northern Valley District Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Director Mu’in Sawafta: “First of all, the Israeli side is fighting us with the deducted [tax] money, because...”

Official PA TV “Israeli affairs expert” Fayez Abbas: “An extremist right-wing organization Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) prepared a report saying that the Red Cross fills out forms for the prisoners and they are submitted to the PA in order to pay salaries to the prisoners. Of course, the director...”

Head of Radio and TV Department at Cairo University’s Faculty of Mass Communications Ashraf Jalal: “The generous treatment Palestine gave the Israeli prisoners (i.e., kidnapped women and children) caused an enormous positive response, because after [the Israelis] lied and said that [Hamas] are...”

Since Oct. 7, Israel has imprisoned 6,540 Palestinian suspected terrorists and the PA is anxious to start rewarding them

Fatah Revolutionary Council member, former President Al-Quds Open University Younes Amr: Through the unity of our Canaanite Arab ancestors against all the invaders who came to our land –there were among them those who triumphed and ruled here, and there were those who were defeated, left, and moved...

Brother of Terrorist Bassel Shahada: “Bassel (i.e., terrorist), along with his accomplices, friends and brothers, participated in an operation (i.e., terror attack) in the Eli settlement at a gas station, directed by [Hamas’] Al-Qassam Brigades.” … Father of Terrorist Bassel Shahada: “This...”

Palestinian father: I want my second son to die. The official PA daily posted a video on its Facebook page of an interview with the father of terrorists Muhammad and Wadi’ As’ous, who shot at Israeli soldiers Yasser As’ous, father of terrorists Muhammadand Wadi’ As’ous: “Allah chose my children...”

Official PA TV host: “There are Martyrs (i.e., dead terrorists) who had some of their organs stolen, as witnesses have said… Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “It is as if Israel has sworn not to leave even [one] shameful act and even [one] crime not committed. It wants...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The one who bears responsibility for every drop of blood that is spilled everywhere in Palestine is the Israeli occupation and those who stand behind the Israeli occupation... The Israeli occupation...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The one who makes the decisions about continuing the [Israeli] aggression or stopping the aggression (i.e., Israeli operation against Hamas) is the American administration. [Israeli Prime Minister]...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “We hope that our brothers in Hamas will do a political rapprochement, a rapprochement regarding the struggle, and an organizational rapprochement, so that we will reach a compromise… What happened on Oct. 7 [2023] (i.e., Hamas’ massacre) was a great...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “This [Israeli] war is not against Hamas or against the Gaza Strip. This is a war against the project of the [Palestinian] state and identity. This is a war against the Gaza Strip like it is a war against Jerusalem, Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem,...”

The video shows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash giving a speech at the 19th World Islamic Forum held in Russia. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The one who is...”

Fatah Secretary in Austria Mundhir Mar’i: “The minimum that we can say about these Zionists is that they are the students of Adolf Hitler... They claimed that Hitler burned them [in the Holocaust]. They are committing the same act and more than this against our people in Palestine (i.e., 2023 Gaza...”

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: “The true goal of the [Israeli] war is not to eliminate Hamas (i.e., Israeli counter-terror operation against Hamas). This is a lie or excuse that Israel is using to carry out a plan or plot that is...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The terrorist junta ruling Israel is attempting to exploit what is happening in the Gaza Strip (i.e., Israeli counter-terror operation against Hamas) and the preoccupation of the world and the...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “They [the Israelis] have spread lies, falsehoods, and fabrications regarding what happened on Oct. 7 (i.e., Hamas’ massacre), and therefore the world turned against the Palestinians.” [PA Chairman...

Official PA TV, interview with the father and grandmother of 14-year-old dead terrorist Yazan Akkoub, who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers Father of terrorist Yazan Akkoub: “Praise Allah, [my son Yazan] died as a Martyr. Allah will receive him as a Martyr, a Martyr of all Palestine... We are all...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “This is a preplanned war [by Israel] that just exploited what happened on Oct. 7 to carry out plans that were planned beforehand and were meant to uproot the Palestinian people and finally eliminate...”

Quds News Network, which is identified with Hamas, posted a video and text on its Twitter account Video: The video shows two girls playing and chanting. Girls: My sister is Yasmina She is a beautiful young girl… My uncle is Saladin (i.e., Muslim military leader) He gave me the book of religion from...