Abbas salutes "our brave and heroic people” carrying out violent riots, saying "these are the ones of whom we are proud, who are a sign of honour"Inciting further violence, Abbas vows “we will stand firmer and firmer… until we reach victory and liberation and end the occupation”May 13, 2021
PA Prime Minister asks EU to boycott Israeli products while saying that the lack of peace is Israel's faultPrime Minister Shtayyeh says that "there is no serious peace partner in Israel" because Israel "profits" from their "occupation of Palestine" and therefore Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the Palestinian leadership's dealings with Israel are "unjust"Oct 13, 2020
PA claim Israeli peace deals “will lead to bloodshed and spread chaos”Israel and the USA “are destroying the two-state solution and the Arab Peace Initiative” says PAOct 4, 2020
Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad “unite” against the normalization of IsraelDemonstrations in Ramallah against Trump’s “conspiracy of the deal of the century”Sep 16, 2020
PA presidency "warned of severe consequences" after UAE and Bahrain normalize relations with IsraelPresident Abbas' office "warned that peace, security, or stability will not be achieved" following peace agreements between the UAE and Bahrain with Israel, threatening that this agreement "will not bring peace to the region"Sep 16, 2020
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
PA PM: US policies make Palestinians unable to agree to any deal; “Agreeing to [Israel’s tax] deductions is an implied admission of funding terrorism” "How it is possible to agree to this deal, while the steps [Trump] has implemented on the ground are worse than the expected phrasing of the deal of the century?"Jun 17, 2019
PA PM against US-led Bahrain economic conference: “On behalf of the Martyrs, wounded, prisoners, and their family members,” conference “will be stillborn”“Shtayyeh: The Manama [in Bahrain] Conference will be stillborn”May 27, 2019
PLO Chief Negotiator: Israeli decision to cut tax monies is “part of the Israeli-American plan to destroy the PA… Those carrying out normalization with Israel are sticking a knife in the back of the [Palestinian] people”“PLO Executive Committee Secretary Saeb Erekat said yesterday [Feb. 17, 2019]: ‘The deduction of the salaries of the prisoners and Martyrs’ (Shahids’) families from the tax money (refers to Israeli law deducting terrorist salaries from PA tax money; see note below –Ed.), which Israel intends to...”Feb 18, 2019
Fatah official condemns US-led anti-Hamas resolution; says Fatah "opposes making any accusation of terror against Palestinians in any form;" condemns Arab countries’ normalization with Israel“Fatah Movement Central Committee member [and Fatah Commissioner of Treasury and Economy] Muhammad Shtayyeh said two days ago [Nov. 19, 2018] that Fatah is ready for a full national reconciliation [with Hamas]… He emphasized that the Palestinian position, which opposes the so-called ‘deal of the...”Nov 21, 2018
Fatah official: If the US embassy is moved, the PA will revoke its recognition of Israel, escalate “the peaceful popular resistance”"Fatah Central Committee member Azzam Al-Ahmad said… regarding the transfer of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Al-Ahmad said: 'The Palestinian leadership has 19 clauses for dealing with any political step that the US and Israel are liable to take.' He revealed that the first of..."Jan 25, 2017
Head of PA Jerusalem council: Embassy move is support for "Judaization" of Jerusalem, will lead to "religious war""Secretary-General of the [PA] Islamic-Christian Council [for Jerusalem and the Holy Places, Fatah Revolutionary Council member,] and professor of international law Hanna Issa thinks that the American proposal to transfer the embassy to Jerusalem is 'settlement in a new guise and support for the..."Jan 12, 2017
PLO official: Transferring US embassy to Jerusalem will "push the region into a furnace of violence, anarchy, extremism, and bloodshed"Headline: "Erekat: The statements regarding the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem are deserving of international condemnation" "Secretary [-General] of the PLO Executive Committee Saeb Erekat said that the statements regarding the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem are..."Dec 18, 2016