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Fatah official Fatah Tubas Branch Secretary Mahmoud Sawafta:“The blood of the Martyrs is what draws the map of the homeland, the map of Palestine – Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Lod, Ramle (i.e., all Israeli cities), the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the capital Jerusalem. Their blood is our compass, and...”

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

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

PA President denies Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, saying it is all Islamic

PA calls Jewish visits “invasion”

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

Official PA TV program Capital of Capitals, on the Western Wall Official PA TV host: This site will remain the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount), to which only the Muslims have a right. Not as the occupation claims in its mistaken Zionist narrative that this is the Wailing...

Official PA TV host: "This site will remain the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall), to which only the Muslims have a right. Not as the occupation claims in its mistaken Zionist narrative that this is the Wailing Wall. And it will return to its original state when the transient settlers leave…..."

Habbash denies Jewish history in Jerusalem, saying the Temple Mount along with all its plazas, yards, and the Western Wall “is a pure Islamic heritage”

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

Official PA Daily denies history and Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, calling the Jewish temple “alleged”

WAFA calls the four species “Sukkot plant sacrifices”

PA calls Jewish people on Temple Mount “settlers breaking in” while stating that the Jewish Temple is “alleged”

Official PA TV host calls the Jewish Quarter of the Old City the “Mughrabi” Quarter, thereby delegitimizing Jewish presence in Jerusalem

"Not one of the archaeologists has confirmed that" the western wall "is from the period that the Jews claim" lies PA TV, ignoring abundant evidence to the contrary, as well as espousing other untrue claims about the supposed lack of Jewish history in Jerusalem

Spokesperson for President Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh states that "Sovereignty over Jerusalem and its holy sites belongs to the State of Palestine," using 1930 League of Nations resolution to fortify this claim

Waving Israeli flags and singing the Israeli national anthem on Temple Mount "will ignite a religious war in Jerusalem" threatens Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and Abbas’ Advisor, who warns that Israel "is playing with fire and will be burned"

Arab Organization for Human Rights Secretary-General falsely claims Israel is "excavating Jerusalem with the goal of harming prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and a goal that perhaps the walls of the Mosque will collapse"

In speech full of libels about Israel, Prime Minister Shtayyeh declares that Palestinian prisoners’ are "at the top of the priorities of the PA leadership and Abbas, and the leadership will not abandon a single prisoner"

Fatah senior member Tawfiq Tirawi, falsely claims Israel "is desecrating Al-Aqsa Mosque by turning it into a military base and a platform for settlers who do not hesitate to desecrate the site’s honour and sanctity" while calling for Ribat, religious land conflict, at the site

PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge and President Abbas’ Advisor Al-Habbash falsely accuses Israel of "attempting to cause an explosion" while threatening that Israel "will pass" and "our people will defend Jerusalem at the height of determination"

Fatah high official Munir Al-Jaghoub fabricates "Israeli aggression against our people" and uses this as an excuse to justify lethal Palestinian terror attacks against innocent Israelis

"Occupied Palestine is not the place for any foreign party" says Prime Minister Shtayyeh, while falsely claiming that renovation to the Cave of the Patriarchs constitutes "settlement expansion and Judaization" and bashing new law which prevents Palestinians receiving Israeli citizenship through marriage

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We know that the prime Zionist goal is emptying this land of its Christians and Muslims. They [the Jews] don’t want anyone here other than themselves. The Christians before the Muslims, because the Christians were here on this land before the Muslims… the Christian is...”