PA editorial on Abbas-Gantz meeting portrays Palestinians as "always ready for any initiative that will contribute to igniting the peace process" while stating that Israel is the country with a "policy of violence and terror"PA says Abbas' "patience has run out… we will not submit to the Israeli policy of violence and terror, and if this policy continues, more extensive confrontations are expected for us in the paths of popular resistance" terrorJan 2, 2022
PA: “We are prepared to sacrifice … we will sacrifice our children""We in the Fatah Movement, regarding the struggle, the resistance, and the rules of engagement – we are open. We are prepared to sacrifice..."Oct 7, 2020
Abbas has “no reservations about any action” – taken by joint Fatah–Hamas committee"I will have no reservations about any action or committee, or about any person or organization in any committee or action"Sep 12, 2020
Top PA/Fatah official threatens Israel: “All possibilities are open,” “struggle” will escalate from peaceful to violence"Regarding the resistance in all its forms, for us in Fatah there is no problem. All of the possibilities are open and on the table."Sep 7, 2020
Top PA official promotes terror: “All the types of resistance” are valid “against all expressions of the occupation”"All the possibilities are open to all the types of resistance in the occupied lands against all expressions of the occupation"Aug 17, 2020
PA warns Israel against annexation: Defense will be “with spirit and blood”“No to the deal of the century”Jun 21, 2020 & Jul 20, 2020
Fatah call for escalation in terrorismFatah Deputy Chairman calls for violence. Mahmoud Al-Aloul claims violence is "right to our basic principles" Jul 4, 2020
Fatah Lebanon, vows violence and terror against Peace PlanFatah swears resistance against Trump Peace Plan. Annexation will bring "popular resistance." May 21, 2020
Fatah official expresses support for Syrian regime; supports various methods of "struggle," condemns US peace conferenceZaki: "We are fighting and bearing the flag in turn... [we] condemn anyone who attempts to implement normalization [with Israel]"Feb 19, 2019
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas rejects all negotiations with the US if Jerusalem and refugee problem are off the tableOfficial PA TV, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the opening event of the Jerusalem the Capital of the Islamic Youth 2018 conference at the PA headquarters in Ramallah PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “Not only have [the Americans] taken Jerusalem off the table, but they have also spoken about UNRWA...”Feb 6, 2018
Abbas: “Jerusalem is the gate to peace… only when it will be the capital of the State of Palestine, and …it is, God forbid, the gate to war, fear, and the lack of security and stability if it is not”Official PA TV, special broadcast for the Al-Azhar Conference in Cairo, on US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “After [the US] has stood unequivocally alongside the occupation and imposed a reality upon us that leaves us no choice but...”Jan 17, 2018
Day after murder of Israeli mother of 6, Abbas: “We are against spilling of blood… our resistance will remain peaceful”The day after 15-year-old Palestinian terrorist Morad Adais stabbed 38-year-old Israeli Dafna Meir to death in her home in the town of Otniel, south of Hebron, in front of her children, Abbas maintained that the Palestinian "resistance" is “peaceful,” thus denying the many shooting and stabbing...Jan 18, 2016
Fatah official supports “non-violent” “uprising” because Israel would benefit from Palestinian violenceHeadline: "Abbas Zaki to 'Donia Al-Watan': 'Severing of ties with Israel within a week' “Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki clarified that the settlers' wild behavior and the current actions require a large effort in order to turn [the uprising] into a greater public uprising, that will be...”"Oct 13, 2015
Abbas advisor says PA supports “peaceful acts of resistance” but justifies Palestinian violence as “defense” and a “result of the actions of the occupationHeadline: “Hammad: ‘The latest operations are a response to the settlers’ actions” “Dr. Nimer Hammad, political advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the Israeli escalation in Jerusalem and the West Bank are meant to drag the Palestinians into a cycle of violence. Hammad said in a...”Oct 5, 2015
Fatah official: "Popular uprising continues" but "conditions are not yet ripe for intifada"Headline: “An interview with Abbas Zaki” “Q. For the first time, the Palestinians are united behind their demands, but the negotiations have dragged on for two weeks. What is going on? [Member of Fatah Central Committee and Fatah Commissioner of Arab Relations and Relations with China Abbas Zaki:]...”Aug 19, 2014
Abbas on cooperation with Israel: "We cannot confront the State of Israel - neither militarily or in any other way"“As for the Israeli government, it is causing a sharp escalation, and this is a new problem we are facing. The reason is the kidnapping of three boys near one of the settlements. Naturally, despite their [Israel’s] presence in Area C, which is not under our security control, and despite the fact...”Jun 18, 2014
Abbas is lying to Americans, says former Hamas spokesman"You know what Mahmoud Abbas says behind closed doors?? He says: 'Guys, let me [continue] saying what I say to the media. Those words are meant for the Americans and the occupation (i.e., Israel), not for you [Hamas]. What's important is what we agree on among ourselves. In other words, when I go..."Jun 8, 2014
Fatah official: Armed "resistance is still [in] the genetic code of all Fatah members"El-Hadath, sister channel of Al Arabiya News, posted an interview with Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub to Youtube. Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub: “We were the ones who led the armed struggle, and the resistance is still part of...”Apr 24, 2014
Palestinian officials advocate from prison for multiple "methods of resistance, peaceful and violent... economic, political, and cultural"“Fatah Central Committee Member Marwan Barghouti (serving 5 life sentences planning terror attacks, -Ed.) and Secretary General of the Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine] Ahmad Sa’adat (serving 30 years for heading terror organization, -Ed.) have issued a call to stop counting on the...”Mar 31, 2014
Abbas' advisor praises murderer of 37 civilians, says negotiations not "our only choice"Mahmoud Abbas' advisor on NGOs Sultan Abu Al-Einein: "I am greatly honored to be standing [here] today, so days that are important to us all will never be erased from our memory. In March, [we mark] Palestinian Women’s Day, in March, Palestinian Mother’s Day also occurs, in March [we remember] that..."Mar 17, 2014
Fatah official: “International legitimacy allows us to resist with all means”Official PA TV Live broadcast a program under the heading, “What will happen after the negotiations?” Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub: “Had Fatah not taken decision-making and the Palestinian national will into its own hands using bullets, it would not have been...”Feb 26, 2014
Fatah official: Negotiations must be reinforced by “armed struggle”An interview on Al-Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) with Tawfiq Tirawi, member of Fatah Central Committee: Tirawi: “There is no way a Palestinian state will be established in the West Bank and [the] Gaza [Strip] within the next twenty years... The negotiations are giving us nothing. The only thing that is...”Jan 23, 2014
Official PA daily: Arafat employed 'revolving door' policy of releasing terrorists soon after their arrestHeadline: “The Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations: The Essence of the Solution,” by Adel Abd Al-Rahman, columnist for official PA daily “The occupation forces have turned to the ‘revolving door’ policy,” the policy that Martyr (Shahid) Yasser Arafat established the other way around, when,...Jan 18, 2014
Fatah official: Soak the land with blood to “liberate” JerusalemFatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi: “I say, from a position of responsibility, not a centimeter of Jerusalem will be liberated unless every grain of Palestinian soil is soaked in the blood of its brave people. For Jerusalem doesn’t need negotiations, because negotiations will not bring...”Dec 19, 2013
Because of Israel’s military superiority, PA Chairman Abbas says ”no” to armed confrontationPA chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “Then came the Intifada (PA terror campaign, 2000-2005), which was an armed Intifada. It destroyed us, completely destroyed us. I wish you could see Ramallah now, and [that you] could have seen it during the Intifada. I have said that I won’t agree to an armed Intifada...”Dec 12, 2013