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PA high official denies Jewish and Roman history in Hebron, claiming “those who are not Muslims have no right” to the Cave of the Patriarchs

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”

WAFA calls the four species “Sukkot plant sacrifices”

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"

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"

Libel: "Through these pictures the occupation municipality is attempting to present a fake history of the holy city that matches ‘Talmudic’ legends about the site"

"Zionism is colonialist political propaganda" and "there is no connection between Israel and the Jews" state top Palestinian leaders, on top of other anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and lies

Abbas continues to lie: "Israel steals lands, established an apartheid regime, and ethnic cleansing through military force -Israel is a state of occupation and apartheid"

While saying that the holiest site in Judaism belongs only to Muslims, the Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council "added that whoever arrives through the Palestinian gate or through Jordan can visit it, but not through normalization with the occupation authorities"

"Jerusalem was and will remain a red line for all the Palestinian people"

"The end of the Israeli occupation of the State of Palestine is the basis for realizing world peace"

"To this day the Israeli occupation authorities attempt by all means and ways to harm the mosque by excavating underneath it"

“PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns against the occupation imposing a physical division of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

Headline: "The [PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs condemned the clearing of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and called to stop the attack against it" "The [PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs condemned the fact that the occupation forces removed the worshippers and those carrying out Ribat (i.e., religious..."

"The [PA] Presidential Office warns against the consequences of harming the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque

"The occupation's attempt is continuing in the direction of imposing a division of time and area in order to Judaize the Al-Aqsa Mosque"

"[PA Ministry of] Foreign Affairs: Erdan must be tried for his crimes and plot against the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque"

"Al-Habbash emphasized that the Palestinian leadership and the Palestinian people will never allow the harming of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque’s sanctity"

“[Palestinian] National Council members in Jordan praise the Jerusalem residents’ courage in defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

“80 settlers and Talmudic students break into the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

Headline: "Al-Habbash: What American Ambassador Friedman did today in Jerusalem is piracy and an attack against international law" "Supreme Shari'ah Judge and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Religious and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash sharply condemned the participation of US..."

WAFA English edition (official PA news agency) Headline: "PLO on Israeli elections: Israelis voted no to peace, yes to apartheid" "Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials said today in reaction to the results of the Israeli elections that Israelis have voted no to peace and yes to..."

Headline: “The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs wonders whether there is an Israeli peace partner following the election results”

Headline: “Al-Habbash warned against the consequences of the Israeli attack against the Ibrahimi Mosque” “Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash warned of the desecration and attack against the sanctity of...”