Abbas’ advisor: The US is “occupying Palestine,” “through its colonialist branch Israel”

• Abbas’ advisor: “The one who is occupying Palestine is the US… The one who is thwarting peace… is the US through its colonialist branch, which is Israel”
   
• The US and Israel are planning “a new Holocaust… to annihilate the Palestinian people” - Egyptian journalist on PA TV

Two days after Hamas’ attack against Israeli civilians – the murder of more 1,300 Israelis, wounding of more than 3,300, and capturing of at least 199 hostages including children – PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash accused the US of “occupying Palestine” and hindering “peace” via its “colony” Israel: 
 

PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Abbas’ advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We are being subjected to American aggression. [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas said this clearly: The one who is occupying Palestine is the US… It claims that it is sponsoring the peace process. This is a lie. The one who is thwarting peace in practice is the US through its colonialist branch, which is Israel.”

[PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash,
Facebook page, Oct. 9, 2023]

After US President Biden unequivocally vowed before the entire world that the US stands behind Israel in the war against Hamas, PA TV broadcast an Egyptian journalist echoing Abbas’ advisor, calling Israel “an evil force,” which the US supports in a “plot” to exterminate the Palestinian people: 

Egyptian journalist Mustafa Bakri: “We are standing against an evil force, which is being supported by the US that sent its ships and its aircraft carriers to stand facing the Gaza Strip coast and the Lebanese coast. What is happening is a new holocaust, a large plot whose goal is to annihilate the Palestinian people.”

[Official PA TV, Oct. 11, 2023]

Palestinian Media Watch has shown that PA Chairman and PA leaders fully support Hamas' terror war against Israel, claiming Israel is the "aggressor," worse than the Nazis.

Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to approximately 244 who were abducted into the Gaza Strip (including 110 later released or liberated and at least 26 later killed), in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal began on Nov. 24, 2023, in which Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners, pause drone surveillance in the Gaza Strip, and allow movement between the northern and southern Gaza Strip, in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages held by Hamas. The deal was subsequently extended with additional releases, until Hamas violated the agreement and resumed attacking on Dec. 1, 2023.

Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash also serves as PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge andChairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice and PA Chairman.