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Two ministers in new Palestinian cabinet have made statements supporting terrorism Watchdog uncovers 2002 sermon by religious affairs minister in which he called Jews ‘pigs and apes,’ while women’s affairs minister honored terrorists who killed dozens of Israelis By Gianluca Pacchiani | 1 April...

Antisemitism, terror lauding ministers form part of new, 'revitalized' Palestinian Authority New expose by watchdog PMW reveals new officials’ history of vile antisemitic rhetoric and commendation of terrorist murderers By Ohad Merlin | April 1, 2024 As part of its fulfillment of the US demand for...

Biden Admin Hails 'Revitalized' Palestinian Authority. But New Ministers Support Murder of Jews. Andrew Tobin | April 1, 2024 The White House on Friday welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian Authority government, suggesting the West Bank-based PA was on track to take over administration of...

Top PA official Rajoub: Israel is responsible for the October 7 massacre “[Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub:] “I would be happy if the entire Palestinian people would support Fatah, but there is a part of the Palestinian people that believes in Hamas. From my perspective, Hamas is...”

Terrorists deserve to be paid -“they defended Palestine, that has been watered with the Martyrs’ blood” PA Tubas and Northern Valley District Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Director Mu’in Sawafta: “First of all, the Israeli side is fighting us with the deducted [tax] money, because...”

Palestinian National Council member and Fatah Austria Branch Secretary Mundhir Mar’i: “Everyone knows that [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu has been winning the world championship of lies for 20 years. I compare Netanyahu to Goebbels, who was the Nazi propaganda minister who told Hitler: ‘Lie,...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash:[America] Satan of the period, the devil of the period, Antichrist of the generation, the plague of the generation, America... America, which is fighting today –, not only against the Palestinian people...

Brother of Terrorist Bassel Shahada: “Bassel (i.e., terrorist), along with his accomplices, friends and brothers, participated in an operation (i.e., terror attack) in the Eli settlement at a gas station, directed by [Hamas’] Al-Qassam Brigades.” … Father of Terrorist Bassel Shahada: “This...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “This [Israeli] war is not against Hamas or against the Gaza Strip. This is a war against the project of the [Palestinian] state and identity. This is a war against the Gaza Strip like it is a war against Jerusalem, Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem,...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “The conditions we are living in are conditions to which I think no people in the history of humanity has been subjected, even with the Nazis… We hope that the Asian confederation, the Arab community, and the Muslim community will constitute a basis...”

Official PA TV, interview with the father and grandmother of 14-year-old dead terrorist Yazan Akkoub, who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers Father of terrorist Yazan Akkoub: “Praise Allah, [my son Yazan] died as a Martyr. Allah will receive him as a Martyr, a Martyr of all Palestine... We are all...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Over many years we have grown accustomed that every time they [the Jews] make a promise, a group of them violates it, as is said in the Quran… We must not trust in their promises and commitments, and...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “The American administration said that they will allow bringing in diesel [fuel] to the hospitals, to purify the water for humanitarian purposes, and with difficulty the agreement of these neo-Nazis (i.e., Israel) was achieved… There is Israeli...”

Text on poster: "Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah" Lyrics: O pride of Salah Shahada, O wisdom of Imad [Aqel] (i.e., Hamas leaders) [O] the explosives of [Yahya] Ayyash (i.e., Hamas bomb maker), the Martyrdom, and the lovers of the trigger: Killing the occupiers is worship that...

The Palestinian Hamas-affiliated news agency Shehab posted this video and text during Hamas’ terror war against Israel, urging West Bank Palestinians to carry out terror attacks against Jews Posted text: “West Bank, the Gaza Strip needs you” The animation shows a bald eagle perched on a mountain...

Official PA TV newsreader: “Supreme Shari’ah Judge and President [Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash condemned the occupation forces’ new act of aggression against the Gate of Mercy Mosque, and viewed this criminal act as an expression of aggression against Islam and the entire...”

Head of Fatah Commission of Martyrs and Prisoners Jihad Ghaben: “There are approximately 70 or 80 Martyrs frozen in the [morgue] freezer. When a person becomes a block of ice, you feel frustration and confusion over how the occupation (i.e., Israel) has reached such a level. In spite of the Nazism...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “This has been explained in many Jewish books when they said that [Adolf] Hitler killed the Jews because they were Jews, and Europe hates the Jews because they are Jews. No! It has been precisely explained that they fought [the Jews] because of their social role, and not...”

PA continues to hold Jews responsible for the fire at Al-Aqsa Mosque

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

Ignoring over 200 Jewish Nobel Prize winners, Hmeid claims Jews “did not leave an idea, voice, or imprint”

Fatah Jenin branch member Abd Al-Rahman Abu Al-Rub: “We say to our people and to the members of the Palestinian people: A morning of victory, and morning of joy, a morning of pride (i.e., Hamas terror massacre). We ask Allah to send a blessing to our heroic Martyrs in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank,...”

By Alan Rosenbaum While the Abraham Accords have led to many peaceful exchanges and a lessening of antisemitism, within the Palestinian Authority, the scourge of antisemitism is flourishing unabated... What are the root causes of antisemitism in Palestinian society, and how does it impact prospects...

Official PA Daily publishes a cartoon portraying Israel murdering an innocent boy who threw explosives at Israelis