Israel is a “falsehood” and former Nazi ally grand mufti was a key “Palestinian symbol,” says Abbas’ religious advisorAt international conference, PA prime minister speaks of the “daily battle” against Israel, while Abbas’ advisor Al-Habbash says Haj Amin Al-Husseini “had a prominent role in resisting the colonialist plot to steal the Palestinian land and history”Mar 19, 2021
Arab funds give the PA a $50 million financial grantPA TV reports the “Arab and Islamic funds” have transferred a large grant for 2021 “to support the development initiatives in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and occupied Jerusalem”Mar 18, 2021
PA prime minister reveals contacts with Biden administration, expects removal of US sanctionsPA Prime Minister Shtayyeh reports he has been holding contacts with new US administration, and anticipates US aid to UNRWA will be reinstated and laws against PLO terror will be revokedMar 17, 2021
The PA still has "no comprehensive solutions” for evading Israeli law and paying terrorists' salaries, admits PLO officialPLO top Official Abu Bakr promises that the PA is making "a great effort" to pay salaries to jailed and released terrorists “as soon as possible,” and "find alternative" ways to make these paymentsMar 6, 2021
EU promises €20 million in aid money to Gaza while Qatar pledges a $60 million donationPA Prime Minister thanked Qatar for their $60 million donation and the EU for an additional €20 million, which will be used to "extend gas pipelines inside Israel to reach the Gaza Strip” Feb 24, 2021
Britain signs 15 million pound trade agreement with the PAThe British government agrees to supply the PA with 15 million pounds as part of a "cooperation agreement, to support trade and strengthen the role of the private sector”Feb 17, 2021
PA PM Shtayyeh whitewashes terror; against ICC trying Hamas for its crimes: “Palestinians were never on the attack, always on the defense”France 24 interviewer: “But this could also imply possible crimes by Palestinian groups, especially Hamas. Would you also welcome that?”Feb 7, 2021
PA PM hypocritically claims Israel tried to “politicize” ICC discussions on investigating it, after PA pressured ICC to launch politicized investigationPA PM Shtayyeh calls ICC decision to investigate Israel “a victory for justice, humaneness, the values of honesty and freedom,” and “justice for the blood of the victims and their families”Feb 6, 2021
PA PM libels Israel, claims two terrorist stabbers were “executed” according to policy of “opening fire to kill”PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh: "The [Israeli] killings of young Palestinians have also expanded according to the policy of opening fire to kill, or the policy of summary execution"Feb 1, 2021
PA Prime Minister promises that "we are fully committed" to paying salaries of Palestinian terrorist prisonersPM Shtayyeh says that "the prisoners’ cause is sacred and the most important thing is their financial rights" vowing to "fulfil our obligation to them" by paying the terrorist prisoners' salaries and "protecting their rights" Jan 22, 2021
PA Prime Minister says foreign aid donations will be used for projects rather than to fix the deficit in the PA budgetPrime Minister Shtayyeh thanks Europe for copious financial donations, and states that "there remains a deficit of $730 million in the PA general budget, but this aid money has been allocated to projects and not to aiding the budget”Dec 18, 2020
The UN is joined by “More than 200 organizations” to raise 417 million dollars to bring aid to 1.8 Palestinians"Prolonged military rule, insufficient respect for Palestinians” and “settler violence” are amongst the reasons for raising $417 million for PalestiniansDec 16, 2020
PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh thanks Norway for their $7.5 million grantNorway donated money to the PA, to “cover problems that are at the top of the PA’s list of priorities”Nov 24, 2020
PLO says Israel is “attacking” the salaries of Palestinian prisoners and terrorists, but these salaries are “non-negotiable”PLO supports PA decision to officially employ 7,000 Palestinian prisoners and terrorists in order to keep paying their salariesNov 19, 2020
PA libel: Israel “committed premeditatedly” the “murder” of an imprisoned Palestinian terrorist by “deliberate medical neglect” PA prime minister says the terrorist, who died of cancer, was “a pure-hearted son of Palestine” who was “abandoned by Israel as prey to cancer” Nov 11, 2020
PA Prime Minister threatens there are more Palestinians than Israelis, so "Israel must choose between a two-state solution and demographic dissolution”"The number of Palestinians in historical Palestine exceeds the number of Jewish Israelis by more than 250,000 people" says PA Prime Minister, warning that "the time has come for Israel to choose" how to proceed with this demographicNov 9, 2020
Teachers' salaries are slashed in half by PA, while terrorists continue to receive payPA Prime Minister demands that teachers continue working despite only receiving 50% of their salaries, bizarrely claiming that Israel is to blame for the teachers' lack of payOct 30, 2020
PA Prime Minister "expressed sorrow over Sudan joining the caravan of normalization with Israel"As Sudan signs peace agreement with Israel, PM Shtayyeh says "Arab normalization with Israel is tantamount to ‘the downfall of the century'" and claims that normalization adds "weapons to the Israeli arsenal which is filling up with new ammunition to kill our people"Oct 27, 2020
PA officials: Agreeing to Israel's deduction of money we pay prisoners, will be admitting they are “terrorists”"The issue of the families of the Martyrs and the prisoners is at the top of our list of priorities, and any amount [of money] we have will be earmarked for them…"Oct 26, 2020
PA Prime Minister asks EU to boycott Israeli products while saying that the lack of peace is Israel's faultPrime Minister Shtayyeh says that "there is no serious peace partner in Israel" because Israel "profits" from their "occupation of Palestine" and therefore Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the Palestinian leadership's dealings with Israel are "unjust"Oct 13, 2020
PA receives roughly $200 million in foreign aidPA Prime Minister outlines several projects in the sectors of health, education, youth, and poverty, which will utilize millions of dollars worth of donated aid moneyOct 7, 2020
PA rejects UAE’s security needs: “The enemy (i.e., Israel) of my enemy (i.e., Iran) is my (i.e., UAE’s) friend”"It is impossible that some of the Arabs will be allies of the satan of occupation."Aug 17, 2020
France pledges 10 million euros to the PAFrance pays 20 million euro donation to the PA to help combat Coronavirus, in turn freeing up money for the PA to continue paying terrorist salariesJul 23, 2020
PA Prime Minister blames Israel for Coronavirus Coronavirus is Israel's fault, claims PM Shtayyeh. Israel's "lack of control of borders" is to blame for virus, charges PA Jul 6, 2020
"For every annexation of one inch of the Palestinian lands we will have a position on the ground" threatens Fatah top officialFatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub warns against annexation of land, promising a response of "popular resistance to convey a message to the world"Jun 17, 2020