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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”

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"

Head of Supreme Muslim Council attacks the decision to take Israeli students on school trips to the Temple Mount, calling them an “existential danger” and a "threat"

"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

Palestinian Information Centre Director claims that "even hundreds of years ago there were greedy aspirations to remove the Al-Aqsa Mosque" while falsely claiming that Israel has "changed many of the landmarks' in Jerusalem

"The American State Department is encouraging the occupation government to continue the policy of ethnic cleansing"

Israel "is continuing its excavations in an attempt to find proof on the ground, or remnants of proof, of the alleged First and Second Temples"

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...”

Headline: “Fatah: Hijazi, Al-Zir, and Jamjoum are an example for the people that does not kneel” “On the 88th anniversary of the execution of the three heroes Muhammad Jamjoum, Ataa Al-Zir, and Fuad Hijazi (i.e., they murdered Jews in the 1929 Hebron Massacre and accompanying riots) by the British...”

“Chairman of the [PLO] Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs and the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub called on Argentina to avoid participating in the friendly football match [with Israel] that is expected to take place on June 9 [2018] in occupied Jerusalem, as part of the...”

"[Q:] ‘How do you assess the Arab and international positions regarding the American decision on Jerusalem (i.e., to recognize it as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy to it)?’ [Muhaisen:] ‘…The problem does not lie in the UN and in “Israel,” but rather in the Arab governments who until now..."

This transcript of PA Chairman Abbas' speech before the UN Security Council on Feb. 20, 2018 was published by Wafa, the official Palestinian Authority news agency, on Feb. 20, 2018. "Seventy years have passed since Palestine’s Nakba, from which 6 million Palestine refugees continue to suffer from..."

Headline: “Wasel Abu Yusuf: The Palestinian people and its leadership are capable of thwarting all of the American attempts” “Secretary-General of the Palestinian Liberation Front and PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Wasel Abu Yusuf… warned against [US President Donald Trump's] deal of the...”

Headline: "The north" "The Fatah Movement organized a mass procession in the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp that set out from Martyr (Shahid) Yasser Arafat Square in the old refugee camp, with the participation of the Palestinian popular factions and committees in northern [Lebanon]… Leader of the..."

Headline: “Following the expulsion of an American delegation from Bethlehem, the American State Department said that it opposes the turn to violence as a means of expressing political positions” “The American State Department responded in a statement to the expulsion of an American delegation that...”

Headline: “Al-Aloul: The US became a partner of the Israeli occupation after it recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital” “Al-Quds magazine met with Fatah Movement Central Committee member and Fatah Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul ‘Abu Jihad’ so that he could brief us on the recent developments in...”

Headline: “Fatah: Pence is unwanted; we demand that the Arabs not welcome him” “Fatah Movement Spokesman and [Fatah] Revolutionary Council member Osama Al-Qawasmi said on behalf of Fatah and the Palestinian people that US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit is unwanted in the region. Al-Qawasmi added...”

Headline: “Karake: Thanks to the determination of the free people in the world and the members of our people, Jerusalem will only be the capital of Palestine” “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that Jerusalem will only be the fully sovereign...”

Headline: "[PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs: The Jewish synagogue under the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the erasure of Jerusalem history" "The Jerusalem unit of the [PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs condemned the fact that the occupation authorities have opened a new Jewish synagogue in the Al-Buraq Wall..."

Cartoon posted on the website of the Fatah Information, Culture, and Indoctrination Commission The cartoon shows US President Donald Trump depicted as a shark with “veto” written in its mouth as it rams into a ship in the shape of the world. On the top of the world appears the Dome of the Rock and...

Cartoon posted on the website of the Fatah Information, Culture, and Ideology Commission The cartoon shows US President Donald Trump depicted as a shark with “veto” written in its mouth as it rams into a ship in the shape of the world. On the top of the world appears the Dome of the Rock and other...

Headline: "Issa: The Al-Buraq is an Islamic waqf (i.e., an inalienable religious endowment in Islamic law), and Israeli archeologists have not found any Jewish antiquities under the Al-Aqsa Mosque" "Expert on international law, [Secretary-General of the PA Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem..."

Headline: “The Supreme Muslim Council: The Al-Buraq Wall is an Islamic waqf and will remain as such” “Head of [the independent organization] the Supreme Muslim Council and [head] preacher in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Ikrima Sabri came out with a statement in response to what was reported in...”