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Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “Israelis unique in many unprecedented acts that no state on the face of the earth does. One of them, and perhaps the most criminal of them, is that it takes bodies as hostages for cheap political negotiations. This is only done by...”

Hamas - the new uncontested representative of the Palestinian people

PA TV praises Hamas terror on Israel and is happy about the victims and hostages

Hamas continues to be unwavering in its hate of Israel and its desire to destroy it entirely.

Hamas MP: “Death to Israel,” “sons of Zion” and “whoever normalizes with Israel” should burn

Official PA TV program The State of ‎Politics interviewed Deputy Secretary of ‎the Fatah Central Committee and ‎Chairman of the Palestinian Football ‎Association Jibril Rajoub Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central ‎Committee Jibril Rajoub: “There are ‎three kidnapped Israelis. Kidnapped or ‎not...”

Official PA TV program Panorama of the ‎Hour hosted journalist Akram ‎Atallah Akram Atallah: “Israel will continue to ‎search for its settlers (i.e., three kidnapped ‎teens). It will search, and as part of its ‎search it will carry out plans and ‎infiltrations [into regions] where it was...”

Official PA TV Live broadcast PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the opening of the 56th Congress for Ramallah natives in the US. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “On the one hand, Israel doesn’t appear to be serious in its commitments to the international authorities and to the vision of a two-state...”

Official PA TV program The State of ‎Politics hosted Ahmad ‎ Rafiq Awad, ‎lecturer in communications at Al-Quds ‎University, and journalist Hafez Al-‎Barghouti. ‎ Communications lecturer Ahmad Rafiq ‎Awad: “All this [the kidnapping of three ‎Israeli youths] may be true. Furthermore, ‎there are...”

"Brigades - we kidnap soldiers, Brigades - we kill Jews"

In October 2011, the Israeli government agreed to release 1,027 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prison in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years. Hamas TV program Festival and Freedom marked the Festival of Sacrifice and the release of...

PA TV program Good Morning Jerusalem interviews Alaa Haddad from the Committee of Families of Jerusalemite Prisoners on the subject of worsening conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. PA TV host: "The [Israeli] prisoner Gilad Shalit [being held by Hamas] does not receive visits or..."

Hamas Cleric: "I want to tell the residents of Gaza that the next captives' exchange deal will be stronger and more painful for the descendants of apes and pigs [i.e., Jews]... you [Israel] will pay dearly for this deal [prisoner exchange], and in the deals that will follow it, and in the deals..."