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Rajoub and Zaki gloat over the attacks and call for more

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The Israeli occupation forces committed an additional massacre at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (sic., refers to Operation Arnon in which 4 Israeli hostages were freed during the...”

Syrian Al-Yaum TV host: “Do you expect that [Biden’s] proposal (i.e., ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal) will succeed this time, or is this the regular policy of throwing sand in [our] eyes by the international community and the US?” ... PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs...

Abu Jihad orchestrated most lethal attack in Israel's history prior to October 7

Instead of saying "thank you" to the US and Israel, PA says it's all a trick

Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “People are surprised given the mighty [Palestinian] resolve and how the entire NATO treaty, all the West’s capabilities, together with all their [Israel’s] mercenaries and collaborators, were unable to silence the [resistance’s] fighters’ rifles and...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “Our conflict with this occupation (i.e., Israel) has been open since 1948 and until now… Our behavior in all the circles and all platforms is based on the fact that what happened on Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas’ invasion and massacre) is a response...”

Mahmoud Abbas along with numerous Fatah advisors inciting and praising terror as means of 'resistance'

The criticism, however, is not for killing Israelis or holding them hostage

Mahmoud Al-Habbash speaks in language Palestinians understand

Fatah Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul: “All the greetings on your [Ramallah residents’] behalf to our beloved prisoners… Also all the greetings to the popular resistance (i.e., includes using violence and terror) … We say to the world on their behalf and on your behalf that we will defend our...”

Palestinian officials and activists happy to see the fruit of their labor

Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “[Muhammad] Deif (i.e., Hamas terror leader) was wanted as an international terrorist, even though he is a hero of a war of liberation, because the Palestinian people lost its land, and the Geneva Conventions give it the right to resistance to restore the...”

Rajoub again equates terrorists with hostages and implicitly justifies further attacks

Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “Oct. 7 [2023] came (i.e., Hamas’ attack and massacre). No one knows how it came, but the people of Gaza – men – erased Israel’s reputation as a state, [trampling] the Arabs’ heads with its boots, whose army is undefeatable, and the myth of [its]...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “We hope that the efforts will bring about a UN resolution on stopping this aggression, an Israeli withdrawal, and carrying out a prisoner exchange of everyone for everyone (i.e., hostages for terrorists). I say to all relevant parties: a Palestinian...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The Palestinian people’s future is in danger in the crazy war that is being waged by Israel in which it is using the name of Hamas, what happened on Oct. 7 [2023] (i.e., Hamas’ attack and massacre),...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Who created this irregular situation in the Gaza Strip (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war)? The ones who created it were the US and Israel. And Hamas is nothing more than a tool that has been used intentionally...”

Official PA TV host and preacher Bashar Al-Awiwi: “We’re happy that we’re among the chosen, praise Allah Master of the Universe. We’re happy that our Martyrs are in Paradise and happy that the killed Jews are in Hell.” [Official PA TV, Gate to Paradise, April 9, 2024]

As US pushes Israel to accept PA "revitalization," Fatah's Abbas Zaki lashes out at Biden

Interview with Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares on independent Palestinian station Ajyal Radio. Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “[PA] President [Abbas] spoke again in a number of circumstances, even from the UN podium, about the...”

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...

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...

Abbas’ response to terror in Russia is totally indifferent to terror that hit Israel on October 7th

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "Regarding the struggle, as a people under occupation, we have a right to carry out all forms of struggle and resistance (i.e., also refers to use of violence and terror). However, considering this international consensus that provides us support,..."