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When US Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Israel's greatest American supporters, died suddenly last week, the Palestinian Authority was quick to smear his memory.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas falsely accused Israel of charging municipal taxes against Christian holy sites.

The PA libels Israel of deliberately allowing violent crime against its Arab community and then portrays Israeli efforts to combat that crime as yet another sinister plot against Arab society.

The Palestinian Authority is promoting a libel that demonizes Israel and undermines trust in legitimate law enforcement efforts. Official PA TV reporter, Israeli citizen, Salam Mashraqi: "The Israeli police exploit the tragedies of Arab society to involve the Shin Bet (i.e., Israeli Intelligence..."

Besides portraying Arab-sector murders as an Israeli conspiracy, this WAFA article goes even further.

PA TV propagates libels against Israel to motivate Palestinians to commit terror attacks.

The PA is spreading a demonizing libel of Israel that it uses drugs as a weapon to destroy Palestinian society. Qalqilya District Governor Hussam Abu Hamda: "Drugs are currently being used as a weapon of the occupation (i.e., Israel) against us to tear apart the social fabric from within and thus..."

High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel Secretary Mansour Dahamsheh: "I am directly pointing an accusatory finger at the [Israeli] right-wing government led by [Prime Minister] Netanyahu and [Minister of National Security] Ben Gvir. They're partners in crime and violence because they..."

The PA goes to great lengths to distort the facts surrounding October 7.

Official PA TV libeled Israel as if Israel deliberately releases wild boars and dogs to cause harm to Palestinians. Official PA TV reporter in Tulkarem: "There is another weapon that the occupation (i.e., Israel) uses, which is the release of wild boars and predatory dogs that eat the residents'..."

Fatah spokesman Iyad Abu Zneit: "Israel always creates wars. It is the one that initiates these wars, and it is the one that fuels the problems in the Middle East. This is because calm in the Middle East means that Israel will cease to exist." [Fatah-run Awdah TV, Facebook page, June 11, 2026]

As is Palestinian Authority policy, whenever a problem exists, it blames Israel.

Host: "Do you think that what happened on Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre and war against Israel) was an opportunity for a comprehensive Palestinian confrontation, but that was missed?" … PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash:...

A fundamental component of Palestinian Authority ideology is to demonize Jews and Israelis in a way that creates the foundation for terror.

Palestinian National Council member Imran Al-Khatib: "The statement issued by the group of Arab and Islamic countries condemns the measures being taken by the Israeli occupation authorities and the invasions into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. There is an Arab and Islamic stance that fiercely opposes..."

And like the previous round when Iranian missiles even killed Palestinians, the PA again reported on the Iranian attacks on Israel but didn't condemn Iran.

Syrian lawyer Muhammad Na'im Akbik: "[Former] Ovadia Yosef, the chief rabbi, permitted them [Jews] to kill children. They have a religious ruling. They do not follow the Bible, they follow the Talmud. The difference between the Bible and the Talmud is very big... In the Talmud, there is neither..."

Following a murderous attack on Israelis, the PA make it all about them

Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "Even if [former Israeli Prime Ministers] Bennett [and] Lapid and [their] new [party] composition will control the Israeli Parliament or the prime minister's office, I don't know how the arena will be, because I know they are all murderers. Even..."

Journalist's libel fits perfectly into regular PA messaging that Israel is to blame for every Palestinian or Arab problem.

Fatah Advisory Council member Mazen Izz A-Din: "Now [Israel] openly demands what [former PA] President Yasser Arafat said: 'Brothers, look closely at the Israeli coin, from the Nile River to the Euphrates River. Israel wants your lands. It wants to expand.'" [Fatah-run Awdah TV, Facebook page, June...

The PA continues its antisemitic demonization of Jews using medieval blood libels.

Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "There is a clear Zionist mentality, whose main goal is the theft of land and the stealing of Arab and Palestinian lands... There is an Israeli-Zionist plan aimed at stealing Arab lands. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate an Arab-Palestinian..."

Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "There is a book called "Al-Tanakh" (i.e., "The Bible" in Hebrew). It is a book put together by Israeli rabbis and it is based on the Torah, and its central message is killing Arabs, killing Palestinians. A good Arab is a dead Arab." [Official PA...

Fatah official in Khan Yunis Shadi Khdeir: "There is also information that the Zionist enemy released genetically engineered mice in the northern Gaza Strip area, which we are seeing for the first time in the Strip. These mice reproduce at an enormous and wild rate, attacking children and pouncing..."