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As is the way of the PA, a grain of truth is turned into a grand libel. Once a year, the PA illustrates the anatomy of a libel in all clarity when it commemorates the arson at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969.

Erekat: Arab support for Israel is “forbidden” “Zionist thinking” 

The PA views Trump with his plan as unrightfully giving “Palestine” to the Jews.

“We are trampling the deal of the century"

"A reflection of a new colonialist plan against the Arab homeland beginning with Jerusalem"

Headline: “An interview with Abbas Zaki” “Q. For the first time, the Palestinians are united behind their demands, but the negotiations have dragged on for two weeks. What is going on? [Member of Fatah Central Committee and Fatah Commissioner of Arab Relations and Relations with China Abbas Zaki:]...”

Op-ed by Najib al-Qaddumi “On this great day, March 30, 1976, the Palestinians proclaimed their adherence to their land and their readiness to sacrifice everything to protect the land of their forefathers. This day is justly called ‘Land Day’… After the owners of the land – the residents of the...”

“The [PA] Foreign Ministry condemned the ideas of the settler Liberman regarding what he calls the ‘population and land swap,’ calling them racist settler statements coming from the mouth of a gangster of the likes of occupier and exploiter Liberman, who treats the Palestinian issue as if it were...”

“Hamas has announced that it will not accept any international presence in the Palestinian territories in the event of a future political settlement, even as US Secretary of State John Kerry continues his efforts to advance his plan for peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. In an...”

“The [PA] government has condemned the occupation forces’ cold-blooded assassination of citizen Muhammad Mahmoud Mubarak of the Jalazone refugee camp, - yet another in a series of crimes Israel does not cease to perpetrate. [The government has said that] it [Israel] cannot be deterred unless...”

“The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the cold-blooded execution of young Muhammad Mahmoud Mubarak by Israeli occupation forces, while he was working near the village of Ein Siniya. It [the Ministry] demanded that the UN and the Quartet assemble an international commission of...”

“[PA] MP Bassam Al-Salehi, the Secretary General of the People’s Party, said that the US and Israel had already planned the military aggression against Syria and other states in the region, and that the American administration’s efforts to renew [Palestinian] negotiations [with Israel] at all costs...”

Article by columnist for official PA daily Adel Abd Al-Rahman: “The referendum suggested by [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu is no more than a new excuse and ploy to sidestep the peace process’ achievements, and to insist on barricading inside the settlements, expropriating lands, Judaizing them...”