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PA Antisemitism alive and kicking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

While the world is busy discussing ways to uproot and eradicate Antisemitism, the PA is busy cementing and preserving it.

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Jews pass on evil in their genes: "Humanity will never be able to live with them... count them and kill them one by one,” says PA TV preacher

PLO official: “Jews… knew only to make money, trade, weave plots, corruption… The European nations and Russia were sick of them”

Christmas is a "Palestinian symbol" and "Jesus was the first Palestinian," says senior Fatah leader

For years, the Palestinian Authority and Fatah have presented Jesus as a Palestinian. (Dec. 25, 2018)

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Fatah officials: "Jesus was the first Palestinian"

PA Minister of Education calls Jesus “the authentic Palestinian”

Is Fatah trying to spark a new round of terror?

Abbas gave a speech in October '14 and then PA TV rebroadcast it 32 times. It coincided with a month of terror attacks in Jerusalem in which 11 Israelis were murdered, and Fatah recently posted it again. (Nov. 29, 2018)

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Fatah Facebook rebroadcasts Abbas` call to prevent Jews "in any way" from “defiling our holy places”

Europe was sick of the Jews and planned to get rid of them: PA explains the Balfour Declaration and European support for Zionism

PA officials lash out at former British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour on the anniversary of his declaration from 1917 that Britain favored "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people." (Nov. 7, 2018)

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PA TV portrays Israel as foreign colonial occupier, claims ancient Jewish history is Palestinian

PA TV shows Russian kicking Jew during 1903 Kishinev pogrom, asks rhetorically: "Did the Balfour Promise come as a surprise 100 years ago?” - indicating that Europe wanted to get rid of the Jews

PA lies, presents Holocaust victims as Arabs

Purporting to be showing images of Arab victims from a village which the Israeli army captured during Israel's War of Independence, official PA TV deceptively showed a photo of victims from the Holocaust. (Nov. 5, 2018)

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PA TV presents pictures of Holocaust victims and 1974 Lebanese massacre victims as Arab victims of Israelis in 1948

PA threats succeed: Only 1.5% of Jerusalem Arabs vote in elections

Following Tuesday's municipal elections in Israel, Fatah thanked Arabs in Jerusalem who gave in to the PA's threats, including the PA's religious ruling which - in the name of Islam - prohibited participation in the Jerusalem elections. (Nov. 4, 2018)

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Fatah thanks boycotters of Jerusalem municipal elections; Jerusalemite Palestinians are "the Canaanite owners of the land" whose history, holy places, and heritage are being "erased"

Fatah to Arabs in Jerusalem: Boycott today’s Israeli municipal elections

Although Jerusalem Arabs who are residents can vote in Israeli municipal elections, Fatah is attempting to discourage them from doing so.

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Fatah calls on Palestinians to boycott Jerusalem municipal elections: "Don’t Judaize Jerusalem, Don’t give the occupation legitimacy"

Hitler was sent by Allah to punish the Jews - PA TV sermon

A preacher on official PA TV taught that Hitler was one of a series of people sent by Allah throughout history to punish the Jews because of their evil behavior, and to teach them a lesson. (Oct. 22, 2018)

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PA TV sermon: Hitler was sent by Allah to punish the Jews for their evil behavior

PA TV: Israel stole the Palestinian falafel and hummus along with the rest of the Palestinian heritage

One of the more flavorful accusations against Israel by the PA is that Israel has "stolen the falafel and the hummus." This "theft," according to official PA TV, is part of a "brutal attack" against the entire "Palestinian heritage." (Oct. 21, 2018)

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PA TV: Israel steals the Palestinian heritage, including the falafel and hummus

Fatah official: Israel “fabricates” archaeological findings in Jerusalem and even “fabricated” the falafel ball

Palestinian Archbishop: Don't participate in Jerusalem municipal elections

The PA continues to discourage Arabs living in Jerusalem from participating in the upcoming municipal elections.

Cleric on PA TV: Israelis like "rats burrow under the ground" of Al Aqsa

Hamas justified murder of Israeli with Al-Aqsa libel

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Hamas official blesses terror attack in which Israeli was murdered and calls it a “heroic operation,” while blaming attack on “ongoing violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

PA daily reports on calls by “alleged Temple organizations” to Jews to “broadly participate in invasions (i.e, visits) of the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the Jewish holidays”

PA: What is “Zionist ISIS-ism”? Israeli MPs visiting the Temple Mount

Allowing Israeli MPs to visit the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is Zionist "ISIS-ism" and "a war crime."

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PA Religious Affairs Minister: Israel is planning “the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the establishment of their [Jews’] alleged Temple;” PA Mufti: Israel wants to “Judaize” Jerusalem

Abbas’ advisor: Israel wants to “establish a false racist reality at the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Palestine;” Netanyahu has allowed Israeli MPs to “invade” and “defile” the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s plazas

PA Mufti echoes Hamas: Transferring land to "enemies" is "treason," a sin, and forbidden

PA Mufti: ""Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque are an Islamic waqf until Judgment Day." (May 31, 2018)

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Abbas’ top advisor: “Every state that transfers its embassy to Jerusalem is committing a crime against international law” and the PA will “take steps against the states that commit this crime”

Abbas’ advisor: “Anyone who thinks that… the nation will sell one inch or millimeter of the blessed and sanctified land of Palestine is just imagining things”

Fatah: Israel worse than Nazis, wants to "crush" the Arab world, "steal its resources"

Spokesman of the Fatah movement claimed Israel “rules over the American decision-making and the American Congress” and controls everything the US is doing in the region. (May 27, 2018)

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Fatah spokesman: Israel is worse than Hitler, the Nazis, and fascism

Op-ed: Zionist movement was established by “Khazar tribes,” who have no connection to “the children of Jacob”; “Colonialist and imperialist forces” chose to "plant an aggressive entity" in "Palestine" to "divide" Arab nations

The PA: US embassy in Jerusalem is a ticking bomb

Continuous hate speech against the US is being published in the official PA daily in response to the US moving its embassy to Jerusalem. (May 21, 2018)

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Cartoon in PA daily: New US embassy in Jerusalem is a hand grenade

Op-ed in PA daily: Trump is “stupid;” “This outpost (i.e., the US embassy) that Trump has established in our Jerusalem will be uprooted”

Trump arrested by soldiers of “Palestine” in photoshopped image by Abbas’ Fatah

In anticipation of today's opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, Fatah posted a photoshopped image of President Trump being “arrested” by Palestinian soldiers. (May 14, 2018)

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Image posted on official Fatah Facebook page shows rioters using slingshots over the Dome of the Rock with the caption: “Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine”

Trump arrested by soldiers of “Palestine” in photoshopped image by Abbas’ Fatah

Jews' usury caused Antisemitism - speech by PA Chairman Abbas

In a speech, Abbas claimed Jews brought Antisemitism upon themselves because of their "social roles" connected to "usury and banks." (March 2, 2018)

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President Abbas says he did not intend to offend Jews, following Antisemitic speech

Abbas in Antisemitic speech claims Jews' "social role that was connected to usury, and banks" caused Antisemitism, Holocaust; claims some Jews are descended from Khazars; denies Jewish connection to Israel

The PA’s Nazi sympathies

PMW has documented numerous expressions of Nazi sympathies by PA and Fatah leaders.

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Senior Fatah official:‎ "Hitler wasn't morally corrupt, he was daring"

PA Holocaust abuse: Photo of concentration camp victims misrepresented as Arab victims of Jews

PA TV distorted a photo of victims murdered in a Nazi concentration camp and presented them as Arab victims of Jews in 1948.

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PA TV misrepresented a photo of concentration camp victims and Sabra and Shatila victims as Arab victims of Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948, falsely claiming the Jews "burned the women and children in the village's oven"

PA Mufti warns of “disasters of wars,” if US embassy is moved

Mufti implicitly encourages violence and Martyrdom, urging Palestinians and Muslims to “sacrifice all that is dear to them.” (Feb. 27, 2018)

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PA Foreign Ministry regards transfer of US embassy to Jerusalem as a “provocative declaration and a blow to the sensibilities of the Arabs and Muslims”

PA Mufti warns of “disasters of wars, anarchy, and instability” in region following US embassy move to Jerusalem, urges Palestinians and Muslims to “sacrifice all that is dear to them”

The PA: Trump is a racist Zionist

The PA responds to US announcing May date for Jerusalem embassy move: Trump is a racist Zionist, Trump is killing the chances for peace. (Feb. 26, 2018)

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Op-ed in PA daily: Trump’s political decisions, including decision to transfer US embassy to Jerusalem, stem from a “complex, impulsive, unbalanced, and mentally unstable personality”

PA Presidential spokesman and PLO chief negotiator slam US decision of date for US embassy move to Jerusalem

UK MPs use PMW material to defend Israel

Just two weeks after British MPs met with the Head of PMW’s Legal Department, the MPs were actively using the PMW material in Parliament to defend Israel. (Feb. 14, 2018)

UK MPs use PMW material to defend Israel

Just two weeks after British MPs met with the Head of PMW’s Legal Department Maurice Hirsch, the MPs were actively using PMW's material in Parliament to defend Israel.

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UK MPs repeatedly use PMW material documenting the PA inciting kids to hatred and violence

Fatah: "Pence defiles the Al-Buraq Wall"

Fatah official: Pence's visit to "the Al-Buraq Wall" - the Western Wall - "is an attack against the Palestinian people" (Jan. 25, 2018)

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PA to US: “Give Israel the White House or Washington”

PA daily editorial accuses Israel and US of racism, calls VP Pence “crazy”

Palestinians burn posters of Pence; Fatah: “Trump’s house will be destroyed”

As US Vice President Mike Pence is visiting Israel, PA and Fatah leaders are showing their anger with the American administration (Jan.22, 2018)

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Image on official Facebook page of Fatah Movement – Nablus branch shows people burning a picture of US Vice President Mike Pence

Image on official Facebook page of Fatah Movement – Nablus branch people people burning a picture of US Vice President Mike Pence, waving Palestinian flags

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