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Palestinian National Council Chairman accuses Israel of committing “war crimes” and “barbaric and ugly aggression”

Headline: “Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre” “Tomorrow, Saturday [Sept. 16, 2017], is the 35th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre that took place on Sept. 16, 1982, at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon… The massacre began after a siege by...”

Headline: "Karake: Martyr Al-Salehi was abandoned to bleed for more than an hour and a half when he was arrested" "Director of (PLO) Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Karake said that Martyr (Shahid) Raed Al-Salehi (21) from Bethlehem, who fell as a Martyr yesterday [Sept. 3, 2017] at the..."

Headline: "Karake: The occupation is intentionally targeting children" "Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake said that the Israeli occupation forces are intentionally targeting children, whether by shooting them with live [bullets] during arrest..."

Headline: “[PA] Foreign Ministry: The execution of Al-Salehi is state terror that necessitates an international move” “The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a force from the occupation army committed a new crime when they invaded the Al-Fara’a refugee camp early Tuesday morning [Jan. 10,...”

Headline: “Fatah condemns the crime of executing young Al-Salehi in the Al-Fara’a refugee camp” “The Palestinian National Liberation Movement ‘Fatah’ condemned the crime that the Israeli occupation forces committed when they murdered young Muhammad Al-Salehi (he tried to stab them, causing them to...”

Headline: “The government announced the death of Martyr Hamdouni and held the occupation responsible” “The [PA] national unity government led by [Prime Minister] Rami Hamdallah announced the death of prisoner Yasser Dhiab Hamdouni, who died as a Martyr (Shahid) this morning, Sunday [Sept. 25,...”

Headline: “Al-Aqsa preacher: The fact that the occupation allows settlers to do what they want everywhere in Jerusalem constitutes an attack against the holy city” “[PA] Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories and preacher at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Muhammad Hussein said...”

Headline: “The Department for Jerusalem Affairs: The summary executions are organized Israeli terror” “The PLO Department for Jerusalem Affairs said: ‘The summary executions being carried out by the occupation authorities are organized Israeli terror…’ The department, in its announcement that was...”

Headline: “Fatah in Jerusalem: The occupation does as it pleases with the blood of the Palestinians” “The Jerusalem branch of the Fatah Movement emphasized in its statement today, Monday [Sept. 19, 2016], that the occupation forces are targeting the blood of the Palestinians and doing as they...”

Headline: “The [PA] Minister of Justice: The executions of the Al-Rajabi Martyrs is proof that Israel is continuing to commit war crimes and conduct organized terror” “[PA] Minister of Justice Ali Abu Diyak said that the crime of the executions of child Martyr (Shahid) Amir Jamal Al-Rajabi (17) and...”

Sabra and Shatila are Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. In 1982, during the first Lebanon War, Muslim residents of the camps were massacred by Christian Phalangists. The PA has a longstanding policy of falsely accusing Israel of committing the massacre or actively helping to carry it out...

Headline: “The Arab League condemns the call of the rabbis to poison Palestinian drinking water” “The Arab League strongly condemned the call of the chairman of the Council of Settlement Rabbis, Rabbi Shlomo Melamed (No such rabbi or body exists, see note, Ed.), which gives the settlers permission...”

Headline: “From Israa Al-Abed Al-Rahman – letters to my Martyr fiancé” “Ever since the bullet snatched the life of young Abed Al-Rahman Al-Barghouti from the Aboud village north of Ramallah, on Dec. 4, 2015, his fiancé Israa Al-Barghouti from the nearby village of Deir Ghassaneh, is saying to...”

Headline: “The president’s Advisor on District Matters consoles the [families of] the Qabatiyeh Martyrs” “Today [Nov. 3, 2015], the president [Abbas’] Advisor on District Matters and assistant to the commander of the top security forces Ismail Jabr offered condolences to the Martyrs’ families in...”

“The last attack and execution of Palestinians residing in Jerusalem was the execution of the young Muhammad Nazmi Shamasneh (i.e., terrorist who stabbed 3), from the village of Katana northwest of Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem bus station, based on the claim he had attempted to take a soldier’s...”

This article was written during a surge in Palestinian terror and violence against Israelis that began in October 2015. The term “bloody attacks” in the article refers to Israel’s neutralizing and sometimes killing terrorists during their attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. The PA has...

Headline: “The government: Our people has become an easy target for field executions and cold-blooded murders” “The [PA] government began its special meeting today [Oct. 8, 2015] in Ramallah... with a reading of the [Quranic Sura of] Al-Fatiha for the souls of our Martyrs… The government condemned...”

Headline: “[PA] Foreign Ministry: ‘The current escalation is a direct result of the Israeli attacks against the Al-Aqsa [Mosque]” “The [PA] Foreign Ministry stated in a press release today [Oct. 4, 2015], Sunday, that the current escalation in the Palestinian territories is a direct result of the...”

Headline: “Assaf: ‘The time has come to get rid of the occupation, and we are willing to pay the price’” “Official Fatah Spokesman Ahmad Assaf stated: ‘The time has come to get rid of the occupation and obtain freedom and independence,’ and emphasized that our people, which has made heavy...”

Headline: “Qurei condemned the murder of the young Fadi Alloun” “PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei condemned the murder of the young Jerusalemite Fadi Alloun by the Israeli occupation forces. The young Alloun died as a Martyr (Shahid) after...”

“Mahmoud Al-Habbash, the Supreme Shari’ah Judge [and Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor on religious and Islamic affairs], called on our people, wherever they may be, to boycott Israeli products of all kinds, and to support the Palestinian food industries in all [possible] ways and with all available means. In...”