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Fatah and PLO declare that they will keep paying terrorists' salaries and the suggestion to "turn these salaries into welfare allowances is unacceptable" – "we will not abandon the martyrs and the wounded"

Payment of terrorists’ salaries through post offices is “unbearable,” says mother of terrorists responsible for at least 10 murders

Official PA TV report ignores Hamas rocket barrages and instead invents “Israeli crimes,” merely hinting that Israeli defenses are “a response to the Palestinian resistance”

"We henceforth declare a state of emergency in all of the Palestinian territories"

Official PA TV, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech on Jan. 28, 2020

“Christmas is a national-religious holiday and not just a religious one"

"One step remains: the issue of Jerusalem."

" No, it is not for humanitarian purposes"

Official PA TV, speech by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “What I want first of all is that you [Americans] take back the things you have done: in other words, transferring the embassy to Jerusalem – a mistake. Cancelling the aid to UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency...”

"The Council designated anyone selling Palestinian real estate to the enemy a traitor to Allah and His Messenger"

Official PA TV broadcast the Friday sermon from the Al-Tashrifat Mosque in the presidential compound in Ramallah. The sermon was delivered by PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash. The audience included PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and PA Finance Minister Jawad Naji. PA Minister of...

Official PA TV broadcast the Friday prayers from the mosque at the Presidential residence in Ramallah. The sermon, on the victory of the faithful over the infidels with reference to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, was given by PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash; the audience included PA...

Abbas: "The [Arab] Liberation Army retreated from the city [Safed in 1948], causing the [Arab] people to begin emigrating."

Mahmoud Abbas, PA Chairman, insists that Fatah and Hamas agree on essential issues: "There is no disagreement between us [Fatah and Hamas]: About belief? None! About policy? None! About [violent] resistance? None!" Click here to view

Mahmoud Abbas, PA Chairman, criticizing Hamas for not accepting the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire at press conference in Cairo: "I'm not saying that Israel needs reasons, but we mustn't give it reasons and excuses. [Israel] makes use of what I have referred to – and which I continue to refer to – as..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “I say in all honesty, we made contact with leaders of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. We spoke with them honestly and directly, and after that we spoke with them indirectly through more than one Arab and non-Arab side. We spoke to them on the telephone, and we said...”