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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “It is not possible, if we are objective, to call the human Israeli component a ‘nation’. There never existed a Jewish nation nor a nation of Israel. They [Europeans] invented this issue in order to...”

Fatah official Fatah Tubas Branch Secretary Mahmoud Sawafta:“The blood of the Martyrs is what draws the map of the homeland, the map of Palestine – Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Lod, Ramle (i.e., all Israeli cities), the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the capital Jerusalem. Their blood is our compass, and...”

Fatah Revolutionary Council member, former President Al-Quds Open University Younes Amr: Through the unity of our Canaanite Arab ancestors against all the invaders who came to our land –there were among them those who triumphed and ruled here, and there were those who were defeated, left, and moved...

Official PA TV commentator Iyad Abu Zneit: “We [Palestinians] are first of all Canaanites, and therefore we have been in this land for many years... The Israelis are the ones who need to return to the lands they came from, lands throughout the world. Israel by its very nature is a foreign element...”

Fatah Secretary in Spain Ahmed Ma’arouf: “Let them [Israelis] learn from history: There is no occupier who remained, … The top priority is to strengthen the resolve of the Palestinian people on the Palestinian land, in order to continue to resist. The day will come when we will sweep away this...”

Palestinian National Council Chairman Rawhi Fattouh: “We did not deceive ourselves and say that we alone will fight Israel, but we lead the Arab nation on the path to liberating Palestine, all of Palestine. This is how we felt then [in 1965], but the balance of powers did not remain in our favor...”

PA Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Director of Historical Sites Dirgham Al-Fares: “The Palestinian people today is a continuation of the original residents from the Stone Age… There was no monotheistic religion throughout the Iron Age. The Jewish religion formulated during the period of...”

Images of cities are shown while a song is played at the end of the program. Lyrics: “Acre, Gaza, and Be’er Sheva, cities full of blessing Nablus, its antiquities pulsate, its glory is mentioned in history These are the famous districts of Palestine… Ramallah, Ramle, and El-Bireh, Their lands are...”

Palestinian Council denounces Israel’s efforts to “erase” Jerusalem’s history, vowing “unity and resistance” against “Judaization”

Hussein calls for filling the Temple Mount on arson anniversary, accusing Israel of “Judaization” and “plotting” Temple construction

Khouri: Jews burned Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Israel prevented from extinguishing the fire

Ignoring over 200 Jewish Nobel Prize winners, Hmeid claims Jews “did not leave an idea, voice, or imprint”

Israel and Jews remain the PA’s targets of blame for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Mosque arson

PA President denies Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, saying it is all Islamic

Fatah-run Awdah TV narrator: “The Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount) is the southern part of the western wall of the Jerusalem Noble Sanctuary (i.e., the Temple Mount), whose length is approximately 47 meters and whose height is approximately 17 meters. The Jews never used...”

Al-Zar’ini at art exhibition launch: The artists are capable of “setting out” against Israel’s policy to “steal” Palestinian heritage

By Alan Rosenbaum While the Abraham Accords have led to many peaceful exchanges and a lessening of antisemitism, within the Palestinian Authority, the scourge of antisemitism is flourishing unabated... What are the root causes of antisemitism in Palestinian society, and how does it impact prospects...

Abu Saif claims the PA’s job is to “debunk the false Zionist perceptions and claims”

Official PA TV program Topic of the Day, hosting Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes from Al-Azhar – a prominent Muslim academic institution in Cairo Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: “Read the history, as your state [of Israel] is transient,the entire occupation is transient, Allah willing...”

PA calls Jewish visits “invasion”

Al-Hadmi: The Israeli government is preparing to “establish the alleged Temple in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

PA Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities claims Israel goal is to “take control of Palestinian heritage, and to falsify it with a fake biblical”

PA Daily columnist blames Jews for the crucifixion of Jesus, the first self-sacrificing Palestinian

According to the PA, Israel is “Stealing the Palestinian lands... falsifying the facts on the ground,” “blurring them” and “destroying them”

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