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Official PA daily columnist denies Jewish peoplehood while saying Israel was founded by “terror organizations,” and further claims former Israeli PM Sharon let Hamas take over Gaza

“102 years since the ominous Balfour Declaration”

All Israeli political parties plan "to Judaize Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque"

Excerpt of op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for the official PA daily “This satanic state [of Israel] has no legitimacy and no connection to the land, people, history, geography, or culture. This model [of colonialism] is not limited to the theft of the Palestinian people’s resources...”

Excerpt of op-ed by Muwaffaq Matar, Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily Headline: “The Nakba and the mill of memory” “We are from the dust of this land; it knows us and we know it; it loves us and we love it; we sanctify it and it sanctifies our blood...”

Headline: “Abu Saif: The Eurovision competition constitutes an additional whitewashing of the occupation’s crimes”

Excerpt of op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for the official PA daily "Western colonialism in general, and British colonialism in particular – in cooperation with the Zionist movement, and later with its physical base, the colonialist State of Israel – attempted during the 30 years..."

Headline: “The [PA] government condemns the Israeli escalation against the Gaza Strip and the theft of Palestinian money” “The [PA] government condemned the approval of the racist law to deduct the allowances (mukhassasat) of the prisoners and the Martyrs’ (Shahids) families from the Palestinian...”

Excerpt of an op-ed by Muwaffaq Matar, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and regular columnist for the official PA daily Headline: “The Arab members of the Israeli Parliament – the frontline of Jerusalem” “Yesterday [Jan. 22, 2018] the people of Palestine made US Vice President [Mike...”

Excerpt of an op-ed by Bakr Abu Bakr, Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily “There is no doubt about the Arabness of Palestine for the last 10,000 years, as [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas noted in his latest speech in Istanbul. Regarding the Children of...”

"The [PA] Ministry of Information reiterated on Palestinian Heritage Day that took place today, Saturday [Oct. 7, 2017], that our cultural and human heritage, with all of its components, will continue to resist Israelization and throw off all of the types of terror of the occupation that fabricate,..."

Excerpt of op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for the official PA daily "[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his extremist government are in a race against time to prove any connection of the Jews to historical Palestine, whether by forgery, fraud, or bullying. Their..."

Headline: “Journalists took a tour of the historic village of Sebastia” “Activists of the village of Sebastia (i.e., where an ancient Jewish capital stood, see note below) in the Nablus district, during a meeting of journalists held yesterday morning [Sept. 4, 2016], declared that the village is...”

Headline: “We will build the government institutions, and you will be able to declare independence soon” “President Mahmoud Abbas inaugurated the Palestinian Museum which is on the grounds of Birzeit University in an opening ceremony in the presence of top officials, leaders, academics, and...”

Headline: “Jericho: Rally to mark Prisoner’s Day, Land Day, the anniversary of [the death of] Abu Jihad, and Deir Yassin” “The Jericho branch of the Al-Quds Open University held a national rally yesterday [April 12, 2016] to mark Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, the eternal Land Day, the anniversary of...”

Headline: "The embarrassing capitulation of the UN" Op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, columnist for the official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida "A few days ago the UN refused to display an Israeli exhibit titled Zionism and Jerusalem, which was meant to be held on Monday, April 4 [2016], because the..."

Op-ed by Izzat Daraghmeh, regular columnist for Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Headline: “Rabbi Zion’s religious ruling…” “These are the Palestinians, descendants of the Canaanites and the Jebusites, the first to dwell on this sacred soil and to inhabit this blessed land. They are the first who set foot on...”

Op-ed by Fatah Revolutionary Council member Bakr Abu Bakr, regular columnist for official PA daily Headline: “The rage of Jerusalem – the system of open hands” “Palestine is ours since the period of the Canaanites (members of the Kinana Arab tribe), the Arab Jebusites, and the Arab Philistines (the...”

Headline: “Discussion on dealing with the occupation’s plan to list the village of Lifta as an Israeli site” “The Palestinian National Committee for Education, Culture, and Sciences deliberated yesterday [May 20, 2015] over ways to oppose the Israeli occupation authorities’ plans to register the...”

Headline: “The saints and Mahmoud Abbas” Excerpt of article by Muwaffaq Matar, regular columnist for the official PA daily “When His Holiness [Pope Francis] said to President Mahmoud Abbas: ‘It is fitting to honor you with this medallion because you are an angel of peace,’ (sic., rather than...”

"District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam... receiv[ed] the Liberty Bell from [Philadelphia] City Council member Maria Sanchez in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [USA] yesterday [Jan. 30, 2015]."

“The [PA] Ministry of Culture in Tulkarem organized a screening of several documentary films to mark the 66th anniversary of the Nakba (i.e., ‘the catastrophe,’ Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel) at the Al -Fadeliyah High School for Boys, in the presence of Culture...”

“The activities of ‘The History of the Land from Grandfather to Grandson’ campaign ended yesterday [February 27, 2014]… [Deputy District Governor of Tubas and the Northern Jordan Valley Ahmad] Sa’adat expressed his appreciation of the work of all the institutions ‘that contributed to the success of...”

Op-ed by Baha Rahal: “My uncle Salah spoke to me this morning, and said, ‘recognizing the Jewishness of the state is not all I fear; what I fear even more is what will [come] after this declaration, if it ever happens – because they won’t be satisfied with this, and will demand more of us; for...”

“Palestinian [chief negotiator] Dr. Saeb Erekat told Israeli [MP and negotiator] Tzipi Livni: ‘My Canaanite family lived in Jericho 3,000 years before the people of Israel came to the city, led by Joshua Bin Nun.’… [PA] chief negotiator and Palestinian fighter Erekat, a member of the Fatah Central...”