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Official PA TV "Israeli affairs expert" Rasem Obeidat: "[The Jerusalem Day celebrations aim to] disseminate the Torah-based and Talmudic Jewish narrative regarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque (i.e., the Temple Mount), [including] denying the identity of Jerusalem's Arab residents by severing their..."

Patent Department Director Hassan Ansawi: "As Palestinians, we have an ancient traditional heritage and knowledge, such as Palestinian clothing, certain foods, agriculture... Most of them have been stolen by the occupation (i.e., Israel) and registered in the international institutions on its..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "The blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is an inseparable part of our religious faith, our national identity, and our presence that has lasted thousands of years on our historical homeland Palestine, is being subjected to the most abhorrent plot by the occupation (i.e.,..."

Egyptian Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: "The question on the mind of everyone currently watching us is: the conflict going on between the Palestinians and the group of Zionists: Do they actually have a right to this land, have they dwelled on this land or lived in it before, so that..."

Official PA TV host and Jerusalem researcher Fakhri Abu Diab: There are many antiquities under the ground in Silwan, which testify to the identity of this community. It contains Canaanite, Byzantine-Roman, and of course Arab-Islamic relics. Thanks to its proximity to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the...

Secretary-General of Fatah and the PLO factions in the Tyre branch Tawfiq Abdallah: "Thanks to Lebanon and its heroic resistance (i.e., Hezbollah)… which sacrificed everything precious to them (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war) in support of our heroic people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the stolen..."

Director-General of the PA Ministry of Culture and Antiquities in the Nablus District Dirgham Al-Fares: "The Palestinian people are a direct continuation of the original inhabitants from the Stone Age to the present (sic., see note below). The Palestinian people were pagan, who worshipped El, Baal,..."

Official PA TV, on the killing of 71-year-old Israeli archaeologist Maj. Ze'ev Erlich in a shooting attack by Lebanese terrorists at an archaeological fortress in southern Lebanon during the 2023 Gaza war – see note below Official PA TV "Israeli affairs expert" Fayez Abbas: "The operation in..."

PA Nablus District Governor Ghassan Daghlas: "We say to the world that we have antiquities. We have a history, and we have an existence [from] before the occupation arrived. The occupation wants to falsify the narrative and falsify the antiquities, and we say to the world that the occupation is..."

Official PA TV host: "The sadism of the invaders is embodied in [the Jews.] They are the heirs of Zionist criminals [from Zionist leader] Herzl to Jabotinsky and until [Israeli President] Weizmann. The list of crime extends until reaching war criminal [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu. All this..."

PA Security Forces Maj. Gen. (ret.) and national security expert Ahmed Issa: "Israel is the only state that was not established by its people on its land. It was established through theft, and it is a product of a large colonialist project led by the colonialist states under the leadership of..."

PLO Representative to the UN and International Organizations in Geneva Ibrahim Khreisheh: "Israel is an occupying state, and it needs to end its occupation… We as a Palestinian people have been suffering from this occupation for 57 years until now... Now they (i.e., Israelis /Jews) are talking..."

PA Deputy Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Sa'id Yaqin: "There is no future for the Arab nation as long as this colonialism is on the homeland. It is impossible – [in light of] this foreign, barbaric, murderous, oppressive entity (i.e., Israel) that is humiliating humanity with these measures – that..."

Official PA TV host: "Genocide is the other face of the Talmudic (i.e., Jewish) Zionist teachings that are based on eradicating the Palestinian people through systematic massacres and mass murder and erasing the milestones of its physical, cultural, and intellectual existence on the land of..."

Fatah Secretary in Holland Zaid Tyam: "We did not attack anyone (sic., Hamas initiated the 2023 Gaza war). They [Israel] are attacking us, and they are harassing our people…" Senior Fatah official Jihad Ramadan: "The doctrine of the Zionist movement is a doctrine of replacement based on occupying..."

Al-Jazeera TV Live host: “[What is] your opinion as a Palestinian and politician regarding the speech of [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu two days ago at the [US] Congress.” Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “This reminds us of Goebbels, and it reminds us of Hitler. He [Israeli PM...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “Good evening to our people in the Gaza Strip who are carrying out unprecedented epic and legendary resolve against the genocide and ethnic cleansing by the Nazi racist fascist occupation (i.e., Israel)… This resolve is against this state official...”

Former Jordanian Minister of Government Communications and Minister of State for Media Affairs Faisal Shboul: “When the occupation (i.e., Israeli) government, and behind it many of the Western states, tried to say that Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas’ massacre) is the root of the problem, Jordan said...”

Official PA TV, report from Tubas on Israeli excavations at an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley, which are being conducted due to the laying of water lines and infrastructure in the area Head of the Al-Maleh Council Mahdi Daraghmeh: "The occupation (i.e., Israel) is attempting to steal..."

Official PA radio station The Voice of Palestine host: "Regarding the matter of contempt for the religions, and everything that is happening, and also the invasions [of Jews] of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque… how do you view [this]? …" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and...

Lebanese researcher of international law Na'im Akbik: "[ICC] Chief Prosecutor [Karim Khan]… says that the resistance [Hamas] "committed crimes of aggression," and the enemy [Israel] "committed crimes of aggression." He describesboth sides using the same terms, describing the victim and the..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The [Israeli] goals have become transparent and clear. We know what they are, and our position regarding them has not changed: We will not leave. [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas said this publicly. We..."

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

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

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