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Two ministers in new Palestinian cabinet have made statements supporting terrorism Watchdog uncovers 2002 sermon by religious affairs minister in which he called Jews ‘pigs and apes,’ while women’s affairs minister honored terrorists who killed dozens of Israelis By Gianluca Pacchiani | 1 April...

Antisemitism, terror lauding ministers form part of new, 'revitalized' Palestinian Authority New expose by watchdog PMW reveals new officials’ history of vile antisemitic rhetoric and commendation of terrorist murderers By Ohad Merlin | April 1, 2024 As part of its fulfillment of the US demand for...

Biden Admin Hails 'Revitalized' Palestinian Authority. But New Ministers Support Murder of Jews. Andrew Tobin | April 1, 2024 The White House on Friday welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian Authority government, suggesting the West Bank-based PA was on track to take over administration of...

Official PA daily columnist Hassan Hmeid: “The West doesn’t surprise me at all (regarding the 2023 Gaza war). This West is white and blond, but it’s barbaric. It views the entire world as a jungle, and it’s the lord of this jungle, and can do whatever it wants. If it breaks a tree, no one says...”

Terrorists deserve to be paid -“they defended Palestine, that has been watered with the Martyrs’ blood” PA Tubas and Northern Valley District Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Director Mu’in Sawafta: “First of all, the Israeli side is fighting us with the deducted [tax] money, because...”

Official PA TV “Israeli affairs expert” Fayez Abbas: “An extremist right-wing organization Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) prepared a report saying that the Red Cross fills out forms for the prisoners and they are submitted to the PA in order to pay salaries to the prisoners. Of course, the director...”

Head of Radio and TV Department at Cairo University’s Faculty of Mass Communications Ashraf Jalal: “The generous treatment Palestine gave the Israeli prisoners (i.e., kidnapped women and children) caused an enormous positive response, because after [the Israelis] lied and said that [Hamas] are...”

Since Oct. 7, Israel has imprisoned 6,540 Palestinian suspected terrorists and the PA is anxious to start rewarding them

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...

Brother of Terrorist Bassel Shahada: “Bassel (i.e., terrorist), along with his accomplices, friends and brothers, participated in an operation (i.e., terror attack) in the Eli settlement at a gas station, directed by [Hamas’] Al-Qassam Brigades.” … Father of Terrorist Bassel Shahada: “This...”

Palestinian father: I want my second son to die. The official PA daily posted a video on its Facebook page of an interview with the father of terrorists Muhammad and Wadi’ As’ous, who shot at Israeli soldiers Yasser As’ous, father of terrorists Muhammadand Wadi’ As’ous: “Allah chose my children...”

Official PA TV host: “There are Martyrs (i.e., dead terrorists) who had some of their organs stolen, as witnesses have said… Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “It is as if Israel has sworn not to leave even [one] shameful act and even [one] crime not committed. It wants...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The one who bears responsibility for every drop of blood that is spilled everywhere in Palestine is the Israeli occupation and those who stand behind the Israeli occupation... The Israeli occupation...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The one who makes the decisions about continuing the [Israeli] aggression or stopping the aggression (i.e., Israeli operation against Hamas) is the American administration. [Israeli Prime Minister]...”

The video shows PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash giving a speech at the 19th World Islamic Forum held in Russia. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The one who is...”

Fatah Secretary in Austria Mundhir Mar’i: “The minimum that we can say about these Zionists is that they are the students of Adolf Hitler... They claimed that Hitler burned them [in the Holocaust]. They are committing the same act and more than this against our people in Palestine (i.e., 2023 Gaza...”

Official PA TV Live, broadcast of Friday prayers and sermon by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash at a mosque in Ramallah PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: You love Allah...

Official PA TV, interview with the father and grandmother of 14-year-old dead terrorist Yazan Akkoub, who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers Father of terrorist Yazan Akkoub: “Praise Allah, [my son Yazan] died as a Martyr. Allah will receive him as a Martyr, a Martyr of all Palestine... We are all...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “This is a preplanned war [by Israel] that just exploited what happened on Oct. 7 to carry out plans that were planned beforehand and were meant to uproot the Palestinian people and finally eliminate...”

Quds News Network, which is identified with Hamas, posted a video and text on its Twitter account Video: The video shows two girls playing and chanting. Girls: My sister is Yasmina She is a beautiful young girl… My uncle is Saladin (i.e., Muslim military leader) He gave me the book of religion from...

Official PA TV interviews Director of the Al-Haq Institute for Human Rights Sha’awan Jabarin – Al-Haq is a designated terror organization in Israel, see note below Director of the Al-Haq Institute for Human Rights Sha’awan Jabarin: “A topic [that] still isn’t clear… is the matter of those who...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Over many years we have grown accustomed that every time they [the Jews] make a promise, a group of them violates it, as is said in the Quran… We must not trust in their promises and commitments, and...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “The American administration said that they will allow bringing in diesel [fuel] to the hospitals, to purify the water for humanitarian purposes, and with difficulty the agreement of these neo-Nazis (i.e., Israel) was achieved… There is Israeli...”

Text on poster: "Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah" Lyrics: O pride of Salah Shahada, O wisdom of Imad [Aqel] (i.e., Hamas leaders) [O] the explosives of [Yahya] Ayyash (i.e., Hamas bomb maker), the Martyrdom, and the lovers of the trigger: Killing the occupiers is worship that...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Whoever thinks that Israel truly wants to eradicate Hamas [only] (i.e., Israeli counter-terror operation) is deluded. This is idle talk, excuses, and lies whose goal is to market the elimination of...”