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Al-Farabi Institute of Political Studies President and Egyptian researcher Mukhtar Ghobashi: “The latest request that was submitted to the [UN] International Court [of Justice] (ICJ) to prevent an Israeli invasion of Rafah, open the crossings, and bring in humanitarian aid (i.e., during the 2023...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Israel’s goals are not to eliminate Hamas… and not to return the [Israeli] captives (i.e., hostages in 2023 Gaza war). [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu’s real goal is to eliminate the Palestinian...”

Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “People are surprised given the mighty [Palestinian] resolve and how the entire NATO treaty, all the West’s capabilities, together with all their [Israel’s] mercenaries and collaborators, were unable to silence the [resistance’s] fighters’ rifles and...”

Writer and political commentator Monther Howarat: “The project that is Israel lives on wars. It lives on wars in the West Bank and Gaza Strip… What motivates it, its fuel, is war. Therefore, it will not stop with this war (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war)... It is working on a large project: To fragment...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Israel… is not attempting to implement any measures to protect the [Palestinian] civilians nor taking any action for that purpose. The proof is all the civilian victims who will fall in the Gaza Strip...”

Palestinian political commentator Kamal Zakarneh: “The naval passageway that the US has created in the Gaza Strip began to transfer a certain amount of aid, aid for the sake of appearances. I think this is a prelude for something much more dangerous than this so-called humanitarian aid. There is a...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “If the Palestinian cause will not be justly, comprehensively, and permanently resolved, at least on the basis of international legitimacy, at least on the basis of the UN resolutions, then Oct. 7”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The floating port is an attempt to throw dust in [our] eyes. It is an attempt to keep the situation in the Gaza Strip under Israeli rule and Israeli sovereignty… What we fear is that this floating...”

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...”

Fatah Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul: “All the greetings on your [Ramallah residents’] behalf to our beloved prisoners… Also all the greetings to the popular resistance (i.e., includes using violence and terror) … We say to the world on their behalf and on your behalf that we will defend our...”

Official PA TV, broadcast of Friday prayers and a sermon by an unidentified preacher at a mosque in Nablus. Unidentified preacher: It is our duty to fight, confront, and carry out Ribat (i.e., religious conflict) in this land as much as we can. It is our duty to reject all the expressions of...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Hamas is actually not connected to the Palestinian agenda and is not connected to the Palestinian people’s interests. Hamas is connected to its mother, and its mother is the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas...”

Fatah member Jihad Al-Harazin: “The Middle East region… arouses the colonialist states’ desire for control. Therefore, the Western states, and foremost among them the US, saw a need to implant this distorted entity (i.e., Israel) in this region so that it would realize all the goals required of it,...”

Editor in Chief Adnan Khalil: “The occupation state (i.e., Israel) can’t live without the world and without the wealthy capitalist states. It was planted by Western colonialism. It was supported and is still supported [by it]... Now, as the [American] masses have turned against these regimes, this...”

Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “Oct. 7 [2023] came (i.e., Hamas’ attack and massacre). No one knows how it came, but the people of Gaza – men – erased Israel’s reputation as a state, [trampling] the Arabs’ heads with its boots, whose army is undefeatable, and the myth of [its]...”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “We hope that the efforts will bring about a UN resolution on stopping this aggression, an Israeli withdrawal, and carrying out a prisoner exchange of everyone for everyone (i.e., hostages for terrorists). I say to all relevant parties: a Palestinian...”

PA: Hamas controls the ATMs, residents “lack cash to purchase goods” Official PA TV reporter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza: “The residents are in a difficult mental state due to the lack of cash. We as PA public employees cannot receive our salary that has arrived in the banks because the people with...”

Khalil Al-Wazir“Abu Jihad”: “This desire will never weaken under any circumstances. It is the desire of determination and the desire to continue the struggle and the self-defense by all means (i.e., term that includes use of terror).” [Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page,...

Official PA TV reporter in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza: “When we speak about the entry of more than 150 [humanitarian aid] trucks [a day to Gaza], and what is [actually] distributed is 20 trucks, then there is a missing link. Some of those with power in the Gaza Strip (i.e., Hamas) control the number of...”

Official PA TV host and preacher Bashar Al-Awiwi: “We’re happy that we’re among the chosen, praise Allah Master of the Universe. We’re happy that our Martyrs are in Paradise and happy that the killed Jews are in Hell.” [Official PA TV, Gate to Paradise, April 9, 2024]

Official PA TV program Moons of Palestine, on terrorist Muhammad Fawaqa,who participated in violent confrontations with Israeli forces. Hussein Fawaqa, brother of terrorist Muhammad Fawaqa: “Praise Allah’s name, He chose [Muhammad Fawaqa], and He chose a path (i.e.,Martyrdom) for him that everyone...”

Granddaughter proud of grandpa terrorist: “I’m very proud of him. Allah chose us” Official PA TV program Moons of Palestine, on terrorist Jihad Al-Abd Rushd Samhan, who was involved in numerous attacks Yanal Samhan, granddaughter of terrorist Jihad Al-Abd Rushd Samhan: “I’m very happy that he’s my...”

Fatah Nablus Secretary Muhammad Hamdan: “May Allah have mercy on our Martyrs. We are all loyal to the Martyrs: Those who gave us life and gave the Palestinian position pride, honor, and greatness.Those who deserve that we salute them. Those who were and will remain a source for our strength and...”

Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadura Fares: “Israelis unique in many unprecedented acts that no state on the face of the earth does. One of them, and perhaps the most criminal of them, is that it takes bodies as hostages for cheap political negotiations. This is only done by...”

Father of terrorist: “There are tears of joy in my heart because my son achieved Martyrdom” Official PA TV News, on the death of terrorist Rabia Zakarneh, who participated in violent confrontations with Israeli forces. Father of terrorist Rabia Zakarneh:“I am mourning and my eyes are mourning, but...”