Top Fatah official: Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre “will be studied in universities,” terrorist prisoners “are a source of pride… a precious treasure”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...”Jun 2
Abbas’ Fatah deputy encourages terror: “You can use all possible means to defend our land”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...”May 15
Rajoub demands all terrorist murderers be freed or Palestinians will repeat “efforts,” implies kidnapping hostages 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...”Apr 26
The art of projection: PA official claims Israel holds bodies of Palestinians “hostage” for “negotiations”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...”Apr 8
Fatah cartoon accuses Hamas of targeting Palestinians Fatah cartoon shows Hamas claiming victory while simultaneously holding a target over the heart of a Palestinian civilianAug 1, 2021
PA: “We are prepared to sacrifice … we will sacrifice our children""We in the Fatah Movement, regarding the struggle, the resistance, and the rules of engagement – we are open. We are prepared to sacrifice..."Oct 7, 2020
Abbas told Hamas: “Whatever you reach with Fatah, I agree to it” – says top PLO officialAbbas told Hamas leader that whatever is chosen by the joint Hamas-Fatah committee to fight the UAE-Israel peace he will "agree to."Sep 19, 2020
Joint committee to propel “the popular resistance… towards… a comprehensive popular intifada” says PLO official"President [Abbas] said that he will not have any reservations about any decision that is made by these committees…"Sep 12, 2020
Abbas has “no reservations about any action” – taken by joint Fatah–Hamas committee"I will have no reservations about any action or committee, or about any person or organization in any committee or action"Sep 12, 2020
Top PA/Fatah official threatens Israel: “All possibilities are open,” “struggle” will escalate from peaceful to violence"Regarding the resistance in all its forms, for us in Fatah there is no problem. All of the possibilities are open and on the table."Sep 7, 2020
Hamas leader: Joint committee to “develop the popular resistance, which may develop into a popular intifada”"There will be a committee [of Fatah, Hamas, PFLP and others] to examine the way to develop the popular resistance"Sep 6, 2020
Violence – “struggle in all its forms” – is our right, according to international resolutions, says Fatah official“The [joint] statement emphasized our legal right – according to all the international resolutions – to struggle in all its forms.”Sep 4, 2020
Top PA official promotes terror: “All the types of resistance” are valid “against all expressions of the occupation”"All the possibilities are open to all the types of resistance in the occupied lands against all expressions of the occupation"Aug 17, 2020
PLO/Fatah are planning violent “comprehensive intifada”Official PA TV host: "The statement issued after the [PLO - Fatah] meeting, spoke about “developing and implementing coordination on the ground between all the political forces, popular committees, institutions, and activists of the resistance, and working to establish a united national front for...”"Jul 28, 2020
PA's coming actions will “be based on” previous waves of terror, says PLO official"When the Palestinian people set out on its first Intifada in response to an attempt to erase the Palestinian cause, and also when it set out on its second Intifada in response to the attempt to harm Jerusalem"Jul 28, 2020
PA warns Israel against annexation: Defense will be “with spirit and blood”“No to the deal of the century”Jun 21, 2020 & Jul 20, 2020
Fatah: We’ll redeem the land with spirit and blood"The day you extend your hand, we’ll cut it off"Jul 9, 2020
PLO top official threatens Israel with “death” "Annexation on the path to death or ending the occupation on the path to life. There is no other option!"Jun 22, 2020
Fatah refutes annexation of any land Fatah rejects all of the plans whose goal is the elimination of the "Palestinian cause."Jun 21, 2020
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas rejects all negotiations with the US if Jerusalem and refugee problem are off the tableOfficial PA TV, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the opening event of the Jerusalem the Capital of the Islamic Youth 2018 conference at the PA headquarters in Ramallah PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “Not only have [the Americans] taken Jerusalem off the table, but they have also spoken about UNRWA...”Feb 6, 2018
Abbas: “Jerusalem is the gate to peace… only when it will be the capital of the State of Palestine, and …it is, God forbid, the gate to war, fear, and the lack of security and stability if it is not”Official PA TV, special broadcast for the Al-Azhar Conference in Cairo, on US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “After [the US] has stood unequivocally alongside the occupation and imposed a reality upon us that leaves us no choice but...”Jan 17, 2018
Day after murder of Israeli mother of 6, Abbas: “We are against spilling of blood… our resistance will remain peaceful”The day after 15-year-old Palestinian terrorist Morad Adais stabbed 38-year-old Israeli Dafna Meir to death in her home in the town of Otniel, south of Hebron, in front of her children, Abbas maintained that the Palestinian "resistance" is “peaceful,” thus denying the many shooting and stabbing...Jan 18, 2016
Fatah youth movement calls on Palestinians to support and escalate the intifada, demands PLO rescind recognition of IsraelImages and text posted on the official Facebook page of the Fatah Movement on Jan. 2, 2016 Text: "The Fatah [youth movement] Shabiba leadership in Palestine made an announcement on the 51st anniversary of the outbreak of the modern Palestinian revolution led by the Fatah movement… Fatah Shabiba..."Jan 2, 2016
Fatah official supports “non-violent” “uprising” because Israel would benefit from Palestinian violenceHeadline: "Abbas Zaki to 'Donia Al-Watan': 'Severing of ties with Israel within a week' “Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki clarified that the settlers' wild behavior and the current actions require a large effort in order to turn [the uprising] into a greater public uprising, that will be...”"Oct 13, 2015
Abbas advisor says PA supports “peaceful acts of resistance” but justifies Palestinian violence as “defense” and a “result of the actions of the occupationHeadline: “Hammad: ‘The latest operations are a response to the settlers’ actions” “Dr. Nimer Hammad, political advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the Israeli escalation in Jerusalem and the West Bank are meant to drag the Palestinians into a cycle of violence. Hammad said in a...”Oct 5, 2015