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Commentator Faisal Tahboub: "The extremist Israelis or this [Israeli] government, together with the religious Jews and settlers, are attempting to prove that they have a status in the Noble Sanctuary (i.e., the Temple Mount). The final goal is destroying the Noble Sanctuary and actually building..."

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..."

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.,..."

Official PA TV narrator: "Immediately after East Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Old City [of Jerusalem] fell into the hands of the occupation (i.e., Israel), the Israeli excavations began… Excavations continued in all the areas adjacent to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, above and below ground,..."

Egyptian Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: "Historically speaking, the Jews have no right to [the land], since historically speaking, they were not the first to settle in it, and there are no remnants of theirs in its territory. Also religiously speaking, the Muslims have full ownership..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "We have been living in this land for over 6,000 years. The Palestinian people is the one that created the civilization and history of this land. It is the one who built all the cities in most of the..."

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...

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,..."

Syrian political commentator Husam Shuaib: "Those who remain today in Palestine as occupiers are Talmudist foreigners who stole the name ‘Israel,' and with this name they succeeded in marketing a religion with which they are not in fact affiliated, but they convinced the West that they are..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The Al-Aqsa Mosque is a pure Islamic right. It is an exclusive Islamic waqf for Muslims (i.e., an inalienable religious endowment), and it is an exclusive right of the Muslims… At the UN podium, [PA]..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The Al-Aqsa Mosque is our mosque. They [the Jews] have no right to even one millimeter of it. It is an Islamic mosque, and if they are talking about an alleged Temple, let them look for it somewhere...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We must restore the national unity. We must preserve the national unity. The national unity exists. Indeed, there is disagreement between the Palestinian factions, between the PLO and Hamas and...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “For thousands of years, Jerusalem was a Palestinian, Arab, and Canaanite city, and it is an Islamic Christian city, in which the holiest site to Muslims in Palestine is located and the holiest site to...”

Official PA TV host: “Jerusalem is considered one of the holiest cities in the world throughout the generations, and it is the only city to which the hearts of the religions of divine revelation are connected: Islam and Christianity.” [Official PA TV, In Its Alleys, May 10, 2024]

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Neither the occupation (i.e., Israel) nor the herds of terrorist settlers have any kind of religious or non-religious right to any millimeter of the land of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This entire mosque –...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The occupation authority (i.e., Israel) is attempting and advancing matters in a gradual manner to carry out a plot against Jerusalem in general and the Islamic and Christian holy sites, and...”

Fatah official Fatah Tubas Branch Secretary Mahmoud Sawafta:“The blood of the Martyrs is what draws the map of the homeland, the map of Palestine – Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Lod, Ramle (i.e., all Israeli cities), the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the capital Jerusalem. Their blood is our compass, and...”

Speech by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for the occasion of "Palestinian Independence Day," marking the issuing of the Palestinian declaration of independence – see note below PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "We are dealing with a barbaric aggressive war and an open war of annihilation to which our people..."

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..."

Palestinian Council denounces Israel’s efforts to “erase” Jerusalem’s history, vowing “unity and resistance” against “Judaization”

Hussein calls for filling the Temple Mount on arson anniversary, accusing Israel of “Judaization” and “plotting” Temple construction

Khouri: Jews burned Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Israel prevented from extinguishing the fire

PA President denies Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, saying it is all Islamic

PA calls Jewish visits “invasion”

Al-Hadmi: The Israeli government is preparing to “establish the alleged Temple in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”