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
Abbas blames the US for no two-state solution, waits for “world” to “impose” solution on IsraelOfficial PA TV broadcast part of a n interview with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on unidentified Chinese TV. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “America is the one that stands as an obstacle in front of the two-state solution, because if America had wanted or accepted the two-state principle, then things...”Jun 16, 2023
Israelis ”are Nazis more than the Nazis themselves” – Fatah officialIsraelis are “despicable” and “Nazis”, “Haifa and Jaffa are ours” – Fatah official Fatah Revolutionary Council member Abd Al-Ilah Atteereh: “[The Israelis] accuse the Palestinian leadership of being terrorists. But they are the terrorists. They are the despicable ones. They are the Nazis… We won’t...”Jul 24, 2022
Abbas claims Palestinians have recognized Israel, yet his deputy says it is all “Palestine”bbas claimed Palestinians recognize Israel at the UN Security Council on the very same day his deputy Al-Aloul told Palestinians that all of Israel is “Palestine”Feb 11, 2020
Abbas in La La Land #1: Abbas: We “spread a culture of peace,” - Yet Fatah enters 2020 with knives, rifles, and suicide belts"We do not want violence. We do not want terror."Feb 11, 2020
Abbas in La La Land #2: Abbas: Palestinians “will never turn to violence and terror” - Yet Fatah enters 2020 with knives, rifles, and suicide belts"We are against terror and violence, regardless of its color, form, or source"Feb 11, 2020
Abbas says Palestinians are “not against Jews,” “will never turn to violence and terror”"We are not against the Jews."Feb 11, 2020
Top PA official threatens: Whoever accepts Trump's plan “will pay the price of treason”"We will not accept the deal of shame, we will not accept the Trump deal"Jan 24, 2020
Better to fight and die as Martyrs than to accept Trump’s deal – “We welcome death for Allah” says top PA official"We welcome death for the sake of Allah"Jan 24, 2020
Abbas: Only hope for peace was with Olmert, but he was imprisoned and no deal was reached"From 1993 to this day we have not gone through any stage during which we could have felt there was hope [for a peace agreement], other than the stage of [former Israeli Prime Minister] Ehud Olmert."Apr 21, 2019
Abbas pretends to US students the PA is “not against the Jews,” all can practice religion at Jerusalem holy sites"We are honestly not against the Jews. No. The Jews, the Christians, the Muslims – for us they are equal"Mar 24, 2019
Abbas pretends the PA is against terror when speaking to American students"We want to achieve our right and our state peacefully... We will not choose a path other than negotiations to achieve our right."Mar 24, 2019
Olmert offered Abbas 20 sq.km more than size of West Bank, according to PLO Chief Negotiator"I heard [former Israeli Prime Minister] Olmert say that he offered [Abbas] 100% of the West Bank territory. This is true. I’ll testify to this."Dec 1, 2018
Fatah official: "Armed struggle" remains a Fatah principleOfficial PA TV News, on reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas, with Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of National Relations (i.e., between Hamas and Fatah) Azzam Al-Ahmad. Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of National Relations Azzam Al-Ahmad: "It is..."Oct 9, 2017
Abbas to foreign audience: We want the two-state solution with a Palestinian state living in peace beside IsraelSpeech by Abbas at the India Islamic Cultural Center in New Delhi, India PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "We are working to implement the two-state solution within the June 4, 1967 borders. In other words, an independent and sovereign Palestinian state whose capital is East Jerusalem, which will live in..."May 16, 2017
Fatah official: “To this moment, Fatah does not recognize Israel”Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of Treasury and Economy Muhammad Shtayyeh: "The Fatah Movement never demanded that Hamas recognize Israel. To this moment, Fatah does not recognize Israel. The topic of recognition of Israel has not been raised in any of Fatah’s..."Mar 26, 2017
Senior Fatah official: "Normalization with Israel is treason!"Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub: "Last time (i.e., the 2006 elections), even our [Christian] brothers, the Merry Christmas bunch - some of them voted for Hamas. Why would anyone vote for them [Hamas] today? What have they given? What have they given? What example?..."Sep 2, 2016
Abbas to Europeans about Jews: “We are neighbors and we will be friends in the future… We are absolutely not against the Jewish religion… [it] is an honorable religion and we all honor it”PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas addressing Greek Parliament: "A racist separation fence was built and continues to be built between us and the Israelis. We do not want a fence to separate us. We want a bridge that will connect us. We are neighbors and we will be friends in the future. What can prevent..."Dec 22, 2015
Abbas presents Holocaust as something Jews "say": "They say they made sacrifices in World War II - we respect what they say"PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at Polish Media Conference broadcast on official PA TV: "If they [Jews] say that they made sacrifices in World War II, and we respect what they say, they should not treat us the way they were treated. We must not be a victim of the victim. I did not do anything bad to him..."Aug 23, 2015
Abbas says he won't recognize Israel as Jewish state; claims Israel plans to displace Israeli ArabsPA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, at a press conference held at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “Starting three years ago they [Israelis] came to us with a new invention: The Jewish state. The Jewish state. Of course, now there is a Jewish state, an Islamic State, the state of ISIS, and so on...”Dec 24, 2014
Abbas on cooperation with Israel: "We cannot confront the State of Israel - neither militarily or in any other way"“As for the Israeli government, it is causing a sharp escalation, and this is a new problem we are facing. The reason is the kidnapping of three boys near one of the settlements. Naturally, despite their [Israel’s] presence in Area C, which is not under our security control, and despite the fact...”Jun 18, 2014
Abbas: PA will relaunch unilateral statehood campaign at UNPA Chairman Abbas: "We went to the UN in order to obtain recognition as a state. The first time we weren't successful, but certainly - Allah willing - we will succeed the second time. We are a nation that deserves a state. We have all the foundations of a state. We have all the institutions of a..."Jul 28, 2012
Sports official Jibril Rajoub says Jews are “Satans” and “Zionist sons of bitches”, "Under no circumstances will there be normalization" with Israel in sportsLive broadcast: Opening of the first Forum for Arab women sports journalists, in the presence of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Deputy-Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee and Chairman of the Palestinian Olympic Committee Jibril Rajoub. Rajoub: "Normalization with the occupation is..."May 17, 2012
Yasser Arafat calls for Jihad, struggle, and combat"Struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. Combat, combat, combat, combat. Jihad, Jihad, Jihad, Jihad."Oct 21, 1996