Abbas: I will never recognize Israel as a Jewish State"A Jewish state is not my affair. I will not recognize it at all"Jul 27, 2016
Abbas' office emphasizes its opposition to attacks on civiliansOfficial PA TV News, about PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' office's announcement regarding rejecting violence against civilians Official PA TV newsreader: "The [PA] president's office stated that it has emphasized time and again its opposition to all the operations (i.e., terror attacks) that harm..."Jun 9, 2016
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
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
Saudi football team coming to play against Palestinian team refuses to cross any Israeli border in order to prevent "normalization"Official PA TV sports program Pulse of the Fields interviewed Tayseer Nasrallah about a football game between "Palestine" and Saudi Arabia: PA TV host: "In today's program we will talk extensively about the game between the team of Palestine and the Saudi team, and which fate is still uncertain..."Sep 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
Fatah official: "The Israeli street voted in favor of burying the peace process"Official PA TV News, on Fatah Central Committee member Saeb Erekat’s reaction to the results of the Israeli elections on March 17, 2015 Fatah Central Committee member Saeb Erekat said that the Israeli street voted in favor of burying the peace process and the continuation of settlement, and added...Mar 18, 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 advisor opposes law allowing both Jews and Muslims to pray on Temple MountOfficial PA TV broadcast the Friday sermon from the Al-Tashrifat Mosque in the presidential compound in Ramallah. The sermon was delivered by Mahmoud Al-Habbash, the Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs. He mentions the “physical division and [division]...”Aug 8, 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
PA Minister of Religious Affairs demands all of Jerusalem for Palestinians, "Or there will be no peace"; Fatah-Hamas government will function "with one leadership and one weapon"Official PA TV broadcast the Friday sermon from the Al-Tashrifat Mosque in the presidential compound in Ramallah. The sermon was delivered by PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash. The audience included PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and PA Finance Minister Jawad Naji. PA Minister of...May 2, 2014
PA minister: Abbas and the Palestinian people will not agree to make concessionsOfficial PA TV broadcast the Friday sermon delivered by PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash from the Al-Taqwa Mosque, Al-Tireh. PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “I am telling you, brothers, and I am telling the whole world, even the US: you will only hear from...”Mar 14, 2014
Abbas to refugees: All five million refugees will have option to "return to Israel, and hold Israeli citizenship"Official PA TV broadcast PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to members of Fatah’s Al-Shabiba Al-Tullabiya student movement at the Presidential headquarters. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “The refugee’s right is a personal right. In other words, you are a refugee and your son is a refugee – you give up...”Mar 6, 2014
PA TV glorifies Abbas' defiance of the US in seeking UN observer statusPA TV broadcast the movie ‘The appeal to the UN; secrets and hidden [facts]’ Part 1. The movie’s intro: “A clear objective and a legitimate right.”… “We chose the way and entered the conflict; we won and waved the name ‘Palestine.’ “Defiance, power, determination, the appeal to the UN; secrets and...”Nov 29, 2013
PLO official: Return to '67 borders is for now; future generations will fight for the restOfficial PA TV program Religion and the World: Sheikh Yaqub Qarash, Preacher and Member of PLO’s National Council: “I say to our Palestinian people… Be sure that nothing was paid in exchange [for our prisoners’ release]… And I remind [you] that our real war is for the land and not for the man...”Oct 30, 2013
Abbas claims that US promised PA that negotiations would be based on ’67 bordersPA TV broadcast of Abbas’ speech before the Fatah Revolutionary Council: “Before we began the negotiations there were talks or an American request. The request was that we (i.e., the PA) would refrain from turning to international organizations during the negotiations period, but we refused this...”Sep 2, 2013
Abbas: Until Israel frees all Palestinian prisoners and stops all settlement there will be no peace"When we speak about negotiations, we say: Free the prisoners, stop the settlements, as long as this doesn’t happen there will be no negotiations between us and you” proclaims Chairman AbbasFeb 15, 2013
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
Head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee: The Palestinian team will not play against IsraelPA TV sports program hosts the head of the Olympic Committee, Jibril Rajoub. Rajoub: "The Israeli flag will not, not, not be raised in the Palestinian territories, and the Palestinian team will not play against any team within the Green Line." Two weeks later on PA TV, Rajoub made the following...Jan 2, 2012
Abbas: We missed the opportunity for a state in 1947Abbas speaking at the launching of the Palestinian Students’ Aid Fund in Lebanon: “It is not true that we are presented [with opportunities] and we miss opportunities. We don’t miss opportunities. Perhaps we missed opportunities in the past, and we don’t want to repeat that – the opportunity of...”Nov 10, 2010
Yasser Arafat calls for Jihad, struggle, and combat"Struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. Combat, combat, combat, combat. Jihad, Jihad, Jihad, Jihad."Oct 21, 1996
Arafat compares Oslo Accords to Muhammad's temporary agreementArafat: "When the Prophet made the peace of Hudaybiyyah, [Muhammad's followers] Omar Ibn al Khattab and Ali Ibn Abi Talib said: "How can we accept an agreement like that?" "How can we accept such humiliation of our religion, Oh, Messenger of Allah?" And when we signed the agreement in Oslo if..."Apr 16, 1995