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Hypocritical Abbas takes a break from inciting violence and terror to "condemn" Tel Aviv shooting, while spreading libels about Israel and accusing them of a will to "exploit this event to carry out responses" in the very same statement

One day after Palestinian terrorist and Fatah member shot and murdered 5 people in the Israeli city of B'nei Brak, Abbas "stressed that the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians will only lead to further deterioration of the situation"

This cooperation comes after Abbas had broken off all ties with Israel and PA accused Israel of spreading the epidemic in the PA

"We fight against terror. We are not terrorists"

"We are not against the Jews."

"We will... act to spread the culture of peace and battle terror in our region and the world"

Al-Ayyam reported that Abbas in a speech to American Harvard students specifically said that he is against violence and “rules out” the use of it. However, this was not part of his televised speech nor of the official PA paper’s report on the speech. The statement against violence might have been...

"We want to achieve our right and our state peacefully... We will not choose a path other than negotiations to achieve our right."

"We will not choose another path to achieve our right other than negotiations"

Headline: “In joint press statements with the German foreign minister – the [PA] president: We rely on the role of Europe to reach a permanent and just peace in the region” “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas said: ‘We rely on the German and French role, through the European Union, and together with the...”

Headline: "The Gandhi of the Arabs" Excerpt of editorial in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida In meetings and interviews with foreign audiences, Abbas frequently expresses that peace is the only option for the Palestinians. However, as PMW has documented, this is rarely the message PA leaders present to...

Headline: "The president: There are those who do not want that and who are fomenting the war in places like those and others" In meetings and interviews with foreign audiences, Abbas frequently expresses that peace is the only option for the Palestinians. However, as PMW has documented, this is...

Abbas during a meeting with a Jordanian parliamentary delegation Headline: “President [Abbas]: Our application to the UN follows their blocking of the possibility of negotiations” “… President Abbas said: ‘Negotiations are the basis for reaching a solution, and we have no [other] option. I will not...”