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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The Palestinian people's existence has not been cut off, it has not been cut off for the past 6,000 years, since the time of the Canaanites, and even before the Canaanites. We have been in this land..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The US is not just a mediator of Israel, the US is the one responsible for Israel. It is the one responsible for Israeli policy, and it bears responsibility for the entire scope of this aggression..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The main reason for the absence of peace, stability, and security in Palestine and the region is the occupation (i.e., Israel), so therefore the occupation must be put to an end. The only possible and..."

Video title: "A civilian in the Gaza Strip: Hamas gave the occupation (i.e., Israel) a golden opportunity to destroy the Gaza Strip" Unidentified Gaza citizen: "Hamas gave a golden opportunity to the Sons of Zion to continue killing. There is no health system. There is no education system, and the..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Anyone who hears the word ‘missiles' thinks that we have ballistic or even nuclear missiles. We are talking about primitive missiles that fall in the Gaza Envelope that is deserted. They fall in the..."

Video title: "Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash to Al-Nile News TV: Ending the Israeli occupation is the basis for solving the region's problems, and the Arab position is the basis for international solidarity with the Palestinian cause" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Hamas should hand everything over to the PLO… Hand over the weapons, decision-making, [Israeli] hostages, and everything related to the Gaza Strip over to the PLO... We are talking about Hamas' exit..."

Video title: "Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash calls on Hamas through Al-Mashhad TV to hand over the Gaza Strip to the PA, nullify the occupation's (i.e., Israel's) excuses, and thwart the plan to eliminate the Palestinian cause" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations...

Video title: "Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash calls on Hamas through Al-Mashhad TV to hand over the Gaza Strip to the PA, nullify the occupation's (i.e., Israel's) excuses, and thwart the plan to eliminate the Palestinian cause" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Regarding] what happened on Oct. 7, [2023,] what Hamas carried out on Oct. 7 (i.e., Hamas' massacre and launch of terror war on Israel), I start from the assumption that resistance is legitimate. We..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Hamas is part of the Palestinian people. No one can deny this... We are all Palestinians, we are all in the Palestinian home... The door is open to everyone as Palestinians, civilians, participants in..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "What we very clearly want from the Hamas Movement is for it to return to the Palestinian national fold, to the PLO, and that it will hand over the leadership of the Palestinian people to its sole..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Everyone knows and [Hamas] knows that it has failed for 18 years, during which it has ruled the Gaza Strip by force and plunged it into six deadly and destructive wars that claimed tens of thousands..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "My sincere advice to Hamas is that it should stay away from anything related to this issue [of rebuilding the Gaza Strip] or the future of the Gaza Strip. Hamas must admit in full sincerity that it..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "[US President] Trump and all the American presidents do not serve Israel, but rather use Israel. The basis is American interests. The basis is that the decision lies in Washington, and not in the..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The only option in the eyes of [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu is to eliminate the Palestinian people. He's now talking about the expulsion plan (i.e., 2025 Trump plan for Gaza). He has been..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "More than 70% of the civilians living in the Gaza Strip are refugees whose families were expelled in 1948 during the Nakba (i.e., "the catastrophe," the establishment of Israel). They were expelled..."

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..."

Al-Arabiya TV host: "[US] President Donald Trump talks about the Gaza Strip as if it's a given (i.e., 2025 Trump plan for Gaza). Whom will he take the Gaza Strip from if he indeed thinks it is a given that it will be under American control this time?" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "[PA President Abbas'] decree or bill (i.e., Abbas' revision of "Pay-for-Slay") is an arrangement of the social assistance payment process under one umbrella and one criterion that includes all those..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The reason for all the disasters that are plaguing the region and the Palestinian people is the existence of the occupation (i.e., Israel). Some blame Hamas for having dragged the region into the..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "If [US President] Trump wants to solve the overpopulation problem in the Gaza Strip, he should know that over 70% of the Gaza Strip are Palestinian refugees who took refuge in the Gaza Strip during..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "These ideas [of US President Trump], beyond the fact that they constitute a violation of international law, aggression against human rights, and an absolute war crime, above all constitute a threat to..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "These plans [of US President Trump] and talks... are liable to seriously harm the security of the region's states and the security of the region in general, especially the Arab states, and..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "If [US President] Trump wants to take the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, there is an easier way. He should return them to the cities and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. I"