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We will "eliminate the phenomenon" of Israel "flooding young people" with drugs in order to "get to us," says Jericho Mayor as part of his false allegation

"The occupation or the occupation's protection of the drug dealers and distributors, especially in the neglected areas... The drug distributors are protected by the occupation"

"The occupation plants corruption among us"

Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, on The Drug Problem in Palestine – Reality and Ways to Cope conference in Jericho, hosting Commander of the PA Police Anti-Drug Unit Abdallah Aliwi Commander of the PA Police Anti-Drug Unit Abdallah Aliwi: "I think that accusing fingers [should be..."

"This is a declared war that is targeting the young people"

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in speech to PLO Central Council: "We have a plan to fight the drugs. Israel is exporting drugs to us in frightening amounts. We need to pay attention in order to defend our young generation and defend it from the drugs."

Official PA TV program As It Is, on drugs, with PA Police War on Drugs Unit Deputy Commander Abd Allah Aliwi PA Police War on Drugs Unit Deputy Commander Abd Allah Aliwi: “Regarding people [ drug dealers] who hold Jerusalem identity cards (i.e., permanent residency) and Israeli identity cards, yes,...”

PA TV host: “Jerusalem is probably the Palestinian district that suffers the most from drugs, [because] the occupation mainly targets young age groups in Jerusalem...” Coordinator of the Project of the War on Drugs in Jerusalem, Issam Jweihan: “A war is being waged [by Israel] against Jerusalem...”

Imad Hamato, appointed by PA Chairman Abbas as dean of Gaza Al-Azhar schools, host of weekly PA TV program on Islam: "Our conflict today between us and Israel is the conflict between spirit and body. Israel’s global media has expanded, and its war against the Arabs and Muslims is through sex mania..."

Official PA TV program Buy Time in Jerusalem, on the history of the Shuafat refugee camp Official PA TV reporter: “People of the [Shuafat refugee] camp know that the occupation has tried and still tries to undermine the social fabric by spreading drugs and criminals, but it should be noted that...”

Official PA TV program Buy Time in Jerusalem, on the Palestinian legal battle for Jerusalem, hosting PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Strategic Affairs Dr. Husam Zomlot PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Strategic Affairs Dr. Husam Zomlot: “If you visit the website of the government of...”

Official PA TV program State of Politics, hosting PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Ahmed Majdalani PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Ahmed Majdalani: “The Israelis have never ceased their efforts to infiltrate Palestinian society and destroy it. There are two means for the destruction: Weapons,...”

Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, hosting Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila Ghannam, on warning issued by the Ramallah and El-Bireh district regarding the use of fireworks in celebrations to mark the end of matriculation exams Ramallah and El-Bireh District Governor Laila...

Official PA TV program Topic of the Day on the opening of a juvenile court, hosting Chairman of the High Judicial Council Sami Sarsour. Official PA TV host: "There is another issue for which we hold the Israeli elements responsible, and in which we appreciate the role of the Palestinian Security..."

Official PA TV program Good Morning Jerusalem on the Israeli Apartheid Week interviewed Att. Jihad Abu Ria from the Falestiniyyat Association, an organization established two years ago to fight “Israeli apartheid” and keep the memory of the “Nakba” - “the catastrophe,” a Palestinian term for the...

Imad Hamato, Professor of Quranic Studies, University of Palestine, Gaza, host of weekly PA TV program on Islam: "What has Israel given to the world in our times, aside from moral corruption and degeneration of values, aside from the use of drugs and pills? I said in a previous lesson that the CIA..."

PA TV newsreader:‎ "PA TV has exposed that the occupation is using all means to destroy our ‎people and perhaps the most striking one is the drowning of our youth in the swamp of [drug] ‎addiction, after facilitating the entry of all kinds of drugs for our youth.‎"

Palestinian Authority Governor of Ramallah Laila Ghannam: ‎"There is an attempt to introduce drugs among our children, especially in the ‎Jerusalem district which is open to Israelis, and to destabilize the public peace. ‎There are murders, and these things do not happen by chance. This is a..."

Official PA TV program Special Missions about drugs in Jerusalem. The program hosted Dr. Husni Awad, a psychology lecturer at Al-Quds Open University. Dr. Husni Awad: “Since occupying Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has made an effort to distribute drugs and to facilitate their distribution, especially...”

Official PA TV program Speak Up episode about the increase in drug use among youth, mainly in Jerusalem. Guests on the program included District Deputy Governor of Jerusalem Abdallah Siyam, Commander of the Narcotics Division in the Jerusalem District Yasser Izzat and an anonymous youth from the...

Official spokesman of the PA Security Forces Adnan Al-Damiri: "The challenges facing us... [are] drugs. You don't know how many problems we've had these past two weeks... A shocking amount of drugs that the Israeli occupation has spit up and vomited onto our land. A lab was even made in the..."

Official PA TV program Special Missions on the spread of drugs in Jerusalem Husni Awad, lecturer at the Open University of Jerusalem: “Since [its] occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has been working to spread drugs and facilitate the spreading of drugs in Jerusalem in particular, and this is...”

PA TV News reported on a drug lab exposed in Tulkarem. PA TV host: “[This is] a factory that was built and equipped with advanced and innovative technologies. All investigations thus far attest to Israeli involvement in the building of the factory here in Tulkarem.”

PA TV reporter Hiba Hassoun on the program Young People of the Country presented topics discussed on the program during the year, including: “The drugs that the occupation is trying to spread among our young people in Area C that is under Israeli control.” Click to view bulletin

District governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam: "Everyone should take part, not only the [Palestinian] state's institution and the official forces, in the battle against this plague (i.e., drugs)... There is an occupation and there is also an enemy: Drugs spread by the occupation."