Top Fatah official: Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre “will be studied in universities,” terrorist prisoners “are a source of pride… a precious treasure”Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “People are surprised given the mighty [Palestinian] resolve and how the entire NATO treaty, all the West’s capabilities, together with all their [Israel’s] mercenaries and collaborators, were unable to silence the [resistance’s] fighters’ rifles and...”Jun 2
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
Rajoub demands all terrorist murderers be freed or Palestinians will repeat “efforts,” implies kidnapping hostages Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “We hope that the efforts will bring about a UN resolution on stopping this aggression, an Israeli withdrawal, and carrying out a prisoner exchange of everyone for everyone (i.e., hostages for terrorists). I say to all relevant parties: a Palestinian...”Apr 26
In name of PA Chairman Abbas, top PA official calls on terror organizations to unite with the PAFatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “We say to our brothers in Hamas: We stand before a great turning point… The time has come for us [Fatah and Hamas] to reach a compromise. I call on them, on behalf of the Palestinian [PA] leadership, [PA President] Mahmoud Abbas, and the PLO...”Dec 17, 2023
Terror will continue unless Israel comes to an end - Abbas’ advisorPA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Without ending the occupation (i.e., Israel) we will continue to go from one cycle of violence to another. It is the problem. If there is occupation, there is resistance (i.e., violence and terror)...”Nov 10, 2023
Abbas’ advisor: “Abbas [has not said] one word against Hamas… Hamas is part of the Palestinian people”Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Since the start of the [Israeli] aggression (i.e., Israeli counter-terror operation against Hamas), has anyone heard from us? From the [PA] leadership, from [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas to the last of the people in the Palestinian leadership – has anyone heard from us one word...”Nov 6, 2023
Fatah official stresses Fatah’s support for Hamas, “all Palestinian forces are fighting” against IsraelFatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi: “Since the start of Oct. 7 [2023] until now (i.e., Hamas’ terror war on Israel) there are 96 Martyrs [in the West Bank]. All sectors of the Palestinian people are fighting, without connection to their organizational affiliation… The Israeli steps and...”Oct 25, 2023
Abbas to international audience: “We reject the killing of civilians on both sides”Excerpt from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the Cairo Peace Summit on Oct. 21, 2023. In the audience were Arab and European representatives. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We again emphasize our absolute rejection of the killing of civilians on both sides, and [call for] the release of the...”Oct 21, 2023
Top Fatah official: Fatah approves of terror – “we welcome all manners of resistance”Al-Mayadeen interviewer: “Mr. Rajoub, the manner of confrontation is a topic for discussion and argument also in the Palestinian Interior (i.e., among Arabs in Israel and the PA areas, as opposed to abroad). What is the path of confrontation in your eyes? Through political and diplomatic struggle...”Sep 25, 2023
Fatah quotes Arafat: “We fight when we want to fight, according to a Palestinian decision, not external instructions”The Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch posted a video and text on its Telegram channel showing former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat giving a speech in the Gaza Strip at an unknown date: PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat: “Yes… we fight when we want to fight, according to a Palestinian decision,...”Aug 14, 2023
PLO "absolutely rejects" Australian "attempts" to name Hamas a terror organizationThe PLO emphasized its "absolute rejection of the attempts by a number of states to describe the Palestinian struggle and some of the Palestinian factions and organizations as terrorists"Feb 18, 2022
Fatah hasn’t abandoned terror, says its Deputy ChairmanFatah Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul: “The fact that we are currently using the means of popular resistance does not in any way mean that we have abandoned any means of resistance… On the first page of [Fatah’s political] plan… [it says] that Fatah is still a national liberation movement. It is...”Jan 3, 2022
PA editorial on Abbas-Gantz meeting portrays Palestinians as "always ready for any initiative that will contribute to igniting the peace process" while stating that Israel is the country with a "policy of violence and terror"PA says Abbas' "patience has run out… we will not submit to the Israeli policy of violence and terror, and if this policy continues, more extensive confrontations are expected for us in the paths of popular resistance" terrorJan 2, 2022
"Why is Hamas preventing Fattah from arming themselves and fighting Israel?" questions Fatah high officialFatah Official Tawfiq Tirawi claims "we are in favour of resistance in all its forms" including "armed resistance" and expresses desire to help Hamas fight Israel from GazaDec 9, 2021
Abbas’ advisor warns Israeli flag march will lead to an “explosion”There will be “an explosion in the situation in Palestine,” threatens Abbas’ religious advisor, if march cancelled due to Arab violence on Jerusalem Day is heldJun 5, 2021
“We will continue the cycle of blood and killing,” threatens Fatah leader Rajoub - “We are not the only ones who will die”Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “This situation requires from us (i.e., Fatah) as Palestinians to take a position and also the international community, which understands the scope of the fascist and Nazi state terror that is being carried out against the Palestinians… We are...”May 20, 2021
Asked if Fatah will continue “armed resistance,” top PA official says it’s “conditional on the developments on the ground”Jibril Rajoub: “Popular resistance is our choice at this stage. In our national dialogue [with Hamas it was determined that] a general change of the clash with the occupation is conditional on the developments on the ground."Jan 20, 2021
Fatah Deputy Chairman says Palestinians must "focus on increasing and escalating popular resistance at points of friction with the occupation"While promoting increased violence and terror, Fatah Movement Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aloul also stated that there is a renewed Palestinian national decision to "revive the economic resistance, and boycott all Israeli goods"Dec 27, 2020
PA: “We are prepared to sacrifice … we will sacrifice our children""We in the Fatah Movement, regarding the struggle, the resistance, and the rules of engagement – we are open. We are prepared to sacrifice..."Oct 7, 2020
Planner of murder of 5 advocates “resistance” combined with “negotiations” – Fatah endorses himText on screen: “Fighting commander Marwan Barghouti 18 years since the abduction (i.e., arrest) 25 years in the occupation’s prisons” Planner of murder of 5, Marwan Barghouti: “Fatah believes in the multiplicity of the types of struggle… It is the Palestinian people’s right to resist. It is our...”Sep 28, 2020
Abbas has “no reservations about any action” – taken by joint Fatah–Hamas committee"I will have no reservations about any action or committee, or about any person or organization in any committee or action"Sep 12, 2020
Top PA/Fatah official threatens Israel: “All possibilities are open,” “struggle” will escalate from peaceful to violence"Regarding the resistance in all its forms, for us in Fatah there is no problem. All of the possibilities are open and on the table."Sep 7, 2020
Top PA official promotes terror: “All the types of resistance” are valid “against all expressions of the occupation”"All the possibilities are open to all the types of resistance in the occupied lands against all expressions of the occupation"Aug 17, 2020
PA warns Israel against annexation: Defense will be “with spirit and blood”“No to the deal of the century���Jun 21, 2020 & Jul 20, 2020
Fatah call for escalation in terrorismFatah Deputy Chairman calls for violence. Mahmoud Al-Aloul claims violence is "right to our basic principles" Jul 4, 2020