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
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
"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
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
"For every annexation of one inch of the Palestinian lands we will have a position on the ground" threatens Fatah top officialFatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub warns against annexation of land, promising a response of "popular resistance to convey a message to the world"Jun 17, 2020
“We need to turn [Israel’s] life into hell” if it annexes, says top PA officialThe first message is meant for this fascist occupation that embodies the new Nazis… If the [Israeli] decision to annex is made – you [Israel] are in a battle with Fatah, the Fatah of Jan. 1, 1965 (i.e., Fatah’s first terror attack against Israel)…Jun 9, 2020
Abbas: The PA is absolved of all agreements with the US and Israel"The [Palestinian] leadership has today decided the following: First, the PLO and the State of Palestine are absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments"May 19, 2020
Abbas: We are committed to fight international terrorism “regardless of its shape or source”"We [the PA] reiterate our firm commitment to fighting international terrorism. We are against international terrorism. We are against international terrorism regardless of its shape or source."May 19, 2020
Abbas: “We are against colonialist America, the America of [Trump’s] administration”"We are not against America as a people, we are against colonialist America, the America of [Trump’s] administration, settlement America, and the America that is hostile to the Palestinian people"May 19, 2020
Abbas’ deputy calls for “resistance,” Fatah official urges Palestinians to “benefit from experience” from PA terror campaigns"Any negotiations that come together with the resistance guarantee that the occupier will be motivated to end the occupation"Oct 12, 2019
Fatah official in Syria: “The forms of the struggle are many, as it is not only the rifle but also popular struggle, armed struggle, negotiations, and diplomatic activity”, Syria has “recovered and defeated terrorism”“The Syrian branch of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement ‘Fatah’ held a central rally for the 54th anniversary of the Launch (Intilaqa) of the modern Palestinian revolution… in Damascus, the capital of Syria. A PLO delegation led by PLO Executive Committee member, Fatah Movement Central...”Jan 13, 2019
Abbas condemns terror attack in Egypt in which 7 were killed, says “this act of terror that contradicts all values… and the monotheistic religions”Headline: "The [PA] president expressed his condolences to his Egyptian counterpart and to [Coptic] Pope [of Alexandria] Tawadros [II] over the victims of the terror attack: We stand by the big sister Egypt before the dark terror" "[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his condolences to his..."Nov 3, 2018
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas rejects all negotiations with the US if Jerusalem and refugee problem are off the tableOfficial PA TV, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the opening event of the Jerusalem the Capital of the Islamic Youth 2018 conference at the PA headquarters in Ramallah PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “Not only have [the Americans] taken Jerusalem off the table, but they have also spoken about UNRWA...”Feb 6, 2018
Abbas: “Jerusalem is the gate to peace… only when it will be the capital of the State of Palestine, and …it is, God forbid, the gate to war, fear, and the lack of security and stability if it is not”Official PA TV, special broadcast for the Al-Azhar Conference in Cairo, on US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “After [the US] has stood unequivocally alongside the occupation and imposed a reality upon us that leaves us no choice but...”Jan 17, 2018
Fatah official: "On its 53rd anniversary the Fatah Movement says that it is not putting aside its options of struggle"Official PA TV, special broadcast following US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, hosting Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of NGOs Dalal Salameh Fatah Central Committee member and Fatah Commissioner of NGOs Dalal Salameh: “Certainly, there...”Dec 31, 2017
Fatah official on Hamas disarmament: “As long as there is an occupation, it is forbidden to cancel any of the expressions of the resistance... It is necessary to keep the weapons... and honor them only when it will be worthwhile for us”“The Al-Quds monthly (i.e., the magazine of Fatah’s Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon) conducted an interview with Fatah Movement Central Committee member [and Fatah Commissioner for Arab and China Relations] Abbas Zaki… [Question:] Have you discussed the matter of Hamas’...”Nov 30, 2017