"District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh, Laila Ghannam... noted that her meeting with [Giampaolo Cantini, the Italian] General Consul, is taking place on the International Day against Drug Abuse, which requires that we remind the world and call its attention to the occupation's (i.e., Israel's)..."

"Social worker Sonia Diba held the Israeli occupation responsible for the fact that residents of Jerusalem are falling 'victim to drugs, because [Israel] distributes huge quantities of them, in addition to the increasing unemployment and the lack of centers and institutions in Jerusalem to absorb..."

"The Educational Activity Department of the Cultural Forum Center in Beit Anan, in cooperation with the Al-Quds Open University, held… a workshop entitled, 'Let's clear our society of the plague of drugs'… Commander of police for the Jerusalem region, Yasser Yassin, spoke about the plans which the..."

PA TV program Topic of the Day focuses on the 47th anniversary of the establishment of Fatah. The program hosts members of the Fatah Central Committee, Tawfiq Tirawi and Jamal Muhaisen. Tirawi addresses the situation in Jerusalem: Tirawi: "Israel has disseminated drugs among Jerusalemites; it has..."

"Director of Public Health in the Health Ministry, Dr. Assad Ramlawi… [said that] 'the reason for the spread [of AIDS] is the growth in the phenomenon of drug use, considered one of the principle ways of passing on this disease, along with contagion via the blood.' He noted that the occupation..."

"The Association of Youth of the Palestinian Struggle, the youth branch of the Front for the Palestinian Popular Struggle, called to unify the efforts of the youth institutions and the civic social organizations active in Jerusalem in order to consolidate a program for national mobilization and a..."

Headline: "Israel flooding Jerusalem with drugs and preventing security forces in the city from acting against the phenomenon" "Palestinian sources skilled in the battle against the spread of drugs in occupied East Jerusalem told Al-Quds Al-Arabi that Israel is flooding the city with all kinds of..."

PA TV program Palestine This Morning: PA TV host: "We will be in the city of Jerusalem, the occupied city which stands resolute against the occupation. The spread of the plague of drugs in this city may be the highest of all districts of the homeland, because obviously Israel allows Arab youth in..."

Ashraf Jum’a is a member of the Palestinian Parliament (Legislative Council): “During a lecture which he gave at the Center for Defense of Society, on the reasons for the spread of cancers and infertility amongst Palestinian society in recent years, Jum’a emphasized that the main reasons are the...”

Headline: “Report: The occupation is contributing effectively to the spread of the drug phenomenon in Jerusalem” “A new report prepared by coordinator of the social department of the Palestinian NGO the Al-Maqdese for Society Development (MSD), Isam Jwehan, said that the Israeli occupation...”

Headline: "During a seminar in Bethlehem on the subject of drugs and criminal justice - a warning against the occupation's (i.e., Israel’s) role in disseminating drugs, as is happening in Jerusalem" "The seminar, organized by the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations Office on Drugs and..."

“They [Israeli authorities] spread corrupting elements by spreading drugs among the [Palestinian] young people and expelling them from their places of work, which brought about a rise in the unemployment rate and made the taxes more burdensome, thereby forcing them to leave the city.”

“Under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Affairs, a one-day seminar [was held in] Izariyeh, about the drugs plague. [PA] Jerusalem governor Adnan Husseini said: ‘Unfortunately, the number of [drug] addicts and users in the city of Jerusalem and its environs is more than 15,000. This is part of...”

“Senior members of the security services and the health ministry agreed unanimously yesterday about the need to fight drugs in Palestinian society as well as [sexually] transmitted diseases that are caused by their use, such as AIDS. During their participation in an Interior Ministry seminar in...”

Omar Al-Ghoul, advisor to Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: [Al-Ghoul complains about the Arab silence in view of Israeli activities in Jerusalem] "What is happening is activities of Judaization and settlement, seizure of land, confiscation of identity documents, razing of homes, expulsion of members of..."

"Jihad Abu Zanid, Jerusalem representative in the [PA] Parliament (Legislative Council) and chairman of the Women's Center… attributed full responsibility for [drug] dealing and the spread of drugs amongst Palestinian society in Jerusalem, to the occupation authorities (Israel)… According to Taher..."

A Fatah TV Program, entitled "Eye on Jerusalem," aired an episode on drug use, reiterating the libel that Israel aims to Judaize Jerusalem by ridding the city of its Palestinian population through all means. Host: "This Israeli project is meant to trap the Jerusalem youth in the occupation's nets..."

PA TV News broadcast: Reporter: "The occupation in Jerusalem is continually acting to destroy the Jerusalemite students and the cultural institutions, by persecuting them, detaining them, preventing them from reaching their schools, and attempting to force upon them the Israeli curriculum in..."

Raed Lutfi Ashtiyeh, Director-General, War on Drugs, PA-Ramallah Police: "In fact, the results that we have obtained from the investigation are that most or all of the drugs that are reaching the territories of the Palestinian Authority are being conveyed by the Israelis… We, as the Palestinian..."

“As to the causes that have brought about the appearance and distribution of drugs, Maj. Ashtiyeh (director of the war on drugs) explained that they consist first and foremost of the occupation, which has as its aim to weaken and to destroy the values and the character of Palestinian youth,...”

“Israel exports AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases … and therefore we have decided to take a medical test before the marriage, concerning AIDS.”

Palestinian Authority Chief Religious Justice, Tamimi: "Israel exports AIDS and other sexual diseases. Alongside us there's a country [Israel] that exports this disease to us." Click to view video

"The AIDS issue needs to receive due attention. We neighbor a society [Israel] where the disease is widespread and which acts to transmit [AIDS] to Palestinian society, [and] is working to spread drugs and drug addiction, without a doubt."

Issam Jwihan, National Supreme Council for drug prevention: "It is known that drugs are an imperialist weapon. The Occupation isn't interested in conquering the land alone, it is interested in conquering the youth. The easiest way for the occupation to control the youth is through drugs. you can..."

Dr. Ahmad Fares, Director-General, Palestinian Human Rights Association: “There is a unit in the Israeli intelligence that specializes in drug distribution among the teenagers and the youth in our society."