Israel was created by the UK and US "in order to use it to implement colonialist plots in the region" claims Fatah official and PA columnist

Excerpt of a column by Muwaffaq Matar, Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily

“The US and Great Britain fulfilled the central role in creating the Zionist organization in their laboratories, and in establishing an entity that they termed ‘Israel.’ This was in order to use it to implement colonialist plots in the region, which would begin with taking control over its strategic center and spiritual heart – Palestine.”