PA official falsely claims that Palestinians have a “Palestinian Canaanite identity” despite the two peoples having no connection

Headline: “The [PA] Ministry of Culture launches the ‘Capital City’ Fair in Tulkarem”

“In cooperation with the Wasel Center for Culture and Art, the Anabta Municipality, and the Tulkarem Museum, the [PA] Ministry of Culture launched the ‘Capital City’ Cultural Fair…

Head of the Ministry of Culture Office in Tulkarem Muntasir Al-Kom said that this year [2021] the Ministry of Culture is showing interest in the ‘Capital City’ Cultural Fair, and this is in the framework of the Bethlehem: Capital of Arab Culture events…

He said that what is currently attracting attention is the fact that the old and new generations are culturally experiencing the events of the past together with us, and that the young generation is the one that will defeat the occupation by strengthening the eternal Palestinian Canaanite identity (sic., the Palestinians have no history prior to the modern period).”