Top PLO official stresses PA support to Hamas-ruled Gaza during Hamas’ terror war on Israel
Palestinian National Council Chairman Rawhi Fattouh: “As [PA President] Mahmoud Abbas noted at a conference and also before the Palestinian [PA] leadership, if we are left with one penny we will send it to the Gaza Strip. Neither [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu nor anyone else will stop us from spending money on our residents and our people in the Gaza Strip…Therefore, we Palestinians, our position is unified and united, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem are one body.”
[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Nov. 12, 2023]
Rawhi Fattouh made this statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the PA cannot take control of the Gaza Strip following the Israeli counter-terror operation against Hamas’ terror war on Israel (see note below), given that the PA pays salaries to terrorists and refuses to condemn Hamas’ massacre of Israel on Oct. 7.
Fattouh also serves as Fatah Commissioner of International Relations and Fatah Central Committee member.