Abbas’ antisemitic advisor: Quran teaches that Jews can’t be trusted, so we don’t trust Israelis

When Hamas made a deal with Israel last month to exchange Israeli civilian hostages – women and children captured on Oct. 7 – for Palestinian terrorists imprisoned in Israel together with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, one of the top PA religious leaders reminded Palestinians of the antisemitic hate-speech that “Jews can’t be trusted.” Referring to Quranic claims about Jewish tribes breaching treaties with Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash applied this to Israel’s commitments, stressing that Israel is “treacherous”:

Abbas’ Advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Over many years we have grown accustomed that every time they [the Jews] make a promise, a group of them violates it, as is said in the Quran… We must not trust in their promises and commitments and must be alert as we always have been.”

Posted text: “[Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor] Al-Habbash to [Egyptian] Sada El-Balad TV: We do not believe in the commitments that Israel is announcing, and we must be careful of the occupation’s (i.e., Israel’s) treachery”

[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Nov. 22, 2023]  

Palestinian Media Watch has exposed numerous antisemitic statements by Al-Habbash and other PA/Fatah leaders. For example, Al-Habbash has taught that Jews are “Satan in human form.”

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Mahmoud Al-Habbash also serves as Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice.