Top PLO official: Israel “killed their [own] civilians, committed all these crimes and burned the bodies”
Director of PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs with the rank of minister Qadura Fares: “This whole [Israeli] outcry and this whole campaign against the Palestinian people (i.e., Israeli response against Hamas) is based on a lie, which it took Israel 24 hours to create and formulate properly. They killed their [own] civilians [on Oct. 7], and they committed all these crimes and burned the bodies (sic., refers to Hamas’ massacre on civilians), and they made up this story and said: “They [the Palestinians] raped, killed, and burned.” ... However, this narrative fell apart quickly … Israel’s lie is no longer tripping anyone up.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 20, 2023]
Qadura Fares also serves as Chairman of the PA-funded Prisoners’ Club and is a former PA minister without portfolio and former member of PA Parliament.