Abbas’ advisor demonizes Israel
Official PA TV Live, broadcast of Friday prayers and sermon by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash at a mosque in Ramallah
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The occupation (i.e., Israel) falsely claims that it is directing its blows against the Hamas Movement (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war; see note below). But this is a lie… Those whom the occupation is targeting is you, us, these children. The children of the West Bank are being targeted like the children of the Gaza Strip, like the children of Jerusalem, like all children of the Palestinian people, like all members of the Palestinian people. The intent is not just to uproot Hamas, not at all. There are many proofs of this… The target is the Palestinian people, the target is tearing apart the Palestinian people, the target is uprooting the Palestinian people, it is removing the Palestinian people from its land, it is expelling the Palestinian people from Palestine… They are determined to remove us from our land, and we are determined to stay in it. They have failed at this for 75 years, at uprooting the Palestinian people from Palestine, and they will fail, Allah willing. This land will only be ours… this is our homeland and not their homeland. This is our land and not their land, this is our history and not their history. If someone needs to leave and go out of our land, it is them! They are the ones who need to leave., They need to leave, while we are staying here.”
[Official PA TV Live, Dec. 8, 2023]
Mahmoud Al-Habbash also serves as Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice.
Note: The Palestinians have no history prior to the modern period.