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Hitler was bad, but Trump is "worse" says the PA

Itamar Marcus  |
  • Official PA daily: The US is "the homeland of evil and global terror"
    Official PA daily: "Trump constitutes a danger to the American people, the world's peoples, its stability, its security… [Trump] will exceed Adolph Hitler due to the strengthening of his belief in ‘racial superiority'"
  • Abbas' advisor: The US is responsible for the Gaza war
  • Abbas' spokesman: US is responsible for war, the region is "ignited" and heading towards "a comprehensive explosion"
  • Top PA official Rajoub: The US and European states "defend Israel regardless of its crimes" because they "suffer from the Holocaust complex"

The PA loathes Donald Trump and the United States. Referring to statements made by the former US President during the election campaign, a columnist in the official PA daily, Muwaffaq Matar, demonized Trump as one who will "exceed Hitler":

"At the time  we said that with his colonialist and racist path, Trump constitutes a danger to the American people, the world's peoples, its stability, its security, its wellbeing, and also peace …
We will add to this evaluation: That [Trump] will exceed Adolph Hitler due to the strengthening of his belief in ‘racial superiority.'"

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Oct. 27, 2024]

The PA daily even described Trump's statements as "a billion times more destructive than the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki":

"Trump placed himself against most of the peoples and ethnic groups in the world as the worst racist and colonialist personality… when he said that ‘The US has become a garbage can of other peoples' (Trump said "we're like a garbage can for the world" accepting illegal immigrant criminals -Ed.). He has said things a billion times more destructive than the destruction caused by the two atomic bombs that were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Oct. 27, 2024]

Another columnist of the official PA daily, Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, demonized America as "the homeland of evil and global terror":

"Even in the heart of the homeland of evil and global terror, the US, extensive sectors of the American people – and particularly the student movement – rose up in favor of the Palestinian people and against the genocide that Israel, the US, and its allies from among the capitalist Western states are committing (i.e., in the Gaza war)."

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Oct. 14, 2024]

In the article cited above, PA columnist Matar also accuses Trump of "racism" against Palestinians:

"[Trump] gave what did not belong to him (Jerusalem) [parentheses in source] to his workers at the largest colonialist base in the Middle East, which is called ‘the State of Israel.' Afterwards, his racism became crudely prominent when he used the Palestinians as an example for evil during his speeches and during his election propaganda against current US President Joe Biden (Trump said Biden has "become like a Palestinian but… a very bad Palestinian" -Ed.)."

Matar went on to claim that Trump "hates" the Palestinians:

"[Trump] exposed the reasons for this hatred against the Palestinian people and its leadership, when he said once that ‘We have stopped the aid to the Palestinians because they are not respecting us' – when in fact, his intent was ‘because they are not surrendering to our colonialist plan.' "

PA Chairman Abbas' advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash also often demonizes the US, claiming it is behind the Gaza war and wants it to continue: 

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Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "We know what the true American intentions are. The US, which bears the main responsibility for the continuation of this aggression and the continuation of this Israeli terror (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war), is the one that is not interested in a ceasefire or in ending the war. On the contrary, it is the one that is giving Israel the energy to continue the war."

[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, YouTube channel, Oct. 17, 2024]

Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) Chairman Rawhi Fattouh also "held the American administration directly responsible for the war of genocide against the Palestinian existence. He emphasized that our people is being annihilated with American weapons whose usage is subject to an international ban."
[WAFA, official PA news agency, Oct. 31, 2024]

Abbas' spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina similarly has accused the US of being responsible for the war, which he said has "ignited the region" and is heading towards "a comprehensive explosion":

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Official PA TV newsreader: "Official [PA] Presidential Office Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said that the American administration bears responsibility for the ongoing war of annihilation that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is carrying out against our people... Abu Rudeina emphasized that the ongoing support for the occupation by the American administration whether political, monetary, or military has enabled it to continue its attack against our people and our land, and to defy all the resolutions of international legitimacy and international law… Abu Rudeina said that the American administration must force the Israeli occupation, its strategic ally, to stop its attack... and not give it the support to continue its barbaric crimes, as it has ignited the region and is leading it towards a comprehensive explosion that no one will bear its outcomes."

[Official PA TV News, Oct. 12, 2024]

A different demonization is often heard from top PA official Jibril Rajoub who blames the US and European states for their support of Israel, claiming they suffer from a "Holocaust complex":

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Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "Unfortunately, before Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas' massacre and launch of terror war) the world related to Israel as victims who experienced the Holocaust…. But after Oct. 7, the occupation (i.e., Israel) was exposed. Today it is the criminal, it is the one that is being condemned in human consciousness… There are international forces that want to defend Israel regardless of what its crimes are – the US and some of the European states that suffer from the Holocaust complex."

[Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page,
Oct. 14, 2024]

The following are longer excerpts of the statements cited above:

Excerpt of a column by Muwaffaq Matar, Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily
Headline: "The racist ‘garbage can' language in Trump's mouth!"
"We considered [former US President] Donald Trump ‘the second [British Foreign Secretary Arthur] Balfour' (see note below -Ed.) when he bragged about the decision to recognize Jerusalem as the united capital of the colonialist, Zionist, and racist occupation system (Israel) [parentheses in source] (see note below -Ed.). This is because he gave what did not belong to him (Jerusalem) [parentheses in source] to his workers at the largest colonialist base in the Middle East, which is called ‘the State of Israel.' Afterwards, his racism became crudely prominent when he used the Palestinians as an example for evil during his speeches and during his election propaganda against current US President Joe Biden (refers to Trump saying Biden has "become like a Palestinian but… a very bad Palestinian" during a presidential debate -Ed.). With his words he exposed the reasons for this hatred against the Palestinian people and its leadership, when he said once that ‘We have stopped the aid to the Palestinians because they are not respecting us' – when in fact, his intent was ‘because they are not surrendering to our colonialist plan,' which was formulated as an economic solution [for the Palestinian issue]…
At the time we said that with his colonialist and racist path, Trump constitutes a danger to the American people, the world's peoples, its stability, its security, its wellbeing, and also peace as a path and a mission…
We will add to this evaluation [another evaluation]: That [Trump] will
exceed Adolph Hitler due to the strengthening of his belief in ‘racial superiority.' …
[PA] President of the Palestinian people and leader of its [Palestinian] National Liberation Movement – [‘Fatah', Mahmoud Abbas] stood with unprecedented courage against Trump's colonialist plan, and gave him a slap with the strength of 14 million Palestinians. This restrained his colonialist aspirations, to which he gave noble descriptions such as ‘the Abraham Accords' (see note below -Ed.) to cause blindness and to camouflage his colonialist racism…
Today, Trump placed himself against most of the peoples and ethnic groups in the world as the worst racist and colonialist personality… when he said that ‘The US has become a garbage can of other peoples' (refers to Trump saying "we're like a garbage can for the world" while talking about illegal immigrant criminals -Ed.). He has said things a billion times more destructive than the destruction caused by the two atomic bombs that were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."'

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Oct. 27, 2024]

‎"Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) Chairman Rawhi ‎Fattouh said that the executions and assassinations that the Israeli occupation forces are committing in the cities and refugee camps of the West Bank are tantamount to state terror, a war crime, and an escalation of the aggression and the comprehensive bloody war against our people (refers to the 2023 Gaza war; see note below -Ed.).
In a statement from the National Council today, Thursday, [Oct. 31, 2024,] Fattouh added that these crimes, the latest of which was the deaths as Martyrs of 3 young people in Tulkarem (refers to terrorists who shot at Israeli forces and central Hamas terrorist who was planning imminent attacks -Ed.), are a continuation of the actions of annihilation and ethnic cleansing. He noted that these actions have been targeting the Palestinian existence in the occupied Palestinian territories for the past 13 months, and that they have inflicted more than 50,000 victims – most of them children and women.
Fattouh held the American administration directly responsible for the war of ‎genocide against the Palestinian existence. He emphasized that our people is ‎being annihilated with American weapons whose usage is subject to an ‎international ban."‎

[WAFA, official PA news agency, Oct. 31, 2024]

Excerpt of a column by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, regular columnist for official PA daily and former advisor to former PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on national affairs.
The column deals with Nicaragua's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Israel -Ed.

"The states, governments, and peoples of Latin America are characterized by brave positions of solidarity regarding the Palestinian Arab people, and they are not the only ones among the world states… Even in the heart of the homeland of evil and global terror, the US, extensive sectors of the American people – and particularly the student movement – rose up in favor of the Palestinian people and against the genocide that Israel, the US, and its allies from among the capitalist Western states are committing (refers to the 2023 Gaza war; see note below -Ed.)."

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida website, Oct. 14, 2024]

The Balfour Declaration

US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Israeli peace agreements with the UAE and Bahrain (the Abraham Accords), Sudan, and Morocco

Rawhi Fattouh

Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul

Nabil Abu Rudeina

Jibril Rajoub

Hamas war on Israel October 2023

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