Abbas’ advisor: “70% of Gazans are refugees,” must resettle in “cities and villages from which they were expelled in 1948”
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Over 70% of the Gaza Strip residents are refugees. The only place that these refugees could set out towards from the Gaza Strip is-"
Al-Hadath TV host: "The West Bank."
Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "-their cities and villages from which they were expelled in 1948."
[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, YouTube channel, Feb. 5, 2025]
Al-Habbash's statement is a reaction to a plan for Gaza put forth by US President Donald Trump: