Abbas rewrites history: The Jewish Temples were in Yemen

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "The blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is an inseparable part of our religious faith, our national identity, and our presence that has lasted thousands of years on our historical homeland Palestine, is being subjected to the most abhorrent plot by the occupation (i.e., Israel), as they incite for its destruction and the establishment of a Jewish Temple in its place. In the noble Quran, and I think in the other monotheistic holy books, the Temples were in Yemen."

[Official PA TV, April 23, 2025]

The Palestinians have no history prior to the modern period.

The Jewish Temples were in Jerusalem as recorded in the Bible and proven by archaeological evidence. Likewise, the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem led by Arab Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini published a booklet in 1925 entitled "A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif" stating the Temple Mount's "identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gave this speech at the PLO Central Council.