Abbas honors former Israeli Arab MP with the “Collar of the Canaanites,” stressing fake narrative of a “Palestinian-Canaanite people”
Official PA TV newsreader: "[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas awarded great national leader [former Israeli Arab MP] Muhammad Sa'id Barakeh, former Head of the [High] Follow-Up Committee of the Arab Public in the 1948 Lands, the Grand Collar of the Canaanites, one of the [Order of President] Mahmoud Abbas' awards.His Honor the president received great national leader Muhammad Barakeh at the [PA] presidential headquarters in Ramallah, in the presence of a delegation from the 1948 lands (i.e., Israel) …in recognition of his dedicated efforts to establish the comprehensive Palestinian affiliation and identity."
[Official PA TV News, Jan. 6, 2026]