Israel aims to conquer Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia - PA libel
- "The declared aspirations of the Israeli occupation [are] to work towards establishing so-called ‘Greater Israel' and to change the face of the Middle East" – PA minister
- "Hezbollah entered war of existence... to prevent Israel from implementing its comprehensive plan of Greater Israel, which includes Lebanon and large parts of Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia" – Israeli Arab journalist
- "Israel's perception of ‘Greater Israel' includes southern Turkey" - PA TV libel
- "Greater Israel from the Nile River to the Euphrates River" is "official Israeli policy" - Palestinian economist
- Israel has "expansionist ambitions… even in Syrian and Lebanon" - Palestinian economist
Although Israel and America's intention in the war against Iran's dictatorial regime seeking nuclear weapons is clear to all, this doesn't prevent the PA from presenting it as yet another "proof" of Israel's goal to "implement its plan of Greater Israel."
When PA Minister of Foreign Affairs Varsen Aghabekian Shahin met with the Arab League Council this week, she stressed the need for Arab unity to combat Israel's "aspirations" to create "Greater Israel":
"[PA] Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Shahin also emphasized the need to condemn the Israeli policies and actions whose goal is to undermine security and stability in the region. She noted the declared aspirations of the Israeli occupation to work towards establishing so-called ‘Greater Israel' and to change the face of the Middle East. She called for joint and urgent action to curb and stop all types of Israeli threats and aggression against Arab national security."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 9, 2026]
An Israeli Arab journalist made a similar claim, presenting terror organization Hezbollah's joining Iran in the current war as an act of defense against Israel's alleged expansionist plans. He claimed these plans include conquering "Lebanon and large parts of Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia":
These accusations are not new. Two weeks before the Iran war started, official PA TV'spolitical commentator taught viewers that Israel's alleged dream of creating a Greater Israel includes the "takeover of southern Turkey":
Official PA TV reporter and political commentator Muhammad Nader Al-Omari: "On the strategic level, the Israeli perception of religious Zionism is the establishment of Greater Israel, which even includes the takeover of southern Turkey, according to the perception or according to the Zionist map. The Zionist [Israeli] soldiers even wear map badges on their shoulders, which after ‘the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle' (i.e., Hamas' Oct. 7 war on Israel), after [Israel's] Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip, includes areas extending to parts of southern Turkey and even to the Mediterranean Sea."
[Official PA TV, Capital of Capitals, Feb. 15, 2026]
Earlier this year, a Palestinian economist claimed Israel has "expansionist ambitions… even in Syrian and Lebanon":
Palestinian economist Fadi Abu Bakr: "The US is giving Israel greater leeway than before in Palestine, in the West Bank, and in the [Middle East] region in general, and this explains the increase in hostile behavior and the expansionist ambitions of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and even in Syria and Lebanon. This budget shows that the idea of Greater Israel, which we have heard talk about, Greater Israel from the Nile River to the Euphrates River, or ‘a land without a people for a people without a land,' has turned from a marginal ideology into an official policy."
[Official PA TV, Palestine This Morning, Jan. 26, 2026]
Palestinian Media Watch has exposed this PA libel many times in the past, and also documented that these PA allegations are pure projections of the PA's own dream: To eliminate Israel and create a "Palestine from the River to the Sea."