Abbas-sponsored quiz repeats libel that Christian man who set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque was “an Israeli madman”
Official PA TV host: "The [official PA TV] program Discourse of Memory is sponsored by His Honor [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas and the PLO Department of Refugee Affairs…
The event that occurred in Jerusalem in 1969, was it: The destruction of the [Al-Aqsa] Mosque, the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or the Intifada?"
Man: "Of course, the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli madman [Michael Rohan], who burned the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Saladin [Al-Ayyubi] pulpit."
Host: "Of course, your answer is correct. You've won a prize of 300 [Israeli] shekels (just under $100 -Ed.) from the PLO Department of Refugee Affairs."
[Official PA TV, Discourse of Memory, Feb. 22, 2026]