PLO official: Israel and South Africa are “colonialist and democratic states… racist and hostile to everything Arab and Muslim”

Palestinian National Council member Hamada Farana: "The Israeli colonial-expansionist project on the land of Palestine is similar [to the case] of South Africa. It is also a colonialist and democratic state, as the Israeli colony is also a colonialist and democratic state, and why?! Because both sides are an extension of the developed European culture... The essence of their behavior is racist and hostile to everything that is Arab, to everything that is Palestinian, and to everything that is Muslim." 

[Official PA TV, Capital of Capitals, June 3, 2026]

The Palestinian National Council is the legislative body of the PLO.

Hamada Farana is also a political commentator.