Abbas’ advisor: Netanyahu was behind the Oct. 7 attack because he “benefitted from it”

PA Chairman Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "When we want to know who is behind something, we need to see who benefited from it. Who benefited here? Before [Hamas' attack on] October 7, [Israeli PM] Netanyahu was taking his last breaths... and Israel was boiling inside like a cauldron. Then October 7 came to give Netanyahu breathing space and to reunite the Israeli arena against the entire Palestinian people."

[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, YouTube channel, Oct. 7, 2025]