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Official PA TV host: "Regarding the Palestinian refugees on Lebanese soil, there is a serious contradiction in the numbers between UNRWA's figures, which reach 580,000 people, and the numbers of the [PLO] Department of Refugee Affairs, and the numbers of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee..."

Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "It is the right of Palestinian refugees, according to Resolution 194 published by the UN in 1948, to return to the villages and cities from which they were expelled. This is an authentic and non-negotiable right. The right of return and compensation is an authentic right of the..."

More testimonies of Arabs who confirm Arabs’ responsibility for the 1948 refugees

Gazan pilgrim to Mecca Muhammad Abu Daqqa: "Our feelings are with our family members. If they were given the opportunity to leave the Gaza Strip, they would leave the homeland. The homeland is permanent. We are in the land of Ribat. Everyone wants to leave Palestine because of the magnitude of the..."

A report on commemorations for Nakba Day (see note below) at Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. Official PA TV reporter: "Here in the Deheisheh refugee camp, the refugees emphasize that return is a right that does not expire, and the Nakba (i.e., "the catastrophe," the establishment of Israel) is..."

Senior PLO official calls on Arab states to “open their doors” to released ‎terrorists following Egypt’s example, while ignoring Egypt’s rejection of Gazans ‎fleeing war

Palestinian refugee Muhammad Khana: "[In 1948, the Arab] propaganda and media had a central role in us leaving. The media and propaganda, the propaganda [claimed] that there is a horrifying [Jewish] force coming." [Official PA TV, Source of the Story, May 13, 2025] Muhammad Khana left the abandoned...

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "The return [of the Palestinian refugees] – don't forget the return, don't forget the return. Not for me; I'm a refugee and all are refugees. I want to go, why not, this is my land. One day I will return, the right of return is a sacred right… Palestine is ours and..."

The Palestinian Authority has a clear plan for Israel’s end: flood it with millions of descendants of 1948 “refugees.” From Abbas to his top clerics, the message is the same — the future for Gazans is not in Gaza, but inside Israel.

Official Fatah Spokesman in the Gaza Strip Mundhir Al-Hayek: "Israel wants us to clearly declare that we want to leave the Gaza Strip. We say it's an illusion. We stand before two alternatives, and they are the alternative of death or… migration. We have chosen the alternative of death in the Gaza..."

Director of the Al-Haq Institute for Human Rights Sha'awan Jabarin: "We believe that it is our people's right to enjoy freedom and independence, and it is the right of our refugees to return to their land and their homes, and I don't mean to return only to the 1967 [territories], but rather to..."

Video title: "Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash calls on Hamas through Al-Mashhad TV to hand over the Gaza Strip to the PA, nullify the occupation's (i.e., Israel's) excuses, and thwart the plan to eliminate the Palestinian cause" PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations...

Fatah Spokesman Abd Al-Fattah Doleh: "If they (i.e., US and Israel) want to talk about something related to [Palestinian] migration (refers to 2025 Trump plan for Gaza), they should talk about the Palestinian people's right to return to its land and homes from which it was expelled. A large number..."

"Settlement affairs" expert Khalil Al-Tafakji: "The Palestinian people is paying attention to this point: That the issue of the 1948 Nakba (i.e., "the catastrophe," the establishment of Israel) will not repeat itself. They will not leave the land and [believe] as the Arab states promised them [in..."

Fatah could then unite with Hamas to “besiege” Israel through “comprehensive popular resistance”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "More than 70% of the civilians living in the Gaza Strip are refugees whose families were expelled in 1948 during the Nakba (i.e., "the catastrophe," the establishment of Israel). They were expelled..."

Al-Habbash's solution is to deny Israel's right to exist

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Over 70% of the residents of the Gaza Strip are Palestinian refugees who arrived in 1948 from historical Palestine (i.e., Israel). A simple, practical, and just solution that will lead to peace is..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Over 70% of the Gaza Strip residents are refugees. The only place that these refugees could set out towards from the Gaza Strip is-" Al-Hadath TV host: "The West Bank." Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "-their..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "If [US President] Trump wants to solve the overpopulation problem in the Gaza Strip, he should know that over 70% of the Gaza Strip are Palestinian refugees who took refuge in the Gaza Strip during..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "These ideas [of US President Trump], beyond the fact that they constitute a violation of international law, aggression against human rights, and an absolute war crime, above all constitute a threat to..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "These plans [of US President Trump] and talks... are liable to seriously harm the security of the region's states and the security of the region in general, especially the Arab states, and..."

Democratic countries, together with humanitarian organizations, must confront UNRWA with the PA's own words and end the charade of a "humanitarian" UNRWA, and stop the violation of human rights.

Fatah Revolutionary Council member Tayseer Nasrallah: "They (i.e., Israel in anti-terrorism missions) are continuing the plan to destroy and eliminate the Palestinian refugees' cause... They want to turn the refugees' cause – while the world is busy with other problems – into a trivial cause that..."

Posted text: "Hamas militias execute a number of civilians on the pretext of stealing [humanitarian] aid in the Gaza Strip." [Fatah-run Awda TV, Telegram, Jan. 23, 2025]