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Abbas’ advisor: Fatah has borne arms since 1965; Hamas only since 1990

Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The war (Hamas' Oct. 7 war on Israel) was one-sided. Israel is trying to market an illusion that there was a war between two armies, between two equal groups. This is not true and not realistic. The Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are all civilians. Although there are..."

PA continues to glorify terror as Abbas is embraced by the EU

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "What happened on October 7 (i.e., Hamas' massacre and war on Israel) is a response to the crimes committed against the Palestinian people [by Israel] since 1948, which constituted a policy of removing the Palestinian people and the Palestinian issue..."

Former PM of the so-called “moderate” PA marvels at Hamas’ Oct. 7 success

Abbas again used a Palestinian terror attack to justify further Palestinian terrorism

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Israel is behind all the obstacles and reasons leading to the continuation of this war of annihilation (i.e., Oct. 7 war). It wanted it and pursued it and took advantage of the opportunity presented..."

Tunisian journalist Murad Alalah: "Our position as Tunisians is supporting the idea of historical Palestine. Today there are unfair dictates and conditions that some parties are hinting at, such as imposing this or that person as the rulers of the Palestinian state, disarming the Palestinian..."

Both PA and Hamas use false victimhood as “the winning card” in Oct. 7 war to turn the world against Israel

Official PA TV host: "The central point is that the Palestinian people has the right to resist, and to resist with weapons, as it is an occupied [people] and has the natural right according to the international customs and laws to resist." [Official PA TV, Capital of Capitals, Aug. 7, 2025]

Rajoub says that terrorist prisoners are “hostages” - arrested by the Israelis for no reason

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: "What happened on Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas' invasion and atrocities) was a reaction to the systematic Israeli crimes… Now, sure that we don't support killing kids, women, kidnapping. For sure that this is not part of our policy or our doctrine..."

Teaser: Hamas brought disaster to Gaza but the massacre on Oct. 7 was a celebration as if the Palestinians “had liberated Jerusalem”

Hamas wants dead Palestinians

Itamar Marcus explains how the PA’s antisemitic ideology legitimizes murder of ‎Jews and creates willing “Martyrs for Allah”‎

Tulkarem District Governor and Fatah Revolutionary Council member Abdallah Kmeil: "If it [Hamas] were bringing about the achievement of the national goals and goals that Hamas has declared, we would support it, even if another 50,000 Palestinians would die as Martyrs. If the result of all this was..."

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "On Oct. 7, [2023,] everyone praised [it] and cheered as if we had liberated Jerusalem, [but] things are not achieved this way. Things are judged by their results and consequences… Oct. 7 was a..."

Jenin refugee camp resident Amira Ghazawi: "This is the Al-Hawashin neighborhood [of the Jenin refugee camp], which [the Israelis] destroyed in 2002 and now they are destroying it once again... because they consider it a nest of terror. But we feel pride in how [Jenin] gathered within it our Jihad..."

Syrian commentator Husam Taleb: "To be honest, the Europeans are acting [for Palestine], but what are the Europeans telling us? Every word of theirs is: Release the [Israeli] hostages so we will be able to help you. According to international law, the people who are with Hamas are prisoners of war..."

Former Aide to Egyptian Foreign Minister Muhammad Hijazi: "The PLO leaders who [the Israelis] assassinated throughout the history of the organization were all civilians and unarmed. They were illuminating lights and moons in the sky of the Palestinian resistance. The weapon is part of the..."

A report from the Mar Elias refugee camp near Beirut, Lebanon Fatah Deputy Secretary in Lebanon Sarhan Sarhan: "I want to repeat what [PA] President Abbas said: … The right of return is a personal right, and no one – not even [the refugee] personally for himself, and even Abbas – can make me give..."

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

Watch: Itamar Marcus speaks with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum at JNS International Policy Summit

Hussein Al-Sheikh is no moderate and shows how the PA is far from any sort of either substantive or structural “revitalization”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: "Ever since the Fatah Movement started it has had two slogans. The armed struggle is the path to liberate Palestine, and [we] shouldn't interfere in the affairs of the Arab [states], and the Arab [states] shouldn't interfere in our affairs. This has been the case from day..."