Abbas’ advisor: Israel and Hamas are guilty of “the disasters of the Palestinian people”
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The ones who created this whole crisis are two parties… The Israeli occupation, which has been the cause of all the catastrophes of the Palestinian people for over 70 years, and Hamas, which caused this entire disaster on the Palestinian people, primarily since Oct. 7, [2023] (i.e., Hamas' massacre and launch of terror war on Israel), and perhaps even before then, even since the coup against the PA in 2007 (i.e., 2007 Hamas takeover). The miserable condition of our people in the Gaza Strip is because of these two factors."
[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, YouTube channel, June 1, 2025]