Mahmoud Abbas lied to the UN: The Palestinian Authority has not "rejected violence and terrorism"

While Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address to the UN General Assembly claiming that the PA had "rejected violence and terrorism" and "adopted a culture of peace," the PA's official daily yesterday continued to glorify the terrorist murderers who killed six in the attack in Jerusalem three weeks ago as Palestinian and Islamic heroes.

By saying that every terrorist killed while murdering Israeli civilians has "ascended to the heavens" as a "Martyr," the PA is telling Palestinians that murdering Israeli civilians is what Allah desires and that as a reward, they have reached the highest spiritual plane possible for a Muslim:

"Occupation forces demolished yesterday (Saturday) the house of the Martyr, Muthanna Amr, in the town of Al-Qubeiba, northwest of occupied Jerusalem...

It should be noted that the Martyr, Amr, ascended to the heavens from the occupation's fire on September 9 [sic., September 8] of this year together with Muhammad Taha in Jerusalem on the pretext that the two carried out a shooting operation."

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 28, 2025]

Considering that most Palestinians have very strong Islamic beliefs, this sanctification of the murder of Jews by the PA's official daily represents the greatest promotion of terror. It exposes the falsehood of Abbas' claim to the UN that the PA "renounced violence and terrorism" and "adopted a culture of peace." In spite of Abbas' speech to the UN, the PA remains a terror-supporting entity. 

As explained in the new Palestinian Media Watch report, Roadmap for Palestinian Authority reform – 10 essential and quantifiable steps, the international community must insist that the PA stop extolling killed terrorists as "Martyrs" and official PA media must stop glorifying terrorism, as one of the 10 essential steps to reform.