Jericho mayor claims “Palestinian-Canaanite heritage for 10,000 years”

Jericho Mayor Abd Al-Karim Sidr: "According to the Palestinian narrative, these sites, these archaeological findings, and this heritage are fully Palestinian-Canaanite owned, for tens of thousands of years. That is, for the past 10,000 years."

[Official PA TV News, Nov. 25, 2025]

The Palestinians have no history prior to the modern period and no connection to the Canaanites.