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Al-Hadath, independent Palestinian news agency
Abbas’ advisor: We want “one weapon and one law… to liberate the Palestinian territories and end the occupation”
12/13/2025
Abbas’ advisor: We want “one weapon and one law… to liberate the Palestinian territories and end the occupation”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "We [the PA] want one weapon and one law, because we want to liberate the Palestinian territories, realize the Palestinian interests, and end the occupation." Video title: "Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash spoke..."

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
Abbas’ advisor: An armed Hamas is “a goose that lays golden eggs” for Netanyahu and an excuse to attack Palestinians
12/13/2025
Abbas’ advisor: An armed Hamas is “a goose that lays golden eggs” for Netanyahu and an excuse to attack Palestinians

Al-Hadath TV host: "The US, which wants to ensure Israel's security, initially said no to Hamas and no to Hamas' weapons at any time, but now it seems it is not in a hurry to disarm Hamas." PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "They [the..."

Violence & terror
Abbas’ advisor brags Fatah has borne arms against Israel longer than Hamas
10/26/2025
Abbas’ advisor brags Fatah has borne arms against Israel longer than Hamas

Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Since when did Hamas bear arms to say that its weapons are related to the existence of the occupation (i.e., Israel)? The occupation is 77 years old (i.e., since the establishment of modern Israel), or at least since 1967, and Hamas did not bear arms until 1990. On the..."

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
Trump and Abbas: “Hamas will have no role in governance”; Palestinian Authority to Hamas: Unify with us
9/30/2025
Trump and Abbas: “Hamas will have no role in governance”; Palestinian Authority to Hamas: Unify with us

The PA/Fatah/PLO have never been even close to ostracizing Hamas or other terrorist factions.

Violence & terror
Attitudes Towards Peace
Palestinian Society
Abbas’ advisor: Oct. 7 massacre was “legitimate resistance”
3/30/2025
Abbas’ advisor: Oct. 7 massacre was “legitimate resistance”

It was only the “catastrophic consequences” that made it “an illegitimate thing”

Violence & terror
Fatah Spokesman presents Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre and launch of terror war as Palestinian “mistake” exploited by Israel to occupy Gaza
3/19/2025
Fatah Spokesman presents Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre and launch of terror war as Palestinian “mistake” exploited by Israel to occupy Gaza

Video title: "Fatah Movement Spokesman [Iyad Abu Zneit] to Al-Hadath: Israel is exploiting Hamas' mistakes" Fatah Spokesman Iyad Abu Zneit: "If Israel could have not left any Palestinian alive in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip since 1967, it would have done so. Israel is always waiting for..."

Libels and Conspiracy Theories
Violence & terror
Abbas’ advisor demands Hamas free all hostages to save Gaza
11/3/2024
Abbas’ advisor demands Hamas free all hostages to save Gaza

PA criticism of Hamas and Iran: They are using "Palestinian blood for their own benefit and not for the benefit of Palestine"

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
PMW Publications & Impact
Abbas’ advisor blames Hamas for ”using Palestinian blood for Iranian ‎interests”‎
10/8/2024
Abbas’ advisor blames Hamas for ”using Palestinian blood for Iranian ‎interests”‎

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: What happened (i.e., Hamas' massacre and launch of terror war) was supposed to be an incentive and opportunity to rearrange the internal Palestinian cards, and not to use Palestinian blood for...

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
Palestinian Authority: Hamas “brought hell on the Palestinian people,” serving their Iranian “masters”
7/4/2024
Palestinian Authority: Hamas “brought hell on the Palestinian people,” serving their Iranian “masters”

Palestinian Authority now fiercely critical of Hamas over October 7

Libels and Conspiracy Theories
Israel Has No Right to Exist
Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
Fatah official criticizes selfish Hamas
6/10/2024
Fatah official criticizes selfish Hamas

Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily Muwaffaq Matar: “A Palestinian national prisoner (i.e., terrorist), even if he is sentenced to life, will never agree that the price of his freedom will be tens of thousands of [Palestinian] Martyrs, hundreds of...”

Palestinian Society
Top Palestinian Authority official: The Jew is not “a victim” but “a criminal, a terrorist”
12/4/2023
Top Palestinian Authority official: The Jew is not “a victim” but “a criminal, a terrorist”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “The Americans, Europeans, and others were deceived to think that the Jew is a victim. The truth is that he is a criminal, a terrorist, and a distorted form of the fascism and Nazism of the last century.” [Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril...

PA's Antisemitism & Demonization
Violence & terror
Ignoring evidence, Palestinian Authority repeats libel that Israel bombed Gazan hospital
10/24/2023
Ignoring evidence, Palestinian Authority repeats libel that Israel bombed Gazan hospital

PA repeats libel that Israel bombed Gazan hospital

Libels and Conspiracy Theories
Violence & terror
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