
News flash on screen: "The [PA Ministry of] Religious Affairs condemns the invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by [Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar] Ben Gvir and describes this as a defilement of the Islamic holy sites." [Official PA TV News, April 3, 2025; PA Ministry of Religious Affairs,...
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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We are not in a temporary or limited battle against the occupation (i.e., Israel; refers to the 2023 Gaza war). Our battle is a battle of freedom, a battle of liberation from the occupation, and we...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The continuation of the occupation (i.e., Israel) will lead to a response. The Palestinian response is the resistance to this occupation, resolve against it, and using all the legal meansto get rid of...”

PA repeats lie about hospital bombing

PA: All mosques must teach that extermination of Jews is an Islamic imperative

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We will not leave Palestine. We will remain there as the olive tree remains… and they (i.e., the Israelis) will leave. They will leave… I bless you with a Palestinian blessing, a blessing of resolve...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “From the first day of their (i.e., the Israelis’) aggression, they have said that the Palestinian people- that the residents of the Gaza Strip must go towards Egypt (i.e., leave the combat zone). That...”