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Kidnap-for-hostage policy
Mahmoud Abbas hails terrorists as “blessed brave heroes”
10/23/2025
Mahmoud Abbas hails terrorists as “blessed brave heroes”

Two senior PA officials were sent by Abbas to Egypt to embrace terrorist murderers

Violence & terror
More terrorists could have been released in exchange for Israeli hostages - PLO official
10/13/2025
More terrorists could have been released in exchange for Israeli hostages - PLO official

PA TV host: "How did you follow the release of the [Palestinian] prisoners (i.e., terrorists)? …" Public Relations Manager of the PLO Commission of Prisoners' Affairs Thaer Shreitah: "It is a light in a sea of darkness, but it is a pale light, as the prominent names of the prisoners' movement, the..."

Violence & terror
Abbas’ advisor wants terrorists Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Sa'adat released
10/9/2025
Abbas’ advisor wants terrorists Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Sa'adat released

Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "The right of all Palestinian and Arab prisoners (i.e. terrorists) in Israeli prisons [is] to enjoy freedom. The release of prisoners is a genuine right of the Palestinian people and the prisoners. We see the release of all prisoners, leaders, symbols, faction and organization..."

Violence & terror
59% of Palestinians under the Palestinian Authority: October 7 was “correct decision”
5/8/2025
59% of Palestinians under the Palestinian Authority: October 7 was “correct decision”

The relative decline in support is only because the “illegitimacy of the consequences,” as explained by Mahmoud Al-Habbash

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
Palestinian Authority mockery: Israeli hostages were in “vacation resorts”; doctors say they're like “concentration camp” survivors
2/9/2025
Palestinian Authority mockery: Israeli hostages were in “vacation resorts”; doctors say they're like “concentration camp” survivors

Photos of released hostages don't lie

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
Palestinian Authority official: "Heroes' Welcome" Planned for Released Terrorists
2/2/2025
Palestinian Authority official: "Heroes' Welcome" Planned for Released Terrorists

Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials praise convicted terrorists as "giants of sacrifice" in grand welcome celebrations

Violence & terror
Syrian lawyer claims imprisoned Palestinian terrorists are “hostages” as are Israeli civilians in Hamas captivity
1/22/2025
Syrian lawyer claims imprisoned Palestinian terrorists are “hostages” as are Israeli civilians in Hamas captivity

Syrian lawyer Muhammad Na'im Akbik: "We must not confuse a captive with a hostage. There are Palestinian hostages, civilians (i.e., terrorist prisoners). According to a special agreement for eliminating the taking of hostages called the New York Agreement, movements of liberation from occupation..."

Violence & terror
Palestinian Authority TV: Hostage-taking will continue to release more terrorists
1/16/2025
Palestinian Authority TV: Hostage-taking will continue to release more terrorists

“This mighty people and its brave resistance will make similar efforts in the future”

Violence & terror
Palestinian Authority TV: Taking hostages to release terrorists is precedent for the future
1/15/2025
Palestinian Authority TV: Taking hostages to release terrorists is precedent for the future

Tunisian journalist Murad Alalah: "This stage will lead to results, which may not be the results we had hoped for, but they are intermediate results that we are building on. Just as there were prisoner exchange deals in the past, this mighty people and its brave resistance will make similar efforts..."

Violence & terror
Palestinian Authority/Fatah support Hamas’ hostage-taking policy
12/2/2024
Palestinian Authority/Fatah support Hamas’ hostage-taking policy

PA's ruling party has not changed its views 41 years after conducting its own terrorist-hostage exchange

Violence & terror
Palestinian Society
The 2022 Hamas TV Show That Foretold Oct. 7: A Scripted Nightmare Turned Real
10/29/2024
The 2022 Hamas TV Show That Foretold Oct. 7: A Scripted Nightmare Turned Real

When Fiction Becomes Reality: How Hamas’ 2022 TV Drama Predicted Oct. 7 with Haunting Precision

Violence & terror
Hamas’ Oct. 7 “mission” plan: “Kill and take captives”
8/29/2024
Hamas’ Oct. 7 “mission” plan: “Kill and take captives”

Evidence shows Hamas carefully planned October 7 attack years ago, including slaughtering Israelis and taking hostages

Violence & terror
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