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The Biden administration is frustrated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t want the Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza once Israel destroys Hamas. But would the Palestinian Authority be able to bring about a durable peace in Gaza? Even more statements from the Palestinian Authority and its affiliates (“the PA”) since October 7 have been translated into English, showing that the PA encourages hatred, violence, and genocide against Jews and Israel, just like Hamas does (Fatah even admits to taking part in the Hamas attack). So, allowing the PA to rule over Gaza would not be wise. The PA shows its true intentions in its own words:
Oct. 7
A member of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades admits he is showing “live images from the battle” and that “we killed soldiers and stepped on their heads.” Another Fatah terrorist claims “we had a prominent and clear role.” [Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch, Telegram channel, Oct. 7, 2023]
Oct. 18
Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash praises genocide of the Jews, and jihadism, stating that “[w]e will not leave Palestine…they (i.e., the Israelis) will leave,” praises those “who are carrying out Jihad for it on the path of Allah…” and calls PA President Mahmoud Abbas “…commander of the Jihad fighters in Palestine.” Al-Habbash also states that “Palestine is not just a cause of land and borders and a political cause. Palestine is a religious cause and a cause of faith…” and that it is “…the legacy of Allah’s Messenger [Muhammad].” [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Oct. 18, 2023]
Oct. 21
Promoting violence against Israel, Fatah’s Nablus Branch Secretary Muhammad Hamdan states that “[w]e as the Palestinian people are united in all the arenas of confrontation. We are united and aiming our bullets at the occupier and at the settlers.” [Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, Facebook page, Oct. 21, 2023]
Oct. 23
Promoting terrorism and jihadism, Fatah praises the founders of terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as well as former PA president Yasser Arafat and the former Secretary General of the terrorist group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and calls for the “sons of the West Bank…” to “[c]all out Allahu Akbar…from the rooftops…from your mosques…” and that “[t]his is a call of mobilization to all those who have a weapon.” [Fatah Movement – Bethlehem Branch, Telegram channel, Oct. 23, 2023; Tulkarem Brigade, Telegram channel, Oct. 23, 2023]
Oct. 24
On Official PA TV, Palestinian political commentator Kamal Zakarneh calls Jews “human waste.” [Official PA TV, Oct. 24, 2023]
Oct. 25
Fatah official and An-Najah National University political science lecturer Raed Debiy states that “[t]he Zionist movement” is “making a pact…with Satan, to achieve its racist goals and eliminate the Palestinian people.” [Official PA TV, Oct. 25, 2023]
Falestinona, the website of Fatah’s Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon, publishes a political cartoon of US President Joe Biden feeding a baby Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a bottle containing a red liquid labelled “The blood of Palestine’s children.” [Falestinona, Oct. 25, 2023]
Oct. 27
Promoting genocide against Jews and Israel, a student faction of Fatah calls on Allah to “take care of the attacking Jews and those who helped them, supported them, and aided them,” to “separate them and scatter them in every direction,” and to “count them and kill them one by one, and do not leave even one of them.” [The Student Union Council and Fatah Shabiba Student Movement at Palestine Polytechnic University, Facebook page, Oct. 27, 2023]
Oct. 28
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash states that Israel’s retaliation against Hamas is part of a joint Israeli-American “satanical plan.” [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Oct. 28, 2023]
Nov. 6
Promoting terrorism against Israel, WAFA, official PA news agency, calls the 16 year old that stabbed an Israeli border policewoman and then was killed by Israeli forces a “martyr,” and counted him as the 144th such “martyr” to die in the West Bank since Hamas’ attack on October 7. [WAFA, official PA news agency, Nov. 6, 2023]
The Palestinian Authority would be a horrible custodian of Gaza, given that it, like Hamas, supports Jew-hatred, genocide and jihadism. Israel should first be allowed to destroy Hamas. Then Israel, after consulting with the Biden administration and moderate Arab states, should devise a more sustainable path forward than handing Gaza over to the Palestinian Authority, which is a perennial obstacle to peace.
