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PA Teaches Children That Refugees Will Flood and Take Back Israel — the ‘Original Homeland’
Palestinian children and their teachers celebrating the right to “return” to and reclaim all of Israel. Photo: Palestinian Media Watch.
The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s goal to destroy Israel and turn it into “Palestine” hasn’t changed.
At every opportunity, the PA invokes the “right of return” for all Palestinian “refugees.” PA leader Mahmoud Abbas recently stated that “the right of return is a sacred right,” that “Palestine is ours,” and that “the one who needs to leave is the occupation” — in other words, Israel:
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “The return [of the Palestinian refugees] — don’t forget the return, don’t forget the return. Not for me; I’m a refugee and all are refugees.
I want to go, why not, this is my land. One day I will return, the right of return is a sacred right … Palestine is ours and Jerusalem is ours, and we will wait, Allah willing.
A short period, not a long one; not 20 years, much less. Rest assured the [Palestinian] state will return. We remain on our land, and we will not leave. The one who needs to leave is the occupation.” [emphasis added]
[Official PA TV, April 23, 2025]
Young Palestinian scouts were taught that same message for “Nakba Day” — the day of the “catastrophe” of the establishment of Israel. They marched with a sign proclaiming that “the refugee camp is the waiting station“:
Text on sign: “The refugee camp is the waiting station
[The following are cities and towns in Israel -Ed.]
Acre
Jaffa
Tzipori
Khirbet Al-Loz”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, May 14, 2025]
Speaking on “Nakba Day,” Abbas stressed that he views the Palestinian refugees’ “right of return” as a “permanent and non-negotiable right” [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 16, 2025].
The PA claims that UN Resolution 194 grants a “right to return” not only to the 750,000 Arabs who left Israel during the war in 1948, but also to their 6-7 million descendants worldwide, even though the resolution itself makes no mention of refugee status being passed down in perpetuity.
Abbas has specifically mentioned that “1.5 million refugees” in Gaza alone should be allowed to flood Israel.
Photos from Nakba Day events in Tulkarem show scouts marching with keys symbolizing the right of return for refugees to their “homes” in Israel and girls with drawings, many of them featuring the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine,” and large keys symbolizing the “right of return”:
The PA message to Palestinian children is that Israel has no right to exist, that all of Israel will become “Palestine,” and that all 6-7 million refugees will “return.”
This is exemplified in the text on the sign held by the girl below. It marks 77 years since the “Nakba,” negating Israel’s entire existence:
Text on sign: “77 years since the Nakba — on Nakba Day we will not forget the right of return. Our roots are deeper than the occupation [i.e., Israel]”
[Tulkarem Directorate of Education, Facebook page, May 18, 2025]
A girl holds a drawing of a woman embracing the PA map of “Palestine” and a large key symbolizing the “right of return”:
Text on drawing: “Do not be sad, O Palestine, victory is coming. O Jerusalem, peace will hover over you again”
[Tulkarem Directorate of Education, Facebook page, May 18, 2025]
Tulkarem Directorate of Education emphasized that the events above were designed by educators to “instill values” and “emphasize the right of return”:
The scout groups and guidance teams of the Tulkarem Directorate of Education marked the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba through national activities and awareness activities that were organized in the directorate’s schools, with the participation of students, teachers, and the local community…
The directorate emphasized that these activities are part of the efforts to instill values of belonging and national awareness among the students to emphasize the [Palestinian refugees’] right of return and reject all forms of expulsion and occupation. [emphasis added]
[Tulkarem Directorate of Education, Facebook page, May 18, 2025]
In Nablus, Abbas’ Fatah partnered with schools and the PA Police for Nakba Day events, and here too children were taught that “return” is certain, posing with symbolic keys:
Text on key: “Return is a right and the will of a people”
Text on keys: “We remain as long as the hyssop trees and olive trees remain
Returning and staying
We will return”
Text on drawing: “Returning”
Posted text: “A national day to improve resolve at the Fadwa Touqan School
The Fatah Movement Nablus Branch’s Sbeih Abu Al-Saud sub-branch, in partnership with the [PA] Nablus Police represented by Deputy [Police] Commissioner Lana Mokhlalati, organized a national day to strengthen resolve in our blessed land on the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.”
[Fatah Movement – Nablus Branch, Facebook page, May 14, 2025]
In Hebron as well, educators promoted the key as a symbol of return, which appears below on the PA map of “Palestine” that includes all of Israel wrapped in a keffiyeh pattern, signifying Israel’s destruction:
Girls at the event held posters with pictures of Palestinian refugees:
Text on poster (right): “The right of return is a sacred right”
Text posted by the South Hebron Directorate of Education stressed that the purpose of the event, which was attended by educators, official figures, and representatives of institutions including Director-General of the South Hebron Directorate of Education was “to preserve the memory of the Nakba in the hearts of the students, and to strengthen their sense of affiliation to their homeland and the right to return to the Palestinian land.” [South Hebron Directorate of Education, Facebook page, May 19, 2025]
A filler on official PA TV also focused on the key of the refugee that “has not yet rusted”:
Text: “In the Nakba, a foreign minority attacked a national majority, expelled it from its land, and erased its cultural status. .. and documents of ownership whose owners are still waiting for the day of return that will constitute testimony to a right and a home …
The key has not yet rusted … Their [Israeli] Independence Day is our Nakba Day” [emphasis added]
[Official PA TV, May 14, 2025]
The author is a contributor to Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this story first appeared.
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Hezbollah Marks Year Since Israel Killed Veteran Leader Nasrallah
People gather at a site damaged by Israeli airstrike that killed Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a commemoration ceremony in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Saturday commemorated one year since leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel, the opening salvo of a war that ultimately battered his once-powerful group and left swathes of Lebanon in ruins.
A string of Israeli bunker-busting bombs on a Hezbollah complex in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed Nasrallah, who had led the powerful Shi’ite religious, political and military group for more than 30 years.
His heir apparent Hashem Safieddine was killed weeks later. Now pressure is swelling on the group to disarm – a demand Hezbollah has rejected.
Hezbollah’s secretary general, Naim Qassem, who assumed the post a month after Nasrallah’s killing, delivered a speech to mark the anniversary.
He reaffirmed that Hezbollah would not allow disarmament and warned of a fierce confrontation, describing the fight as an existential battle that the group was capable of facing.
Crowds, including Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani, gathered in Hezbollah strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon’s south and east, to mark the day.
Tensions over the commemoration have been mounting this week, particularly after Hezbollah projected the portraits of Nasrallah and Safieddine on the towering rocks off the coast of Beirut.
The display went ahead, despite orders by Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and the Beirut governor not to do so, angering Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah who said the cliffs should not be used for political displays.
Nasrallah became secretary general of Hezbollah in 1992 aged just 35 after his predecessor, Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi, was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack.
With his fiery speeches, he swiftly became the public face of a once-shadowy group founded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 1982 to fight Israeli occupation forces.
The day after Hamas’ cross-border attack into Israel on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah entered the fray in solidarity with its Palestinian ally by firing on Israel from southern Lebanon.
That prompted exchanges of fire for nearly a year before Israel sharply escalated by detonating explosives-rigged communication devices used by Hezbollah, pummeling the country with air strikes and sending troops into Lebanon’s south.
Israel’s air and ground campaign prevented a formal burial for Nasrallah for months. Followers have since flocked to his grave to pray.
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New Zealand Says Not Joining Push for Palestinian Statehood
The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York, Aug. 15, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
i24 News – New Zealand will not join the push to recognize Palestinian statehood, though it remains committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Minister Winston Peters said at the United Nations Headquarters on Friday.
“With a war raging, Hamas still in place, and no clarity on next steps, we do not think that the time is now,” Peters said in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
New Zealand’s position represents a departure from the line adopted by Australia, Britain and Canada, who joined in a recognition of Palestinian statehood on Sunday.
Israel and the US administration of President Donald Trump have said such unilateral moves will only serve to undermine the prospects of a peaceful end to the conflict and achieve nothing for the Palestinians. Both boycotted the New York event.
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Trump: Intense ‘Regional’ Talks on Ending Gaza War Ongoing, Israel and Hamas Briefed
US President Donald Trump points a finger as he delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2025. Photo: Kent Nishimura via Reuters Connect
i24 News – US President Donald Trump stated on Friday in a message posted to his Truth Social network that talks, ongoing for four days, concerning ending the Gaza war were productive.
“I am pleased to report that we are having very inspired and productive discussions with the Middle Eastern Community concerning Gaza. Intense negotiations have been going on for four days, and will continue for as long as necessary in order to get a Successfully Completed Agreement,” the post read.
“All of the Countries within the Region are involved, Hamas is very much aware of these discussions, and Israel has been informed at all levels, including Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. There is more Goodwill and Enthusiasm for getting a Deal done, after so many decades, than I have ever seen before. Everyone is excited to put this period of Death and Darkness behind them. It is an Honor to be a part of this Negotiation. We must get the Hostages back, and get a PERMANENT AND LONGLASTING PEACE!”