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Palestinian Antisemitism: Israel Is Tool of the West, ‘Next Step’ Is to Subordinate the Entire Arab World
People hold Fatah flags during a protest in support of the people of Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Hebron, in the West Bank, Oct. 27, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
Although terror organization Hamas launched the current war against Israel when it brutally attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and murdered over 1,000 Israelis, the Palestinian Authority (PA) presents the ongoing war solely as “Israeli aggression.”
Some members of the PA even allege that “no one attacked” Israel.
Instead, PA leaders present Israel’s self-defense and response to being attacked by Hamas to a greater Israeli “plan” to “tear apart the Palestinian people,” “uproot” and “expel” it, and eventually subjugate not only the Palestinians but Arab states as well. The US is also being demonized in the PA’s libelous narrative, as “the one waging the war, and not Israel.”
The following are examples of PA leaders disseminating this libel to Palestinians:
Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki:“This talk about Israel’s right to defend itself. Where did Israel attack? Israel attacked the Gaza Strip. No one attacked it.”
[Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki, Facebook page,
Jan. 20, 2024]
(PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor: Israel is US’ “police officer,” and goal is to subordinate entire Arab world
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash:“If, Heaven forbid, Palestine will fall, and the Gaza Strip will fall, and Israel will realize its goals in the Gaza Strip and afterwards will move on to realize similar goals in the West Bank, it will then be the turn of other Arab capitals and of other Arab states. And Arab states will become subordinates to the American police officer named Israel in the region.”
Posted text:“Al-Habbash to [the official PA radio station] The Voice of Palestine: Israel is fighting against our religion, and the US is a partner to the aggression, but victory will be our ally, and the world will pay a heavy price for the continuation of this tragedy.”
[Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Feb. 10, 2024]
Abbas’ advisor demonizes Israel: Israel’s “target” is not just Hamas, but “tearing apart the Palestinian people”
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash:“The occupation (i.e., Israel) falsely claims that it is directing its blows against the Hamas Movement. But this is a lie… Those whom the occupation is targeting is you, us, these children. The children of the West Bank are being targeted like the children of the Gaza Strip, like the children of Jerusalem, like all children of the Palestinian people, like all members of the Palestinian people.The intent is not just to uproot Hamas, not at all.There are many proofs of this …The target is the Palestinian people, the target is tearing apart the Palestinian people, the target is uprooting the Palestinian people, it is removing the Palestinian people from its land, it is expelling the Palestinian people from Palestine…
They are determined to remove us from our land, and we are determined to stay in it. They have failed at this for 75 years, at uprooting the Palestinian people from Palestine, and they will fail, Allah willing. This land will only be ours… this is our homeland and not their homeland. This is our land and not their land, this is our history and not their history. If someone needs to leave and go out of our land, it is them! They are the ones who need to leave. They need to leave, while we are staying here.” [emphasis added]
[Official PA TV Live, Dec. 8, 2023]
Fatah official: Israel’s “next step” is to “harm the PA” and “annihilate the West Bank after the Gaza Strip”
Official Fatah Spokesman Abd Al-Fattah Doleh: “[Israel’s] next step is to prepare to complete the chain of crimes in the Palestinian West Bank, to harm the supporting pillar and presence of the PA … They [Israel] want to harm this presence through lies and falsehoods that the PA has a large army and they must eliminate this army because this army constitutes a greater danger to them than Hamas.”
Posted text:“Doleh to [Fatah-run] Awdah [TV]: The occupation [i.e., Israel] will attempt to complete its plan of annihilation in the West Bank after the Gaza Strip.” [emphasis added]
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, Dec. 12, 2023]
Fatah official: US, not Israel, is waging war to “slaughter the Palestinian people”
Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki: “The US is the one waging the [Gaza] war, and not Israel … It is the one waging the war and it is the one that is striving with all its efforts to slaughter the Palestinian people … Our central issue is to stop this cursed war, this barbaric war, which is worse than Nazism.” [emphasis added]
[Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki, Facebook page, Jan. 20, 2024]
Fatah official: Israel is a US military base to prevent Arab unity
Fatah official Bassem Al-Tamimi:“The US owns the Israeli settlement project in this region as its military base to prevent the unity of the region.”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, May 28, 2024]
Israel created “to carry out dirty jobs” for “the colonialist West”
Fatah official and An-Najah National University political science lecturer Raed Debiy:“Israel is a functional state that the West created for its interests and to carry out dirty jobs that the colonialist West doesn’t want to get its hands dirty with. Therefore, it created the Zionist movement or used the Zionist movement to carry out these dirty jobs. Israel is continuing to fulfill this role in the region.” [emphasis added]
[Official PA TV, March 3, 2024]
The author is a senior analyst at Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article was originally published.
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Rubio Heads to Israel Amid Tensions Among US Middle East Allies
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to members of the media, before departing for Israel at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, September 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool
US President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio headed to Israel on Saturday, amid tensions with fellow US allies in the Middle East over Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar and expansion of settlements in the West Bank.
Speaking to reporters before departure, Rubio reiterated that the US and President Donald Trump were not happy about the strikes.
Rubio said the US relationship with Israel would not be affected, but that he would discuss with the Israelis how the strike would affect Trump’s desire to secure the return of all the hostages held by Hamas, get rid of the terrorists and end the Gaza war.
“What’s happened, has happened,” he said. “We’re gonna meet with them. We’re gonna talk about what the future holds,” he said.
“There are still 48 hostages that deserve to be released immediately, all at once. And there is still the hard work ahead once this ends, of rebuilding Gaza in a way that provides people the quality of life that they all want.”
Rubio said it had yet to be determined who would do that, who would pay for it and who would be in charge of the process.
After Israel, Rubio is due to join Trump’s planned visit to Britain next week.
Hamas still holds 48 hostages, and Qatar has been one of the mediators, along with the US, trying to secure a ceasefire deal that would include the captives’ release.
On Tuesday, Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Doha. US officials described it as a unilateral escalation that did not serve American or Israeli interests.
The strike on the territory of a close US ally sparked broad condemnation from other Arab states and derailed ceasefire and hostage talks brokered by Qatar.
On Friday, Rubio met with Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at the White House, underscoring competing interests in the region that Rubio will seek to balance on his trip. Later that day, US President Donald Trump held dinner with the prime minister in New York.
Rubio’s trip comes ahead of high-level meetings at the United Nations in New York later this month. Countries including France and Britain are expected to recognize Palestinian statehood, a move opposed by Israel.
Washington says such recognition would bolster Hamas and Rubio has suggested the move could spur the annexation of the West Bank sought by hardline members of the Israeli government.
ON Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement to push ahead with a settlement expansion plan that would cut across West Bank land that the Palestinians seek for a state. Last week, the United Arab Emirates warned that this would cross a red line and undermine the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords that normalized UAE-Israel relations in 2020.
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Netanyahu Posts Message Appearing to Confirm Hamas Leaders Survived Doha Strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – In a statement posted to social media on Saturday evening, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Qatar-based leadership of Hamas, reiterating that the jihadist group had to regard for the lives of Gazans and represented an obstacle to ending the war and releasing the Israelis it held hostage.
The wording of Netanyahu’s message appeared to confirm that the strike targeting the Hamas leaders in Doha was not crowned with success.
“The Hamas terrorists chiefs living in Qatar don’t care about the people in Gaza,” wrote Netanyahu. “They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war.” He added that “Getting rid of them would rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war.”
Israel is yet to officially comment on the result of the strike, which has incurred widespread international criticism.
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Trump Hosts Qatari Prime Minister After Israeli Attack in Doha
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
US President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after US ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict. The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.
Trump expressed annoyance about the strike in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sought to assure the Qataris that such attacks would not happen again.
Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani were joined by a top Trump adviser, US special envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Great dinner with POTUS. Just ended,” Qatar’s deputy chief of mission, Hamah Al-Muftah, said on X.
The White House confirmed the dinner had taken place but offered no details.
The session followed an hour-long meeting that al-Thani had at the White House on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
A source briefed on the meeting said they discussed Qatar’s future as a mediator in the region and defense cooperation in the wake of the Israeli strikes against Hamas in Doha.
Trump said he was unhappy with Israel’s strike, which he described as a unilateral action that did not advance US or Israeli interests.
Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally. Qatar has been a main mediator in long-running negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and for a post-conflict plan for the territory.
Al-Thani blamed Israel on Tuesday for trying to sabotage chances for peace but said Qatar would not be deterred from its role as mediator.