Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visiting the West Bank city of Jenin. Photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman

The following are two recent statements anticipating Israel’s destruction:

1. “Once Israel leaves the region, the gates will open to a resolution of all the problems in the region.”

2. “Once Israel comes to an end, there will be no violence and bloodshed.”

Whose ideology is this?

The first was said by Hamas Political Bureau Member Osama Hamdan, the second by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor, Mahmoud Al-Habbash.

The strikingly similar statements were made following Hamas’ terror atrocities against Israelis last Saturday, when Hamas terrorists murdered 1,400 Israelis, wounded more than 3,300, and took at least 199 Israelis hostage, among them women, children, the elderly, and even infants:

Hamas Political Bureau member Osama Hamdan: “There is one ‘no’ — no to Israel’s existence. No to Israel’s existence. And I think that Israel is the problem in our region, and that once Israel leaves the region, the gates will open to a resolution of all the problems in the region.”

[Al-Jadeed TV (Lebanon), Oct. 11, 2023]

Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Abbas’ advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “[Israel] doesn’t want to understand that the cause of everything is the occupation’s [i.e., Israel’s] existence.

Once the occupation [i.e., Israel] comes to an end there will be no violence or bloodshed from any side. [emphasis added]

[PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Oct. 9, 2023]

A decade ago, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) exposed that the same advisor to Abbas, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, preached that Islam requires Israel’s destruction as a religious obligation:

The similarities between Hamas and the PA are not new to anyone who has been following PMW.

PMW has exposed the PA and Hamas’ shared values: Both promote identical death/blood worship, and share the same children’s education, and believe working to destroy Israel is a requirement of Islam.

Palestinian Media Watch has also documented extensively that the PA and Fatah support the recent massacre by Hamas.

Prominent among the supporters is Abbas’ advisor Al-Habbash, who is posting hate speech supporting the massacre and calling for the end of Israel on his Facebook page:

PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Abbas’ advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “We are in an open confrontation with this occupation in one arena of struggle that stretches from Jerusalem to the West Bank, Jenin, Hebron, the Gaza Strip, every inch of the Palestinian land. We are standing against one occupation in one arena.”

[PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Oct. 10, 2023]

PMW reported that Al-Habbash already justified the Hamas massacre of Israelis as the Palestinian “legitimate right to defend ourselves” and that “the Martyrs’ blood will cause victory and holiness to bloom.”

The author is a senior analyst at Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article was originally published.