The Palestinian Authority (PA)

Senior Fatah and Palestinian Authority (PA) figures pay a condolence call to the family of the terrorist who killed Rabbi Raziel Shevah in a shooting attack in Samaria; Mahmoud Abbas also offered his condolences.

On January 22, 2018, three senior Fatah figures paid a condolence call at the mourning tent erected by the family of Ahmed Isma'il Muhammad Jarar (one of the terrorists who carry out the shooting attack near Havat Gilad in Samaria that killed Rabbi Raziel Shevah).
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 17 – 23, 2018)

This past week terrorist events focused on three popular terrorism ["popular resistance"] attacks. The Fatah movement disseminated notices calling "to escalate the popular resistance" and "to turn the lives of the settlers into a living hell." Mahmoud Abbas gave two speeches this past week. The first was a speech with strong rhetoric at the al-Azhar conference The second, with softer rhetoric was given at a press conference in Brussels
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A ceremony sponsored by Mahmoud Abbas was held to honor terrorists holding Israeli citizenship who were imprisoned for murdering an IDF soldier

On January 14, 2018, two events were held that clearly manifested the support the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah give terrorists (from all the organizations) imprisoned in Israeli jails
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The PLO’s Central Council and Mahmoud Abbas call for the continuation and strengthening of [so-called] “peaceful popular resistance” [i.e., popular terrorism]

The concluding statement of the PLO's Central Council of January 15, 2018, related to a variety of open issues between Israel and the Palestinians, among them a call for the continuation, strengthening and upgrading of the so-called "peaceful popular resistance" (Palestinian TV, January 15, 2018). At the opening ceremony on January 14, 2018, Mahmoud Abbas gave a speech in which he said the Palestinian people would continue the "peaceful popular resistance."
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The shaheed culture and encouraging terrorism at an event held at Bir Zeit University on the anniversary of Fatah’s founding

On January 1, 2018, as part of the ceremonies held to mark the 53th anniversary of Fatah's founding, the Fatah student movement at Bir Zeit University organized an event. During the event students held a march, some of them wearing uniforms, some of them wearing shrouds and explosive belts representing suicide bombers.
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Diplomatic incident: India protests presence of the Palestinian ambassador at a rally in Pakistan where a speech was given by a leader of the terrorist organization which carried out a mass-killing attack in Mumbai (177 killed)

The Indian government recently protested to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over the participation of Walid Abu Ali (Abu Iyad), the PLO ambassador to Pakistan, at the "Defense of Jerusalem" rally.
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