PA Narrative on Oct. 7 Attacks Shifted From Celebration to Blaming Israel, Watchdog Says
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Palestinian Authority officials have shifted their narrative on the October 7 attacks from celebrating them as heroic resistance to blaming Israel for initiating the events, according to Palestinian Media Watch. Initially, the PA praised the attacks, then defended their legitimacy while acknowledging Palestinian suffering. By August 2025, officials like Mahmoud Al-Habbash and Jibril Rajoub claimed Israel orchestrated the attacks to eliminate the Palestinian cause. PMW founder Itamar Marcus criticized this framing, calling it a justification of atrocities.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- PA officials shifted narrative on Oct. 7 from celebration to blaming Israel, says Palestinian Media Watch.
- Initially, PA portrayed Oct. 7 as Palestinian resistance; later defended legitimacy amid Gaza devastation.
- By 2025, PA officials claimed Israel desired the Oct. 7 attack to eliminate the Palestinian cause.
- A late 2023 poll showed 83% of West Bank Palestinians viewed Hamas's attack as the 'correct decision'.
- PMW founder Itamar Marcus criticized the PA's narrative as a justification of atrocities.
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