Press Release
American-Jewish Projects Are Criminal and Treasonous Projects, Whether Carried Out by the PLO or Others
(Translated)

Hebrew Channel 5, as reported by Al Jazeera, broadcasted a report stating that Netanyahu is holding a meeting to discuss replacing the Palestinian Authority with tribal leaders in Al-Khalil (Hebron). A statement was subsequently issued by Al-Khalil Governorate (in response to the ongoing deliberations by the occupation government regarding separating Al-Khalil from the national geography and handing it over to tribal rule).

Accordingly, we, in the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in the Blessed Land of Palestine, state and affirm the following:

1- The Palestinian Authority (PA) came into being under American sponsorship and with the approval of the Jewish entity as part of a political project based on surrendering the Blessed Land to the Jewish entity and implementing security needs for its benefit. It carried out this treacherous role to the fullest extent, and its president boasted about it at Arab Summit meetings and on the UN platform. If America and the Jews find a replacement for some of the PA’s men or to end of the Oslo Authority and the establishment of a new PA under any name, it will be an extension of its project to liquidate the Palestinian cause, whether through the PLO or through another entity they create. When America and the Jews decided to end Yasser Arafat and a number of people loyal to him, they brought in Mahmoud Abbas and a group with him who worked under the supervision and care of the American General Dayton. The Authority was nothing but a security arm of the Jewish entity. If the entity ended its services, it would not be because of an honour assumed by the Authority, but rather because its role is completed and what it wanted from it was achieved and then it is thrown where traitors are thrown after completing their mission. The entity that the occupation will bring will be of the same kind as the Authority and will be nothing but a security arm for the Jews.

2- The people of Palestine did not choose the PLO, but rather it was imposed upon them, to surrender most of Palestine to the Jews. Portraying it as the sole legitimate representative of the people of Palestine only reinforces its treasonous role, unacceptable to anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day. Any attempt by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to gain recognition of its legitimacy from the people of Palestine is an attempt to shift its burden and sins onto the people of Palestine, of which they are innocent.

3- Any party working with the occupation, regardless of its name, is part of the occupation and one of its tools. Dazzling labels with any name only makes a traitor a traitor, and does not free those who collaborate with the occupation from the stigma of shame and disgrace in this world and the Hereafter. Any affiliation, whether with the PLO and its Authority or with any other entity established by the occupation, is a sin that falls on those who are content and follow it (this path) before Allah (swt), and not on those who reject it and are saved from it. Anyone who declares any support for the PLO, the PA, or any entity established by the occupation has placed themselves in the ranks of traitors and does not represent their people or clan, even if they claim to do so.

In conclusion: We call upon the people of Palestine in general, and the people of Al-Khalil and its families in particular, with the call of Allah (swt):

[يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَخُونُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ]

“O believers! Do not betray Allah and the Messenger, nor betray your trusts knowingly” [Al-Anfal: 27].

We warn them against being deceived by the Palestinian Authority, by declaring positions of support for it, the organization, or any other entity established by America and the Jews. Unawareness does not excuse the crime, and acceptance only means following the traitors in their treason.

The Palestinian issue is not represented by an organization nor owned by a clan. Rather, it is the issue of an entire Ummah. The people of Palestine have no greater right to it than the rest of the Muslims. The same is true of their duty towards it. It is an issue of Deen and Aqeedah (belief), and the issue of a Blessed Land. It will not be resolved by a weak state in the clutches of occupation. Rather, it will be liberated by the hands of the sincere believers of the Ummah of Muhammad (saw). It will return to being the flower and beacon of Ash-Sham, and will become the heart of the abode of Islam, as in the glad-tiding of the Prophet (saw).

[وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْفَتْحُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ * قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِيمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ * فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَانْتَظِرْ إِنَّهُمْ مُنْتَظِرُونَ]

“They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this ˹Day of final˺ Decision, if what you say is true?” * Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “On the Day of Decision it will not benefit the disbelievers to believe then, nor will they be delayed ˹from punishment˺” * So turn away from them, and wait! They too are waiting” [As-Sajdah: 28-30]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in The Blessed Land – Palestine