Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

Having just celebrated 78 years of independence, Israel has proven it is here to stay.

But the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinians in general are adamantly claiming Israel’s status is temporary, while dreaming and hoping for its demise.

“There is no room for two identities,” a host on PA’s official TV channel stated, predicting that Israelis/Jews are “the ones who will pass”:

Official PA TV host:“The Israeli occupation … is taking control of the holy city [Jerusalem] and the Islamic and Christian holy sites in it.

But in this land, there is no room for two identities: [It is] either us or us. We are the ones who will remain and they are the ones who will pass.” [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV, Palestine This Morning, March 29, 2026]

A Palestinian researcher similarly taught viewers that Jews “are transient in this land” and that Palestinians are “the true owners”:

Palestinian affairs researcher Muna Abu Hamdiyeh: “We are talking about the Ibrahimi Mosque [i.e., Cave of the Patriarchs] — the Judaization of the site.

The Palestinian understands that [the Jews] are transient in this land.

Everything that the archaeological delegations that have visited Palestine and the Ibrahimi Mosque have presented has proven that the occupation has no connection, no existence and no roots in this land …

As part of our role as those who research the Palestinian cause, history, or archaeology, we must clarify this situation to the Palestinians: We are the true owners of this land, and therefore [we] must not abandon it, no matter what… [The Palestinian] completely understands that he has suffered from violence and aggression [only] because he owns something that the other –who is transient in this place — wants to take from him.” [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV, March 16, 2026]

Another Palestinian academic also envisioned Israel’s downfall, stating at a cultural meeting in Paris that the Palestinians “will win and all of Palestine will be liberated”:

Palestinian researcher Muzna Al-Shihabi: “When we see all the people who came here today just to … hear about Palestine and know better what is happening [in Palestine], this is proof that — honestly, it gives us great hope that in the end we will win and all of Palestine will be liberated.” [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV News, Feb. 2, 2026]

Manifesting the Palestinian narrative in numerous ways, on at least two separate occasions, PA TV broadcast the following “poet” from Gaza predicting the end of Israel’s “colonial rule” just as other colonial rulers have been defeated:

Gazan poet Adel Al-Ramadi:

“Do not believe that the land will not return

How much has this land been occupied!

How much defilement?

How many soldiers have trodden upon it!

So where are the soldiers?

Where is the rule of the Greeks over us?

Where is the rule of the Tatars?

Where is the rule of the Romans?

Where is the rule of the Persians?

Where is the rule of the Crusaders?

Where is the rule of the English?

Where are the soldiers?

One day you will grow up and ask:

Where is the rule of the Jews?” [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV, Dec. 7, 2025, and April 5, 2026]

PA TV chose to rebroadcast a documentary from 2021 with the conclusion that Israel “will disappear”:

Official PA TV narrator: “Immediately after the [Israeli] occupation of Jerusalem in 1967 and until this day, they have not stopped making attempts to Judaize the place and take control of it, aiming to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque to build the alleged Temple in its place …

This speaking stone is like a person and a place at the same time. Its age is many times greater than the age of the occupation state [i.e., Israel]. The Al-Aqsa Mosque will remain here, the eternal capital Jerusalem will remain here, and the occupation will disappear!” [emphasis added]

Images are shown of Palestinians waving Palestinian flags on the Temple Mount.

[Official PA TV, broadcast of 2021 documentary film “The Speaking Stone,” March 20, 2026]

A released murderer also joined the choir, telling “heroic” imprisoned terrorists that Allah will “liberate the land”:

Released terrorist murderer Shadi Abu Shakhdam: “My message to our heroic prisoners [i.e., terrorists] behind bars: Just as Allah showed us mercy and granted us freedom, Allah willing the time and moment will come when He will show mercy to our brothers and grant them freedom.

Allah willing, there will be freedom with the liberation of both the land and the people.” [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV, Giants of Endurance, March 21, 2026]

As Palestinian Media Watch recently reported, there are many more examples of how the PA dreams of Israel’s demise.

World leaders must finally acknowledge this deeply entrenched destructive vision that the PA embraces, and oppose giving the PA any role in the future of the region.

The author is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.