Abbas’ advisor: If Israel defeats the Palestinians, the rest of the Arab and Islamic world will be next.
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “The Arab and Islamic support for the resolve of the Palestinian people is not only support and protection for the Palestinian people, but protection for the Arab and Islamic region. Because if, Allah forbid, Israel succeeds in breaking the Palestinian people and defeating them, which we believe will not happen… If this theoretically happens, the turn of the rest of the Arab and Islamic world will come.”
[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, YouTube channel, Aug. 28, 2025]