Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Claims first and second Jewish Temples were in Yemen - not Jerusalem. Says to Hamas: You sons-of-bitches, release the Israeli hostages, stop giving Israel a pretext for war!
In an April 23, 2025 speech at the 32nd Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council meeting in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas to release the Israeli hostages in order to deny Israel a “pretext” to continue the war, referring to Hamas as “sons-of-bitches.”
He accused Israel of attempting to alter the historical and legal status of Christian and Islamic holy sites, warning that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the target of “the most hideous plot by the occupation,” which he claimed seeks to destroy the mosque and build a Jewish temple in its place.
Abbas also alleged that “a large part of [Israeli] history is falsified,” and asserted that according to the Quran, the First and Second Jewish Temples were actually located in Yemen.
He went on to thank the Saudi leadership for rejecting normalization with Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state, despite American pressure, concluding: “You know those Americans… to Hell with them!” The speech was broadcast on Palestine TV.
Source: Palestinian Authority TV