Abbas’ representative, Supervisor of PA media, to Palestinian journalists:
“In the eyes of His Honor the president, you are the homeland’s soldiers defending the Palestinian national narrative against the Zionist narrative”
Editor in Chief of the official PA news agency WAFA:
Official PA news agency WAFA and all other official PA media function as “governmental offices” - not true media outlets.
“In a speech he gave on behalf of [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas, General Supervisor of the Official [PA] Media [with the rank of] minister Ahmad Assaf emphasized that the president is showing a special interest in the journalists and members of the press…
He added: ‘In the eyes of His Honor the president, you are the homeland’s soldiers defending the Palestinian national narrative against the Zionist narrative.’”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 30, 2023]