Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh described Hamas’s October 7 terrorist massacre as a “courageous and unprecedented operation” that marked “an important crossroad in the history of the Palestinian struggle,” while simultaneously calling for the terror group to join the Palestine Liberation Organization under unified Palestinian leadership.

The remarks, delivered during a July 29 interview on the Mazeej Podcast by Al-Arabiya Network, come as major European nations, including France, the United Kingdom, and Canada, prepare to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations next month, a move that critics warn rewards terrorism and validates Hamas’s strategy of using mass murder to achieve diplomatic gains.

Shtayyeh, who served as Palestinian Authority Prim

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