Israel’s government will continue to try and dismantle the PA by branding it as a terrorist organization. This approach may be an attempt to avoid imposing a political settlement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the PA and its president Mahmoud Abbas will never rule Gaza.
As I try to grapple with our current hasbara (public diplomacy) challenges, I have tried to think how I would portray all the various issues involved, in poster form.
Kirby clarified that the existing PA in Gaza is also problematic. The issue, he explained, was not Palestinian governance of Gaza, but the nature of the current PA.
Corruption is so high in the Palestinian Authority that it has disqualified itself as a legitimate governing institution.
Palestinian Authority Leader Urges the Return of Gaza to PA Sovereignty for Lasting Peace and Security.
They claim this was after the Hannibal Directive was activated, which "allowed the occupation police and army to kill everyone."
Tragically, Abbas and the Fatah party put themselves firmly behind Hamas and its atrocities, celebrating the massacres and even laughing at the victims.
Palestinian Authority present, Israel not invited
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “made clear that Palestinians must not be forcibly displaced,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said after their meeting.
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