The Israeli occupation helps Palestinian Authority (PA) safety forces crackdown on Palestinian factions within the occupied West Financial institution, an Israeli journalist revealed yesterday.
Chatting with public broadcaster Kan, Israeli journalist and specialist in Palestinian affairs Gal Berger mentioned: “Israel hurried to assist the PA as a result of it’s unable to cope with Hamas.”
Berger identified that Hamas “has lately raised its head within the West Financial institution.”
As a part of the Israeli help to the PA, Berger mentioned, Israeli occupation forces arrested senior Hamas chief within the West Financial institution Hassan Yousef.
This got here two days after a report printed by Safa, native Palestinian information company, revealing that PA President Mahmoud Abbas had ready a plan to crack down on Palestinian factions to be able to open discussions with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz quickly.
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Final week, Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej advised Israeli Channel 12 information that he and Gantz have been planning to fulfill Abbas very quickly to be able to “strengthen” the PA and “calm tensions” which have resulted in “a wave of terror assaults.”
This got here in gentle of a fierce PA marketing campaign in opposition to Palestinian factions that included detentions, dispersal of gatherings and confiscation of flags.
On Thursday, PA safety officers raided the city of Tammun within the Jenin and confiscated Islamic Jihad banners throughout a reception held for Azmi Bani Odeh, an area resident who had simply been launched from Israeli jail.
PA safety officers additionally attacked plenty of Palestinians throughout a reception in Ramallah for Motasem Zaloum, who was additionally launched from Israeli jail, and confiscated Hamas flags and summoned a number of individuals for interrogation.
Related such incidents have lately taken place throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
