Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visiting the West Bank city of Jenin. Photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
As Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip progresses, concerned countries are now discussing who should rule Gaza after Hamas is destroyed. The US, the UK, and several other European countries have suggested that the reins of the Gaza Strip should be handed over to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its Security Forces, under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party.
This proposal assumes that the PA and its Security Forces are a moderating factor, and will work to prevent terror.
To challenge this myth, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) has written a report documenting that the PA Security Forces are not only deeply involved in terror, but that the PA and Fatah brag about it. We have presented this report in the last few weeks to members of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee (the Judea and Samaria subcommittee) of the Knesset, and in the British House of Lords to MPs and Lords.
The report exposes the PA Security Forces’ involvement in terror in recent years, and documents that far worse than being ineffectual, the PA’s security services have been playing a very active role in terror against Israelis.
Both the PA and Fatah not only admit this terror role, but regularly and proudly publicize explicit proof of it.
On Jan. 17, 2024, the internationally-designated terror organization the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, published a poster honoring five killed terrorists. One of them is defined as follows:
Captain Abdallah Abu Shalal, member of the PA General Intelligence, Commander Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
[Fatah-run Awdah TV journalist Anas Hoshia, Telegram, Jan. 17, 2024]
The Israeli army announced that Abu Shalal was a senior terrorist: According to a report on ynet:
The Israeli army announced that … a cell of terrorists was on its way to committing an attack, which was led by Abdallah Abu Shalal, head of the terror infrastructure in the [Balata refugee] camp — who was considered one of the central terror leaders in Judea and Samaria.
A second terrorist pictured in the poster was listed as “Captain Saif Al-Najmi, also a member of the Palestinian [Authority] National Security Forces.”
To read or download the full report documenting the PA Security Forces’ involvement in terror, click here.
The author is the founder and executive director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.
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