The United States called on the Palestinian Authority to “reactivate its security forces, so that they can be present in the Gaza Strip after the war, in addition to carrying out reforms and injecting new blood into the Authority,” according to a report by the American website “Axios” about the discussions between the two sides regarding the future of Gaza.
The website quoted American officials, whose names were not mentioned, that “the administration of President Joe Biden proposed to the authority to prepare a security force and local police in the Gaza Strip,” after the end of the current conflict, through which Israel says it seeks to “eliminate the Hamas movement” (classified terrorism in the United States and other countries).
On Friday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah to discuss “the governance of Gaza after the end of the war.”
White House spokesman for National Security Affairs, John Kirby, said in a statement on Friday that the two sides discussed “post-conflict Gaza and the issue of governance,” adding that this included steps that must be taken to make the Palestinian Authority “more credible and responsible.”
“new blood”
American officials indicated, according to Axios, that “the Biden administration wants Abbas (87 years old) to carry out broad reforms, including injecting new blood” into the leadership of the Authority.
Washington called on Abbas to “appoint younger people to decision-making positions who enjoy credibility among the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, in addition to the respect of the international community for them,” according to a source familiar with the talks.
American officials also explained that “the way the Palestinian Authority could play a role in forming a security force in Gaza during the post-Hamas period” was discussed.
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As the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues and intensifies, the United States renewed its call for the establishment of a Palestinian state, urging Israel to avoid harming civilians, and talking about a post-war Gaza.
Among these ways is reactivating the role of PA security personnel living in the Gaza Strip, who were actually in service until Hamas took control in 2007, according to Axios.
Axios also quoted an informed source as saying that the Palestinian Authority “contacted in recent days with some people whose ages qualify them to continue serving, and asked them about their desire to return to work again.”
Officials in the Palestinian Authority declined to comment on those discussions, to Axios.
The American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” had indicated, in statements made by American and Palestinian officials, that a plan had been discussed “to retrain 1,000 former officers from the security forces affiliated with the Authority in Gaza, and between 3,000 and 5,000 others in the West Bank, who will work in… Gaza after the war.
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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is making intense efforts to reduce the intensity of fighting in the war between Israel and Hamas, and to explore the post-war phase.
The newspaper pointed out, in its report published on Friday, that the “flurry of security talks” reveals the extent of the urgent need felt by Washington and Arab capitals to begin planning for the so-called “day after Hamas,” while noting the lack of a unified position among the Arab countries regarding who… He will contribute forces at this stage, while everyone joins in demanding a ceasefire and the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.
Opposition to Israel
The American administration realizes that all these discussions about the Authority playing a role in Gaza will have no value unless Israel agrees to them, according to Axios.
But the Israeli government strongly opposes the idea of the Palestinian Authority returning to the Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday: “The senior leadership of the Palestinian Authority, until this moment, refuses to condemn the October 7 massacre, and some of them even publicly praise it. Shall we let them control Gaza after the war? Haven’t we learned? I will not allow that to happen.”
An Israeli official denied to Axios that Sullivan had raised, during his discussions in Israel on Thursday, the issue of members of the security authority in Gaza returning to work again.
Although Israel acknowledged that the Authority’s security personnel help prevent attacks in the West Bank against Israel, it said that the Palestinian Authority “lost control over parts of the West Bank.”
During the past few days, the American President directed criticism at the Israeli Prime Minister, which was met with responses from Netanyahu and his allies in the right-wing movement in Israel, stressing that they would not retreat from their goals of eliminating Hamas, and their refusal to re-present the “two-state solution” scenario, or what Netanyahu described as “the Oslo mistake.” “.
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At a time when it continues its pledges to continue its war until “the elimination of Hamas,” Israel faces mounting international pressure due to more civilian casualties and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Biden’s criticism also targeted “Netanyahu personally, due to the indiscriminate bombing that led to the erosion of international support for Israel,” arguing that the prime minister “owes gratitude” to members of his government from the extreme right, calling on him to change the Israeli government, according to a report published by the American newspaper “The Washington Post.”
Netanyahu responded in a video clip, rejecting Biden’s proposals to revitalize the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to take over power after the war in Gaza, and indicated his intention to keep Israeli forces in the Strip indefinitely.
The war broke out after attacks launched by the Hamas movement, classified as a terrorist organization in the United States and other countries, on Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people, most of them civilians and including women and children, according to the Israeli authorities.
Israel pledged to “eliminate Hamas” and launched intense air strikes on the Gaza Strip, accompanied by ground military operations that began on October 27, killing about 19,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the Strip’s health authorities.
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2023-12-18 07:02:35
