An Israeli human rights organization rejects the justifications for the war on Gaza

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas once again affirmed his position on what is known as the “day after” after the war in the Gaza Strip, telling Phil Gordon, National Security Advisor to the US Vice President: The solution is the two-state solution, which requires the State of Palestine to obtain its full membership in the United Nations by a resolution From the Security Council, and the international peace conference was held; In order to provide international guarantees and a timetable for implementation, and to assume full responsibility for the entire Palestinian territory in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

Gordon arrived in Ramallah on Wednesday from Israel, where he held extensive and extensive discussions with its officials that dealt with two issues that the United States believes are interconnected: attempts to “weaken the authority” in the West Bank, and the establishment of a single Palestinian entity that will assume responsibility for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after the end of the current war.

The American official, delegated by Kamala Harris, also discussed these two issues with Abbas, but he heard the same words that other American officials heard, to the effect that the Palestinian Authority is present in the Gaza Strip and has not left it and bears responsibility for it, and it is part of the Palestinian state, and that extending control over it must It will be within the framework of a comprehensive solution in which the Authority imposes real control over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Abbas said: “Peace and security are achieved by ending the Israeli occupation of the entire territory of the State of Palestine along the 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and resolving the refugee issue and their return in accordance with Resolution 194, and not through security and military solutions that have proven to fail and will not achieve security and stability for the region.” .

Abbas also confirmed his opposition to Israeli plans in Gaza, and said that he would not allow “forced displacement” or “separation, occupation, truncation, or isolation of any part of the Gaza Strip.”

Abbas called on Washington to put pressure on Israel in order to stop the Israeli aggression in the West Bank and Gaza, stop settler attacks, release Palestinian clearance and tax funds held by the Israeli occupation authorities, double the entry of relief, medical and food supplies, provide water, electricity and fuel as quickly as possible, and provide what is necessary. From aid to get hospitals and basic facilities back to work.

Abbas’s positions confirm the widening differences over the day after the war. America wants a “renewed Palestinian authority” and the Authority wants comprehensive rule within the framework of a political solution, and Israel does not want any Palestinian authority of any kind.

Before Phil’s arrival, the Palestinian presidency had attacked the United States, holding it responsible for the Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in another reference to the dispute between Ramallah and Washington regarding the American position on the war on Gaza, and the day following this war.

Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina accused Israel of practicing “organized terrorism against our people wherever they are” by “escalating its comprehensive aggression in Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem.”

While the presidential spokesman warned of the uncontrollable explosion of the situation, he held the American administration responsible for this escalation, and called on it to put pressure on “the occupation government to stop its aggression and war against our Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”

He added, equating Israel with the United States regarding the aggression: “We stress that there is no other option for Israel and the American administration but to stop the aggression and end the occupation.”

Abu Rudeina’s statements came against the backdrop of Israel continuing a devastating war in Gaza, and another war in the West Bank, in which it kills more Palestinians every day.

On Wednesday, Israel killed two Palestinians in the West Bank in raids that affected most areas, arresting dozens, and leaving devastation and destruction.

Despite major differences over the day after the war, the United States is trying to reach a common vision.

Gordon focuses on discussing “the next day” scenarios and plans, and is accompanied by US Vice President Kamala Harris’ Middle East advisor, Ilan Goldenberg, who is deeply involved in interagency planning on how to govern Gaza after the supposed overthrow of Hamas.

Gordon pressed in Israel for a detailed discussion of the matter, and a senior American official said that during talks this week with Phil Gordon, Israeli officials who had focused on fighting the war were “ready to talk about the future” in Gaza.

The United States wants to avoid a governance and security vacuum in Gaza after the war and not allow Hamas to rise again, as stated in two reports on the American “Axios” and the Israeli “Walla” website.

Gordon and his team arrived in the region from Dubai, where they accompanied Harris in her meetings with a number of Arab leaders on the sidelines of the climate summit, and her discussions in Dubai focused on the next day in Gaza. American officials said: The group discussed military objectives and operations in Gaza, and that Gordon briefed the Israelis on the results of Harris’ talks in Dubai and presented what she had presented publicly about how the US administration views reconstruction, security, and governance in Gaza after the fighting.

The American officials added that Gordon told his Israeli counterparts that the United States wanted to have a plan for the future of Gaza to avoid allowing Hamas to “return to life.”

A senior US official said: “There has been a move on the Israeli side from the point where they were focused only on the fighting, and refused to discuss the next day, to the point where they were willing to talk about the future.”

On the other hand, a senior Israeli official said: The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Biden administration have been discussing the issue of post-war Gaza for weeks, and that there has been no change in the Israeli approach.

US officials acknowledged that there are still differences between how the United States views Gaza after the war and how Israel views it – mainly over the question of the role the Palestinian Authority will play.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu objected to the idea of ​​the Palestinian Authority having a future role, stressing that the only way to ensure that post-war Gaza is demilitarized is for the Israeli army – not international forces – to oversee the process.

In this context, an American official said: “No one believes that the Palestinian Authority in its current state can manage Gaza and provide security, but no one currently sees any alternative to a Palestinian leadership in Gaza after the war.” He added: “We believe that we need to strengthen the Palestinian Authority so that it can govern Gaza.”

The Biden administration is concerned that steps Israel has taken since the war – such as withholding a significant portion of the tax revenues it collects for the Palestinian Authority – have weakened the Authority’s ability to be effective, and does not agree with Netanyahu’s statements regarding Gaza. One American official said: They have “a lot of work ahead of them… It will not be easy.”