{"id":19658,"date":"2023-08-14T20:09:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.memri.org\/polish\/?p=19658"},"modified":"2023-08-14T20:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:09:28","slug":"autonomia-palestynska-dziala-na-rzecz-wzmocnienia-swojej-kontroli-na-zachodnim-brzegu-wsrod-rosnacej-sily-organizacji-terrorystycznych-i-obaw-przed-zamachem-stanu-w-stylu-gazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.memri.org\/polish\/autonomia-palestynska-dziala-na-rzecz-wzmocnienia-swojej-kontroli-na-zachodnim-brzegu-wsrod-rosnacej-sily-organizacji-terrorystycznych-i-obaw-przed-zamachem-stanu-w-stylu-gazy\/19658","title":{"rendered":"Autonomia Palesty\u0144ska dzia\u0142a na rzecz wzmocnienia swojej kontroli na Zachodnim Brzegu w\u015br\u00f3d rosn\u0105cej si\u0142y organizacji terrorystycznych i obaw przed zamachem stanu w stylu Gazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\u015br\u00f3d eskalacji zagro\u017cenia bezpiecze\u0144stwa na Zachodnim Brzegu, a zw\u0142aszcza w D\u017ceninie, oraz wysi\u0142k\u00f3w palesty\u0144skich organizacji terrorystycznych, by powieli\u0107 na Zachodnim Brzegu metody stosowane do walki z Izraelem w Strefie Gazy, [1] Autonomia Palesty\u0144ska (AP)\u00a0<\/em>prawie<\/em><\/a>\u00a0ca\u0142kowicie straci\u0142a kontrol\u0119 nad bezpiecze\u0144stwem i administracj\u0105 na p\u00f3\u0142nocnym Zachodnim Brzegu.\u00a0<\/em>[2]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Jednym z g\u0142\u00f3wnych tego przejaw\u00f3w w ci\u0105gu ostatnich dw\u00f3ch lat jest pojawienie si\u0119 og\u00f3lnoorganizacyjnych boj\u00f3wek terrorystycznych, takich jak Brygada D\u017cenin i Jaskinia Lw\u00f3w, kt\u00f3re dzia\u0142aj\u0105 w D\u017ceninie i Nablusie wbrew w\u0142adzy Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej.\u00a0<\/em>[3]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Ostatnia operacja wojskowa Izraela w obozie dla uchod\u017ac\u00f3w w D\u017ceninie na pocz\u0105tku lipca uwydatni\u0142a erozj\u0119 w\u0142adzy politycznej Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej.\u00a0Spo\u0142ecze\u0144stwo palesty\u0144skie, zw\u0142aszcza w D\u017ceninie, by\u0142o w\u015bciek\u0142e na AP za jej s\u0142abo\u015b\u0107 wobec Izraela i bezradno\u015b\u0107 jego aparatu bezpiecze\u0144stwa, kt\u00f3ry nie przy\u0142\u0105czy\u0142 si\u0119 do organizacji terrorystycznych w ich walce z Izraelem, a nawet aresztowa\u0142 agent\u00f3w Palesty\u0144skiej Islamskiej D\u017cihadu (PIJ) w drodze do walki w obozie dla uchod\u017ac\u00f3w w D\u017ceninie.\u00a0Gniew na AP by\u0142 taki, \u017ce kiedy delegacja urz\u0119dnik\u00f3w Fatahu, na czele z wiceprzewodnicz\u0105cym ruchu Mahmoudem Al-’Aloulem, przyby\u0142a na pogrzeb agent\u00f3w zabitych w walkach z Izraelem w obozie, zosta\u0142a przep\u0119dzona z okrzyki \u201ePrecz! Precz!\u201d\u00a0<\/em>[4]<\/em><\/a> Funkcjonariusz PIJ, Maher Akhras, powiedzia\u0142, \u017ce wydalenie tych funkcjonariuszy Fatahu by\u0142o przes\u0142aniem od \u201ewszystkich grup narodu palesty\u0144skiego\u201d, w tym aktywist\u00f3w Fatahu, kt\u00f3rzy sprzeciwiaj\u0105 si\u0119 koordynacji bezpiecze\u0144stwa AP z Izraelem [5], a p\u00f3\u017aniej tak\u017ce grozi\u0142, \u017ce lud palesty\u0144ski \u201ewyp\u0119dzi Autonomi\u0119 Palesty\u0144sk\u0105 z ca\u0142ego [Zachodniego] Brzegu, tak jak wyrzuci\u0142 j\u0105 z D\u017cenin\u201d. <\/em>[6]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Autonomia Palesty\u0144ska uwa\u017ca te wydarzenia za powa\u017cne zagro\u017cenie dla swojej w\u0142adzy na Zachodnim Brzegu i samego przetrwania, poniewa\u017c przypominaj\u0105 one proces, kt\u00f3ry w 2007 roku doprowadzi\u0142 Hamas do wojskowego zamachu stanu przeciwko Fatahowi w Strefie Gazy.\u00a0Rzeczywi\u015bcie kilkakrotnie w ci\u0105gu ostatnich 18 miesi\u0119cy Fatah wyra\u017ca\u0142 zaniepokojenie, \u017ce Hamas, PIJ i inne organizacje zbrojne przeprowadz\u0105 przeciwko nim wojskowy zamach stanu na Zachodnim Brzegu.\u00a0Na przyk\u0142ad 13 czerwca 2022 r., przed 15.\u00a0rocznic\u0105\u00a0zamachu stanu w Gazie, Fatah wyda\u0142 o\u015bwiadczenie, w kt\u00f3rym oskar\u017cy\u0142 cz\u0142onk\u00f3w Hamasu o \u201erozszerzanie wysi\u0142k\u00f3w w celu przej\u0119cia Zachodniego Brzegu\u201d.\u00a0Mniej wi\u0119cej rok p\u00f3\u017aniej, 7 maja 2023 r., rzecznik Fatahu w Gazie, Mundhir Al-Hajek, r\u00f3wnie\u017c oskar\u017cy\u0142 Hamas o planowanie zamachu stanu na Zachodnim Brzegu.\u00a0<\/em>[7]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 Ponadto, wed\u0142ug dzia\u0142acza Fatahu, Mounira Al-D\u017caghouba, podczas spotkania 26 czerwca w Ankarze mi\u0119dzy prezydentem AP Mahmoudem Abbasem a szefem Biura Politycznego Hamasu Isma’ilem Hanij\u0105, ten pierwszy przekaza\u0142, \u017ce AP nie pozwoli na \u201epowielanie modelu z Gazy na Zachodnim Brzegu\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>[8]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Przyw\u00f3dcy Hamasu i PIJ ze swojej strony zaprzeczaj\u0105, by mieli takie zamiary.\u00a0W wywiadzie udzielonym 9 lipca ira\u0144skiej agencji informacyjnej IRNA sekretarz generalny PIJ Ziad Al-Nachaleh zaprzeczy\u0142, by wysi\u0142ki jego organizacji zmierzaj\u0105ce do ustanowienia milicji na ca\u0142ym Zachodnim Brzegu by\u0142y pr\u00f3b\u0105 os\u0142abienia Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej lub przygotowania wojskowego zamachu stanu przeciwko niej.\u00a0<\/em>[9]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Szef Biura Politycznego Hamasu, Isma’il Hanija, podobnie podkre\u015bli\u0142 podczas swojego spotkania w Turcji z prezydentem Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej Abbasem, \u017ce Hamas nie jest zainteresowany atakiem lub obaleniem Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej\u00a0<\/em>[10]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0, ale jego o\u015bwiadczenia najwyra\u017aniej nie uspokoi\u0142y Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej.<\/em><\/p>\n

W tej sytuacji AP znalaz\u0142a si\u0119 pomi\u0119dzy dwoma sprzecznymi imperatywami: powstrzymywaniem organizacji terrorystycznych, kt\u00f3re osadzaj\u0105 si\u0119 na Zachodnim Brzegu jej kosztem oraz odzyskaniem popularno\u015bci i utrzymaniem zaplecza spo\u0142ecznego.\u00a0Ten dylemat jest szczeg\u00f3lnie trudny, bior\u0105c pod uwag\u0119, \u017ce kontrola AP jest kwestionowana nawet od wewn\u0105trz.\u00a0Niekt\u00f3rzy z uzbrojonych milicjant\u00f3w sprzeciwiaj\u0105cych si\u0119 jego w\u0142adzy s\u0105 cz\u0142onkami jego w\u0142asnego skrzyd\u0142a wojskowego, Brygad M\u0119czennik\u00f3w Al-Aksa.\u00a0Ponadto cz\u0142onkowie aparat\u00f3w bezpiecze\u0144stwa Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej byli ostatnio zaanga\u017cowani w operacje terrorystyczne.\u00a0<\/em>[11]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dodatkowym czynnikiem komplikuj\u0105cym dla Autonomii Palesty\u0144skiej jest to, \u017ce wzmocnienie jej kontroli nad Zachodnim Brzegiem jest nie tylko potrzeb\u0105 wewn\u0119trzn\u0105, ale tak\u017ce \u017c\u0105daniem p\u0142yn\u0105cym z zewn\u0105trz, a mianowicie ze strony USA, Egiptu i Jordanii, kt\u00f3re w ostatnich miesi\u0105cach wsp\u00f3lnie wyst\u0119powa\u0142y jako mediatorzy mi\u0119dzy AP i Izraelem.\u00a0Dyrektor CIA William Burns podobno podkre\u015bli\u0142 Abbasowi na spotkaniu 30 stycznia, \u017ce \u200b\u200bAP musi przywr\u00f3ci\u0107 kontrol\u0119 nad Zachodnim Brzegiem i powstrzyma\u0107 r\u00f3\u017cne dzia\u0142aj\u0105ce tam boj\u00f3wki terrorystyczne.\u00a0<\/em>[12]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Podobne komunikaty przekazano \u2018Abbasowi dzie\u0144 p\u00f3\u017aniej, podczas jego spotkania z szefem egipskiej Dyrekcji Wywiadu Generalnego, Abbasem Kamelem i jego jorda\u0144skim odpowiednikiem, Ahmadem Husnim.\u00a0Przekazali oni, \u017ce w zamian za zaprzestanie dzia\u0142a\u0144 militarnych Izraela na terenach AP, tamtejsze aparaty bezpiecze\u0144stwa maj\u0105 przej\u0105\u0107 kontrol\u0119 nad sytuacj\u0105.\u00a0<\/em>[13]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Tego dnia Abbas spotka\u0142 si\u0119 tak\u017ce z sekretarzem stanu USA Antonym Blinkenem, kt\u00f3ry naciska\u0142 na niego, by przyj\u0105\u0142 plan odzyskania kontroli bezpiecze\u0144stwa nad Zachodnim Brzegiem, opracowany przez ameryka\u0144skiego koordynatora ds. bezpiecze\u0144stwa, genera\u0142a broni Michaela Fenzela.\u00a0<\/em>[14]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Po spotkaniu poinformowano, \u017ce AP zasadniczo zgodzi\u0142a si\u0119 na ten plan.\u00a0<\/em>[15]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 Kana\u0142 koordynacji bezpiecze\u0144stwa mi\u0119dzy AP a Izraelem, utworzony przez USA, Egipt i Jordani\u0119, zaowocowa\u0142 szczytami w Akabie (luty 2023 r.) i Szarm al-Szejk (marzec 2023 r.).\u00a0Potem jednak kontakty utkn\u0119\u0142y w impasie i jak dot\u0105d nie zaplanowano kolejnych szczyt\u00f3w.\u00a0<\/em>[16]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Izrael odmawia zaprzestania dzia\u0142alno\u015bci antyterrorystycznej na Zachodnim Brzegu, maj\u0105cej na celu zneutralizowanie zagro\u017ce\u0144, kt\u00f3re nie zosta\u0142y wyeliminowane przez AP, podczas gdy AP traktuje t\u0119 dzia\u0142alno\u015b\u0107 jako naruszenie wcze\u015bniejszych porozumie\u0144 z ni\u0105 i nie chce by\u0107 postrzegana przez Palesty\u0144czyk\u00f3w opinii publicznej jako wsp\u00f3\u0142pracuj\u0105ca z Izraelem.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

AP najwyra\u017aniej radzi sobie z tym problemem na kilka sposob\u00f3w jednocze\u015bnie.\u00a0Po pierwsze, zwi\u0119ksza widoczno\u015b\u0107 swoich przyw\u00f3dc\u00f3w na Zachodnim Brzegu, zw\u0142aszcza w jego p\u00f3\u0142nocnej cz\u0119\u015bci, wzmacniaj\u0105c tam swoje aparaty bezpiecze\u0144stwa i podkre\u015blaj\u0105c w mediach trosk\u0119 o obywateli.\u00a0Ponadto, w ostatnich dniach prezydent Abbas podj\u0105\u0142 dramatyczny i zaskakuj\u0105cy krok, wydaj\u0105c prezydencki dekret \u201ewysy\u0142aj\u0105cy na emerytur\u0119\u201d wi\u0119kszo\u015b\u0107 gubernator\u00f3w dystrykt\u00f3w na Zachodnim Brzegu, najwyra\u017aniej z powodu niepowodzenia w powstrzymaniu organizacji terrorystycznej w swoich dystryktach.\u00a0<\/em>[17]<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Dodatkowo przeprowadza szeroko zakrojon\u0105 fal\u0119 aresztowa\u0144 uzbrojonych agent\u00f3w z r\u00f3\u017cnych frakcji, a podobno oferuje im nawet prac\u0119 w aparatach AP w zamian za z\u0142o\u017cenie broni.\u00a0W tym samym czasie<\/em>, nadal wyra\u017ca publiczne poparcie dla lokalnych uzbrojonych bojownik\u00f3w i ich walki z Izraelem, aby utrzyma\u0107 swoj\u0105 popularno\u015b\u0107 w\u015br\u00f3d miejscowych i legitymacj\u0119 swoich rz\u0105d\u00f3w oraz unikn\u0105\u0107 postrzegania jako kolaborant Izraela.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Uzbrojeni
Uzbrojeni cz\u0142onkowie Brygady D\u017cenin (\u0179r\u00f3d\u0142o: Alresalah.ps. 13 grudnia 2022 r.) \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[Dalszy tekst – przegl\u0105d \u015brodk\u00f3w podj\u0119tych przez Autonomi\u0119 Palesty\u0144sk\u0105 w celu wzmocnienia kontroli nad Zachodnim Brzegiem i zapobie\u017cenia zamachowi stanu \u2013 nie jest spolszczony]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strengthening PA Presence, Demonstrating Control Of Jenin And Other West Bank Cities, Replacing District Governors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several days after the conclusion of the Israeli operation in the Jenin refugee camp and the expulsion of the Fatah delegation from the camp, the Saudi news site Elaph reported that President Mahmoud 'Abbas had ordered the PA security forces to do everything necessary to regain control of the camp, establish law and order there and rout out any armed operatives not under the authority of the PA.<\/a>[18]<\/a>\u00a0On July 7, a significant reinforcement of the PA’s security forces was reported in the districts of Jenin, Nablus, and Tulkarm, and\u00a0 Presidential Guard forces entered the Jenin refugee camp.<\/a>[19]<\/a>\u00a0At the same time, masked fighters from Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades held shows of force in the various West Bank\u00a0 districts, carrying Fatah flags and symbols. However, anti-PA media outlets claimed that these men were not really fighters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, but rather members of the PA security forces wearing uniforms of the Al-Aqsa Brigades.<\/a>[20]<\/a><\/p>\n

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One of the shows of force held by masked Fatah fighters across the West Bank (Source: 3aks-t.info, July 10, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alongside these shows of force, a Fatah delegation led by the movement’s deputy chairman, Mahmoud Al-’Aloul, made another visit to Jenin at the behest of President 'Abbas.<\/a>[21]<\/a>\u00a0The new visit was apparently intended to fix the impression left by the expulsion of the previous Fatah delegation from the funeral of the men killed in the fighting with Israel, and to show that the residents of the refugee camp actually support Fatah.<\/a>[22]<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition, the PA worked to repair the damage in the Jenin refugee camp as a result of the Israeli military operation, and took care to highlight this in the media. For example, it established a government committee for the rehabilitation of Jenin and announced that it had allocated NIS 7 million for this purpose. Also, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh stressed that technical teams were working to reconnect the refugee camp to the water, power and communication infrastructures.<\/a>[23]<\/a>\u00a0Many reports and articles in the PA’s official media emphasized its commitment to the rebuilding of Jenin.<\/a>[24]<\/a>\u00a0 The PA ministers of the interior, health and local government visited Jenin and promised to support it and its reconstruction.<\/a>[25]<\/a>\u00a0In a visit to the Jenin district police station, Interior Minister Ziad Hab Al-Reeh declared that the PA would not tolerate chaos of any kind and would defend its institutions at any cost, and promised a NIS 400 pay raise for members of the PA security forces.<\/a>[26]<\/a><\/p>\n

The PA’s efforts to restore its standing in the West Bank and especially in Jenin culminated in a high-profile visit by President 'Abbas to the Jenin refugee camp, held about a week after the conclusion of the Israeli operation there, during which he emphasized his support for the refugee camp but also conveyed threatening messages \u2013 to Israel but no less so to the rival Palestinian factions \u2013 that in Jenin there is only one authority and one law, and that anyone trying to harm the people’s unity would be punished. He said: „[We are here] in the resolute and heroic Jenin [refugee] camp, which is an icon and a symbol of struggle, steadfastness and defiance\u2026 We have come to observe the reconstruction of the camp and of the city [and to make sure] that they are being restored to their former state and even improved. We have no choice but to take this action, in defiance of anyone who wishes to defeat and attack us. We will not accept attacks by anyone and will continue to stand fast and endure our suffering patiently. We will remain in our land and not leave it, until Allah grants [us] the land and what is on it, and until [the Israelis] leave our land, which they have defiled for decades\u2026 The PA is here to show you its support for the Jenin refugee camp and for the residents of the city of Jenin, and to demonstrate that it represents one rule, one state, one law and one [source of] security and stability. I say to everyone that this land will continue to be one, with a single [source of] security\u2026 Any hand that threatens the unity, security and stability of the people will be cut off\u2026”<\/a>[27]<\/a><\/p>\n

The PA press published many articles praising the president’s visit, but there were also reports about demonstrations of anti-PA sentiment during it. For example, according to the Quds Press website, Jenin District Governor Akram Al-Rajoub was forced to cancel a meeting between refugee camp residents and President 'Abbas, because most of the families of the fighters killed during the Israeli military operation refused to attend this meeting.<\/a>[28]<\/a>\u00a0The Lebanese daily\u00a0Al-Akhbar<\/em>\u00a0reported that the reception for 'Abbas was poorly attended by local residents, and that his speech was interrupted with calls of praise for the Jenin Brigade. There was also criticism of the extensive deployment of PA security forces ahead of the visit, and locals wondered where all these forces had been during Israel’s operation in the refugee camp.<\/a>[29]<\/a><\/p>\n

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'Abbas’ visit to the Jenin refugee camp (Source: Wafa.ps, July 12, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The PA is acting to make its presence felt not only in Jenin but throughout the West Bank. For example, Interior Minister Ziad Hab Al-Reeh recently toured the Jenin, Tubas, Qalqilya, Tulkarm and Salfit districts. In meetings he held with local governors, commanders of the PA apparatuses and Fatah branch heads, he stressed that the PA will support them as they perform their duty and maintain order, and that President 'Abbas has ordered to prevent any attempt to undermine the state apparatuses.<\/a>[30]<\/a><\/p>\n

The PA’s efforts to display its control on the ground have occasionally lead to exchanges of fire with various terror militias, as happened on August 2 in Nablus’ Balata refugee camp after the PA security forces removed barricades set up by the terror organizations.<\/a>[31]<\/a><\/p>\n

Another dramatic and surprising measure taken by the PA to strengthen its control over the West Bank is a presidential decree issued by 'Abbas on August 10, in which he „sent to retirement” most of the PA governors in the West Bank, specifically the governors of Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Bethlehem, Tubas, and Jericho and the Jordan Valley.<\/a>[32]<\/a>\u00a0 Reports indicate that the reason for their dismissal is dissatisfaction with their performance on the part of President 'Abbas, PLO Secretary-General Hussien Al-Sheikh and Palestinian intelligence chief Majed Faraj,\u00a0 who were disappointed with the governors’ failure to curb the terror organizations and militias in their districts.<\/a>[33]<\/a>\u00a0Some reports claim that 'Abbas also took this measure on the advice of Jordan, which warned about a dangerous weakening of the PA vis-\u00e0-vis the armed militias in the West Bank.<\/a>[34]<\/a>\u00a0Other reports claimed that the decision had been made following meetings held by Hussein Al-Sheikh with the head of Israel’s internal security services and with American and Arab officials as part of the PA’s\u00a0 security understandings with Israel, the U.S., Egypt and Jordan.<\/a>[35]<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Wave Of Arrests Of Terror Organization Members In Jenin And Other PA Districts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In addition, the PA has been working to restrain and weaken the terrorist organizations and gunmen in Jenin and other West Bank districts through an extensive wave of arrests. It appears that many dozens have been arrested. A PIJ official in Jenin told the Qatari daily\u00a0Al-Arabi Al-Jadid<\/em>\u00a0on August 2 that more than 40 PIJ activists had been arrested in that city alone, and added that he did not know the total number of arrests made throughout the West Bank. On July 30 the daily reported that at least 63 Hamas operatives had been arrested in the West Bank.<\/a>[36]<\/a><\/p>\n

    The arrests sparked fury among the armed factions. Hamas and PIJ officials viciously attacked the PA, calling on it to stop these „political arrests” and free the people already detained. After the PA refused, PIJ Secretary-General Ziad Al-Nakhaleh boycotted the July 30 meeting between the Palestinian faction heads in Egypt, which had been initiated by President 'Abbas.<\/a>[37]<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Jenin Brigade likewise decried the arrest of its members and on July 17 issued a statement accusing the PA of violating an agreement made with it ahead of 'Abbas’ visit to Jenin. The brigade claimed that it had facilitated the visit, allowed the PA security forces to secure 'Abbas’ route through the city, and promised not to disrupt the visit, and in return the PA had promised to free PIJ detainees \u2013 a promise it later broke. The Jenin Brigade therefore called on the people of the West Bank to hold „marches of rage” against the PA.<\/a>[38]<\/a>\u00a0Mass marches were indeed held that day in various parts of the West Bank, attended by gunmen who shouted slogans against the PA and in praise of jihad, such as „Allah is our goal, the Prophet is our model, jihad is our way, the Quran is our constitution and death for the sake of Allah is our honor.”<\/a>[39]<\/a>\u00a0The fury against the PA over the arrests even led to exchanges of fire between militiamen and the PA security forces, for instance in the Jenin refugee camp on August 2.<\/a>[40]<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Gunmen and others hold marches in support of the Jenin Brigade (Source: Twitter.com\/SafaPs, T.me\/alresalahpress, July 17, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Even some operatives who identify as members of Fatah’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, issued furious statement calling on the PA security forces to stop the arrests and to join the fighting against Israel. A Telegram channel called „The Tulkarm Brigade \u2013 Rapid Response,” which bears the logo of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, called on the PA security forces to „mend their ways, stop persecuting the military wings of all the factions,” and return to the path of past Fatah leaders, like Marwan Al-Barghouti, who had led the armed struggle against Israel. The statement added: „Be like [those leaders], and if you cannot, [at least] don’t participate in the campaigns of injustice\u2026 We in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade renounce you and your actions [i.e., the arrests and the military coordination with Israel]\u2026”<\/a>[41]<\/a><\/p>\n

    The PA, for its part, denied that the arrests were „political” and claimed that it was only trying to maintain law and order. In a statement it issued, the PA Interior Ministry said that the security forces were carrying out the directive of President 'Abbas „to enforce the rule of law and provide the people with security everywhere,” and that these forces would „cut off the hand of anyone trying to undermine security, stability and interests against the will of our country and our people.”<\/a>[42]<\/a>\u00a0The spokesman of the PA security forces, Gen. Talal Dweikat,\u00a0told the PA news agency on July 18 that all the people arrested were suspected of crimes like „money laundering, terror financing, [illegal] possession of arms and ammunition, [and other violations of] the penal code and the cybercrime laws.”<\/a>[43]<\/a><\/p>\n

    In addition to the arrests, the PA is also trying to weaken the terror organizations from within. According to some reports, it is pressing the terrorists in Jenin, especially members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,\u00a0 to leave the Jenin Brigade and join its security forces instead, sometimes approaching them through their associates and family. It should be mentioned that the PA used the same method with members of the Lions’ Den in Nablus.<\/a>[44]<\/a><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. PA, Fatah Continue To Praise The Jenin Armed Terrorists<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The contradictory nature of the PA’s position towards the terror activity against Israel is evident not only in its actions but in its rhetoric. Aware of the decline in its status and the anger caused by its extensive wave of arrests against the terrorists, it is trying to quell this anger and gain popular support by openly praising these terrorists and their actions. The PA’s official discourse \u2013 reflected in the press, in statements by its officials and online \u2013 continues to laud the armed struggle and even incites violence against Israel, while claiming that Fatah activists are actually leading the fighting against Israel. This is despite the fact that armed struggle is ostensibly not part of the PA’s and Fatah’s official program, and even though the members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades\u00a0 who are involved in the armed struggle are defying the PA’s authority. For example, a July 9, 2023 article in the PA daily\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadida<\/em>\u00a0stressed that the 12 operatives killed in the fighting in Jenin included six Fatah members, namely members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.<\/a>[45]<\/a>\u00a0However, the PA did not confine this praise to Fatah members, but also glorified the PIJ operatives killed in Jenin. For example, the PA daily\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadida<\/em>\u00a0published a report about one of them,\u00a0Majdi 'Ar’arawi, an 18-year-old member of the PIJ military wing. Although it did not note he was an armed fighter, it stated that he had earned „two shahadas” with distinction: his matriculation certificate and his martyrdom.\u00a0<\/a>[46]<\/a><\/p>\n

      \"Left:
      Left: The report about Majdi 'Ar’arawi in the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida; right: a picture of 'Ar’arawi, armed with a rifle, on the PIJ website\u00a0(Sources:\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, PA, July 21, 2023; paltoday.ps, July 22, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      The PA Education Ministry posted his matriculation certificate under the title „This is his shahada, which he earned with distinction”<\/a>[47]<\/a><\/p>\n

      \u00a0<\/em>* H. Varulkar is Director of Research at MEMRI; S. Schneidmann is a research fellow at MEMRI.<\/em><\/p>\n

      \n

      <\/a>[1]<\/a>\u00a0See Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1707 –\u00a0Palestinian Terror Organizations Are Duplicating Gaza Strip Fighting Methods In West Bank<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 August 8, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[2]<\/a>\u00a0Indications of this have been evident for several years; see MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis No. 1266 –\u00a0Recent Violence In Nablus Reveals Rifts In Fatah, Triggers Calls For Tackling Fundamental Problems In Palestinian Society<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 August 31, 2016.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[3]<\/a>\u00a0See MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis No. 1661 –\u00a0Palestinian Authority Responds To Violence Wave In Two Conflicting Ways: Tries To Restrain West Bank Gunmen, While Also Encouraging Them And Inciting Terror<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 October 21, 2022.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[4]<\/a>\u00a0See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10701,\u00a0Palestinian Authority: Al-Jazeera Incites Against Us In Service Of Qatar, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood; We Will Consider Taking Legal Measures Against It; Al-Jazeera In Response: Our Coverage Is Balanced And Professional<\/a>, July 11, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[5]<\/a>\u00a0Alresalah.ps, July 5, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[6]<\/a>\u00a0Paltoday.ps, July 10, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[7]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, June 13, 2022, May 7, 2023. Further indications of Fatah\u2019s concern were evident in a video about the Hamas 2007 coup aired on Fatah\u2019s Awda television channel. See MEMRI TV Clip No. 10375,\u00a0Palestinian Authority TV Airs Video Smearing Hamas, Accusing It of Mismanaging the Gaza Strip, Corruption, Brutality, Abandoning the Resistance, and Collaborating with Israel<\/a>,\u00a0 June 16, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[8]<\/a>\u00a0Twitter.com\/MonirAljaghoub, July 26, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[9]<\/a>\u00a0Ar.irna.ir, July 9, 2023; see also MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10721 –\u00a0Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Secretary-General Ziad Al-Nakhaleh In Interviews With Iranian Media: We Manufacture Weapons Thanks To Aid Provided By Iran And Seek To Arm All West Bank Cities; No Jew Anywhere In The World Lives In Greater Danger Than The Jews In Palestine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 July 24, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[10]<\/a>\u00a0Aljazeera.net, July 26, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[11]<\/a>\u00a0See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10207 –\u00a0Last Will Of Terrorist Who Belonged To Palestinian Authority Security Forces: Martyrdom Is The Highest Ideal; Continue The Jihad And Armed Struggle Against The Enemy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 September 15, 2022.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[12]<\/a>\u00a0Raialyoum.com, January 30, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[13]<\/a>\u00a0Al-Sharq Al-Awsat<\/em>\u00a0(London), January 31, 2023, February 1, 2023; alaraby.co.uk, February 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[14]<\/a>\u00a0Axios.com, February 1, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[15]<\/a>\u00a0Arabicpost.net, February 2, 2023. In the following months the PA reportedly attempted to implement this plan, or some version of it (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat<\/em>, London, February 26, 2023;\u00a0Al-Akhbar<\/em>, Lebanon, February 25, March 17, 23, 2023). However, PLO Secretary-General Hussein Al-Sheikh denied that the PA had even discussed implementing a security plan drafted by external elements \u2013 American, Israeli or other. Alaraby.co.uk, February 27, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[16]<\/a>\u00a0Al-Sharq Al-Awsat<\/em>\u00a0(London), May 23, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[17]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, August 10, 2023. The governors themselves learned of the decision from the media (qudsn.co, August 10, 2023).<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[18]<\/a>\u00a0Elaph.com, July 8, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[19]<\/a>\u00a0 Sadanews.ps, shehabnews.ps, July 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[20]<\/a>\u00a0Shehabnews.ps, July 8, 2023; 3aks-t.info, July 10, 2023. According to Hamas’ Shehab website, these shows of force were part of the PA’s plan to regain control of Jenin, and were organized by Jenin district governor Akram Al-Rajoub (Shehabnews.ps, July 10, 2023).<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[21]<\/a>\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadida<\/em>\u00a0(PA), July 8, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[22]<\/a>\u00a0Paltimesmeps.ps, July 9, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[23]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, July 10, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[24]<\/a>\u00a0For example, a July 10 article in the PA daily\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadida<\/em>\u00a0stressed that the PA authorities, under President 'Abbas, had established a government committee for the rebuilding of Jenin immediately after the conclusion of the Israeli operation, unlike Hamas, which continues to delay and impede the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[25]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, July 9, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[26]<\/a>\u00a0Sadanews.ps, July 8, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[27]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, July 12, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[28]<\/a>\u00a0Qudspress.com, July 12, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[29]<\/a>\u00a0Al-Akhbar<\/em>\u00a0(Lebanon), July 13, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[30]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, July 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[31]<\/a>\u00a0Felesteen.news, August 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[32]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, August 10, 2023. Among those ordered to retire were also PA governors in the Gaza Strip, namely the governors of the Gaza, Northern Gaza, Khan Younis and Rafah districts.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[33]<\/a>\u00a0Shahed.cc, alresalah.ps, August 10, 2023;\u00a0Al-Sharq Al-Awsat<\/em>\u00a0(London), August\u00a0 11, 2023,; arabicpost.net, August 12, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[34]<\/a>\u00a0Raialyoum.com, paltimeps.ps, August 11, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[35]<\/a>\u00a0Shahed.cc, August 10, 2023; Al-Akhbar (Lebanon), August 12, 2023. According to yet other reports, the governors’ dismissal is the first step in a major reshuffle in the PA, as part of which many long-standing position holders whose performance has been poor or sparked criticism against the PA will be replaced, and „new blood” will be brought in to revitalize the PA (asharq.com, independentarabia.com, August 11, 2023).<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[36]<\/a>\u00a0Alaraby.co.uk, July 30, 2023, August 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[37]<\/a>\u00a0About a week before the meeting, Al-Nakhaleh threatened to boycott it unless the detainees were released, and one day before the meeting, after the PA refused to free the detainees, his deputy Muhammad Al-Hindi repeated the threat (Jehad.ps, July 23, 2023; paltoday.ps, July 29, 2023). Calls to free the „political detainees” were also heard from other Palestinian factions, such as Hamas. Movement official Hussam Badran, along with PIJ official Sa’eed Nakhaleh, demanded to stop the arrests in order to prepare the ground for the meeting (palinfo.com, July 12, 2023). Several days later Badran and PIJ official Khader Habib repeated this demand,(alresalah.ps, July 17, 2023), and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) conveyed a similar message (safa.ps, July 26, 2023). The PFLP \u2013 Central Command and the Al-Sa’iqa faction stated that they would boycott the meeting because of the arrests (qudsn.co, July 26, 2023). At the meeting itself, Hamas Political Bureau Head Isma’il Haniya urged the PA to stop the arrests (hamas.ps, July 30, 2023). The PA, for its part, ignored all these demands.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[38]<\/a>\u00a0T.me\/sarayajneen, July 17, 2023; npa.ps, July 18, 2023. Jenin governor Akram Al-Rajoub denied the existence of any agreement with the Jenin Brigade, and emphasized that President 'Abbas „can go wherever he wishes whenever he wishes, and does not need to mediate or negotiate with anyone or gain anyone’s permission (sadanews.pa, July 17, 2023).<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[39]<\/a>\u00a0Twitter.com\/SafaPS, July 17, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[40]<\/a>\u00a0Alaraby.co.uk, August 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[41]<\/a>\u00a0T.me\/alredalsrey, July 17, 2023. Other statements issued by „the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Rapid Response Groups Tulkarm Brigade” came out against the claim that the members of the group were criminals, stressed that they are determined to keep fighting despite the arrests, and harshly slammed the PA. T.me\/alredalsrey, July 17, 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[42]<\/a>\u00a0Al-Ayyam<\/em>\u00a0(PA), wafa.ps, July 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[43]<\/a>\u00a0Wafa.ps, July 13, 18, 2023.a<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[44]<\/a>\u00a0Shehabnews.com, July 10, 2023; Al-Akhbar (Lebanon), July 27, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[45]<\/a>\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadida<\/em>\u00a0(PA), July 9, 2023.<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[46]<\/a>\u00a0Shahada<\/em>\u00a0in Arabic means both „martyrdom” and „certificate.”<\/p>\n

      <\/a>[47]<\/a>\u00a0Facebook.com\/Palestinian.MOE\/posts\/57865340443963, July 20, 2023.<\/p>\n

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