Israel calls for strengthening Palestinian Authority and not letting Hamas set Gaza relations agenda

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz pleaded for “Strengthening the Palestinian Authority” so as not to let the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) be “the one to set the agenda, neither in the Gaza Strip area nor in Gaza City itself. even”.

Gantz assured, in this sense, that To avoid future violent clashes like the one of the past eleven days, which ended in a ceasefire on Friday, Israel should direct its efforts to support the Palestinian Authority in rebuilding Gaza, rather than Hamas, which rule the enclave.

Referring to the latest hostilities, the defense officer considered that the offensive had succeeded in weakening Hamas and its military capabilities, while stressed the need, in a possible future confrontation, to respond with more force, informó “The Times of Israel”.

Strengthening the Palestinian Authority, Gantz detailed, As many Arab countries as possible, especially Egypt and Jordan, as well as the United States and the European Union, should be associated with the ceasefire and the reconstruction process.

Precisely, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed assured that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was ready to participate in the talks and the peace process that Israel and Hamas began with the ceasefire signed on Friday.

SITUATION IN GAZA AND CISJORDAN

Regarding the situation in the West Bank, the governor of Jenin, Akram Rajoub, announced that the Jalameh pass, in the north of the city, closed for a year, will be reopened on Tuesday, the Maan news agency reported.

For his part, the Commissioner General of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, added this Sunday that in Gaza, “people are overwhelmingly afraid of endless cycles of violence. They want a normal life and a sense of normalcy, but this will not replace their need for peace and human rights for all ”.

Lazzarini insisted that “the fact that the problems in Gaza are not resolved is like an erupting volcano”, as 1.4 million Palestinian refugees see UNRWA as “a place and a source of stability”, so that UNRWA “is strong, it is in everyone’s interest”, therefore international cooperation is necessary.Maan picked up.

(with EP information)

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