At the end of last month, Defense Minister Ganz met with the head of the Palestinian Authority.
What we, in Israel, knew about this surprising meeting, is that Gantz made it clear to Abu Mazen that Israel is ready for measures that will strengthen the PA's economy and that many other issues were discussed there, but their details were never presented to us.
The PA Al-Hayat Al-Jadida newspaper, the mouthpiece of the PA, boasts of the Palestinian achievements at this meeting.
It turns out that completely voluntarily, Ganz promised the head of the authority far-reaching and destructive things to Israel.
The article was translated by Adv. Maurice Hirsch, from "A Look at the Palestinian Media," and it lists four significant achievements that resulted from the meeting.
The first is the issuance of a permit for the unification of 5,000 families, and for their capture, the actual exercise of the right of return for 40,000 Palestinians.
According to the article, "this is what will ultimately advance the struggle of our people's struggle, so that it will continue on the path to redemption from the occupation and the attainment of full freedom and independence."
Glad we could help.
Remember the offset law?
The one that offsets from the tax money that Israel has to transfer to the PA what the latter pays to its terrorists? So you can forget about it. Ganz promised to transfer some of that money to the PA.
But what will the defense minister do when there is an explicit law banning this transfer?
Will present it as if it were a huge loan, amounting to hundreds of millions, on favorable terms.
The third achievement is the amendment of the Paris Agreement.
This agreement is part of the Oslo Accords, and the economic consequences of this change are far-reaching.
In other words, Ganz promised Abu Mazen that he would bring to the Knesset proposals to change the laws enacted following the accursed Oslo Accords 25 years ago, and deepen the curse.
That is, it will change the agreement even more in favor of the Palestinians.
The fourth lollipop is the granting of Israeli approval for Palestinian construction in Area C. These are the territories in Judea and Samaria that are under full Israeli control.
Why does Ganz give them homeland lands for free?
And if you were wondering about the value, there is no need.
The State of Israel received nothing.
This move is puzzling to say the least.
After all, even a White House spokesman confirmed that there is no American pressure on Israel regarding political negotiations at this time, and even if these are subsequent "gestures" to strengthen Abu Mazen, this list is exaggerated by any standard.
Many questions arise from the destructive step of Ganz, who with his own hands and in the wake of one meeting managed to undermine the political and security interests he trusts. First, by what authority did Ganz act? Was he sent by the government, the one that came to act only on issues common to its members while leaving the party aside? Second, what is Gantz's interest? Are these gestures supposed to strengthen the head of the authority? And if so, why? Why does Israel want to strengthen an authority that finances terrorism? Third, why were these gestures hidden from the public in Israel? Is it because of the fear of completely reasonable opposition to them? And fourth, and most difficult of all, how is it possible that in a government headed by Naftali Bennett, such things happen? If the Prime Minister knew about these summaries in advance - it is unbelievable, and if he found out only in retrospect, how does this government still exist?
