Shin Bet chief for the cabinet: to work to strengthen the Palestinian Authority for fear of collapsing

According to ministers who attended the cabinet meeting, Ronen Bar called for action to strengthen the PA, which is in a difficult economic and governmental situation, in order to strengthen stability in the West Bank and to weaken Hamas.

Senior IDF officials conveyed the same message at the meeting. Ganz is expected to meet with Abu Mazen again soon.

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09/12/2021

Thursday, 09 December 2021, 22:30 Updated: 22:40

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Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar said at the presentation of the organization's annual intelligence assessment to the political-security cabinet on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority is in a difficult economic and governmental situation, and that there is a fear of its collapse. Two ministers who attended the cabinet meeting told Walla! The GSS and the Prime Minister's' Office refused to comment.

A minister who attended the cabinet meeting said that the GSS chief noted that strengthening the Palestinian Authority was important both to strengthen stability in the West Bank and to weaken Hamas. The Palestinian.

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Fear of the collapse of the PA.

Ronen Bar (Photo: Paul, Mark Israel Salem)

Defense Minister Bnei Gantz is leading the government in the line of strengthening the Palestinian Authority. This week, Ganz met with the Minister of Regional Development, Issawi Frij of Meretz, who spoke several times in public about the fear of the PA collapsing. Gantz told Fridge that he plans to meet again soon with Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen. This will be the second meeting between the two since the formation of the new government.

"The situation in the Palestinian Authority is on the verge of collapse," Fridge said in an interview with News 12 today (Thursday) ). "A Palestinian Authority that controls the territory through salaries and now has no ability to finish the month so it has no control over the street. The authority also has an impact on the residents of East Jerusalem and the atmosphere. "Fridge emphasized that he" conveyed the message to Gantz. "

The US administration is also very concerned about the danger of the collapse of the authority due to the difficult economic situation.

The UN envoy to the Middle East, Thor Wonsland, visited Washington last week and gave a briefing to a group of senior US officials during which he presented difficult data on the economic situation of the Palestinian Authority and the undermining of its control over cities in the West Bank.

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