The Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee, Hussein al-Sheikh, accuses Israel of weakening the Palestinian Authority and declares that it is impossible to stop the attacks in the Palestinian Authority.
"What is happening on the ground are acts of reaction to what the occupation is doing and most of them are by individuals," said A-Sheikh in an interview this evening (Sunday) with the "Al-Arabiya" network.
"We are committed to peaceful popular resistance, but it is impossible to prevent every Palestinian resident from acting against the crimes committed by the Israeli army and the settlers."
Activity of IDF forces in Judea and Samaria (for illustration), photo: IDF spokesperson
He also added that the security coordination with Israel has stopped completely and accused that there are Israeli elements who are interested in overthrowing the PA.
"The one who weakens the PA and its security mechanisms is Israel," he stated.
Referring to the Aqaba conference held last week, Sheikh said that "the statements issued by the Israeli Prime Minister and other senior officials in his government after the conference show that the extreme right-wing government in Israel is still committed to a program based on transfer and annexation.
We are not delusional.
Until this moment, the possibility of a political horizon with this government is unlikely.
And in politics there is no vacuum."
The place where the summit was held last week in Aqaba - Jordan, photo: GettyImages
Later in the interview, he referred to the participation of Palestinian representatives in the follow-up meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh.
According to him, this depends on the degree of implementation of the understandings that Israel committed to at the Aqaba Conference.
"There is coordination between us, Jordan and Egypt on this issue," he explained.
"There are commitments that Israel has taken on in Aqaba and now what is required is to implement them and in particular to stop the unilateral measures regarding the settlements, the entry into the cities, maintaining the status quo in Al-Aqsa, stopping the destruction of houses and all the issues that have come up. If guarantees are given on their part to the parties concerned, we will not hesitate to go to charm".
"The problem with Israel is not a matter of security or security arrangements. The basis of the problem with Israel is political," he added.
In the meantime, tomorrow the Qatari envoy, Muhammad El-Amadi, is expected to enter the Gaza Strip to supervise the distribution of the Qatari grant and closely monitor the progress of the civil projects.
He will hold "maintenance" talks with senior Hamas officials in order to ensure calm in the area and prevent a possible security escalation.
His visit was supposed to take place last week but was postponed.
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