Those close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reject criticism that he made a public statement Saturday during a press conference against the Palestinian Authority's entry into Gaza the day after the war.
At the press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Benny Gantz, Netanyahu did not explicitly name the PA, but said that "there will be no civilian authority there that educates their children to hate Israel or kill Israelis and destroy Israel. There cannot be an authority there that pays the families of murderers. There can be no authority whose leader has not yet condemned the massacre. There will have to be something else there, but in any case our security control. I stand by it and I'm not going to give up."
Netanyahu: "The IDF will continue to control the Gaza Strip the day after" // GPO
In response, Netanyahu was criticized in the political establishment for entering too early into an unnecessary argument with the United States, whose officials explicitly expressed hope that Abbas would return to control the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu's circle rejects the criticism. A political source told Israel Hayom that it is necessary to raise the problems related to the PA's functioning now. "So that the Americans will now begin to pressure the PA to stop being a center of support and encouragement of terrorism." According to him, opening the debate on the issue, instead of whitewashing the facts, is a positive thing.
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