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The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority works closely with the Israeli occupation.

Earlier this month, for instance, Israeli officials praised the PA for “cracking down” on opposition and resistance to Israel’s occupation in the West Bank.

The PA’s leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has previously called this so-called security coordination a “sacred” duty.

But there’s near unanimity among Palestinian political factions that this collaboration with the occupation must stop.

The PA’s intelligence chief Majid Faraj boasted to Defense News recently that his forces had arrested 100 Palestinians in recent months and were working closely with Israeli occupation forces to prevent the unpopular PA from collapsing.

“We, together with our counterparts in the Israeli security establishment, with the Americans and others, are all trying to prevent that collapse,” Faraj said.

Faraj added that his goal was to protect Israel from the Islamic State group.

“They’re already in Iraq, Syria, Sinai, Lebanon and Jordan, but Ramallah, Amman and Tel Aviv must remain immune from them,” the PA general said.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/infographic-7-ways-palestinian-authority-helps-israeli-occupation

Palestinian factions condemn PA crackdown on attacks against Israel

Palestinian factions on Thursday condemned a Palestinian Authority official who said that PA security forces had aborted 200 potential attacks on Israelis since October.

The Hamas movement, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in a joint press release said that the remarks by PA intelligence chief Majed Faraj constituted “an insult to the struggle and sacrifices of Palestinians.”

The PA official made the remarks during an interview with US-based magazine Defense News, where he also said that PA forces had, in addition, confiscated weapons and detained around 100 Palestinians.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769925