As Gaza prepares for what is expected to be an extensive Israeli ground invasion, the public absence of Palestinian political leadership is adding to the chaos.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrives at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September. JERUSALEM — As Hamas militants rampaged through Israel on Saturday and Israeli strikes rained down on Gaza, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was at his base in Ramallah. He made calls, held meetings and issued statements.
Israeli settlements and military control over the occupied territories have continued to expand. Hamas, an Islamist movement committed to Israel’s destruction, rejected the peace process from the start. former Palestinian minister of planning. “Because now is the time for fighting. And the popular parties are the parties involved in the fighting.”“It’s we who represent the Palestinian people,” he said. Palestinian national institutions, including the authority, “can never be irrelevant. These are the only national, regional and international representatives of the Palestinian people.
As a militant group, “Hamas is not part of our national institutions,” he said. “They have their own calculations.”
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