12/23 – The PA’s West Bank Crackdown: A Crisis Of Legitimacy – The Cradle

 12/23 – The PA’s West Bank Crackdown: A Crisis Of Legitimacy

Under mounting external pressure and growing internal dissent, the Palestinian Authority’s crackdown on West Bank resistance groups has not only deepened public mistrust but also jeopardized its legitimacy and long-term survival.…

…paved the way for PA President Mahmoud Abbas to give the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) orders to launch an armed crackdown, using US-trained forces, on the Jenin Brigades resistance groups. The decision sparked dissent among PA officials who viewed it as a strategy orchestrated by the US and Israel.

Under Israeli military supervision, the PA forces imposed a siege on Jenin Camp, cutting water and electricity, and enforcing a curfew that confined residents – many without food – for days.

Within days, the operation resulted in significant civilian casualties, including the deaths of a teenager, Rebhi Shalabi, and a senior Jenin Brigades commander, Yazid Ja’ayseh. The UN humanitarian office accused the PA of commandeering part of Jenin Governmental Hospital for military purposes, detaining eight individuals from within the health facility.

A divide-and-conquer strategy

The crackdown provoked widespread protests in Jenin and a general strike against the military incursion. A PA Preventative Security Force member, speaking anonymously to The Cradle, reveals…

“This is the US and the occupation working together to force the PA…”

“When Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] ordered the operation, most of the officials disagreed, and although most of us working with the authority disagreed, it was ordered anyway,” the source continues.

“This is what the US wanted from us for two years, then when Israel began attacking Jenin, pay attention to who they killed and how that changed the connection with the PA and the armed groups, they wanted to divide the people.”

This timeline aligns with Washington’s controversial “Fenzel plan,” first proposed in January 2023 to the PA during a visit to Ramallah by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The plot was drawn up by US Security Coordinator Michael Fenzel and sought to use a US-trained PA unit to crush the Palestinian resistance groups that had been emerging in the northern West Bank since 2021.

There were then two follow-up meetings hosted in Egypt and Jordan, held between PA, Israeli, US, Egyptian, and Jordanian officials.

The PA’s elite 101st Unit, trained by US and Canadian forces, spearheaded the Jenin crackdown…US officials provided logistical support, including “ammunition, helmets, bulletproof vests, radios, night vision equipment, explosive disposal suits, and armored cars.”

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[ PA security forces are using RPG launchers]..

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12/23- PA security forces close most of the entrances and exits of Jenin Camp…

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“Discontent against the PA in the West Bank has been growing exponentially in recent years, as Palestinians generally consider the organization a tool Israel uses to further the occupation.

A March 2022 poll conducted by … showed …“dissatisfaction” was at 70 percent.”

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