TEHRAN (FNA)- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that the Israeli army is preparing for a possible confrontation with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank clearly shows premeditation, The Official Spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Tuesday.
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation earlier quoted Netanyahu as saying that the Israeli government did not rule out the possibility of a war with the PA and was making contingency plans to respond to such an event, Al-Jazeera reported.
Abu Rudeina said the comments indicated the existence of an Israeli decision to attack the West Bank and the continuation of the comprehensive war waged by Israeli authorities in the Gaza Strip and occupied East Jerusalem.
Netanyahu also indicated that the Gaza Strip would be under Palestinian civilian authority but under Israeli military control after the war. Rudeina condemned and rejected this view, arguing that Israel would drag the region into endless wars and threaten international peace and security.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian movement Hamas said that Netanyahu’s latest statements about the Palestinian Authority (PA) confirm that he is “not interested in a the political settlement and wants to consolidate the occupation, especially of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque”.
The Israeli prime minister also accused the PA of seeking to destroy Israel “in stages”.
“The difference between Hamas and the PA is only that Hamas wants to destroy us here and now, the PA wants to do it in stages,” Netanyahu said as cited by Israeli Channel 12.
Hamas called on the PA and its agencies “to shun the Oslo Accords, stop security coordination, and transition to armed resistance”.
Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on October 7. Thousands of buildings, including hospitals, mosques and churches, have been damaged or destroyed in the Israeli offensive.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry more than 18,400 Palestinians have been killed and over 50,000 others wounded since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on the coastal territory.
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