The Biden administration and much of the world continue to press Israel to support a Palestinian state, but more and more evidence suggests that such a state would likely be steeped in terror and promote war, not peace.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) admits to materially supporting terrorism. Just last month, Fatah spokesman Jamal Nazzal proudly conceded that “[i]n recent years, most of the Martyrs (i.e., dead terrorists) were from the Palestinian [PA] Security [Forces] or from Fatah, and this has significance and meaning that everyone sees.” Additionally, the Palestinian publicist and political commentator Akram Al-Natsheh recently stated that “The participation of former or present [Palestinian] Security [Forces] members [in terrorism] is no longer unusual.” (READ MORE: A Very Unhappy Anniversary)
A recent report compiled by Regavim shows that the PA uses the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) established by the Oslo “Peace” Accords to wage war against Israel. Regavim compiled a list of PASF officers involved in terrorism, including 41 officers that carried out attacks from 2020-2024 as revealed through various Palestinian “martyrdom proclamations.“ These include:
- Captain Muhammad Manasrah, who shot and killed two civilians at a gas station in February 2024;
- ‘Abdullah Abu Shalal and Captain Saif al-Najami, who were eliminated by the IDF as they were en route to commit a terror attack in January 2024;
- Lieutenant Colonel/Major General Saud Al Titi, who engaged in a drive-by shooting attack on an IDF post in April 2023;
- Captain Muhammad Barad’iyeh, who injured three IDF soldiers in a drive-by attack in April 2023;
- Captain Ahmad Yaaqub Taha (Ta’a), who attempted a car ramming, and then attempted a stabbing in April 2023;
- Captain Ziad al-Zar’ini, who opened fire on the IDF as he tried to hide a terrorist in March 2023;
- Captain Hamdi Abu Dayah, who opened fire on an Israeli civilian bus in January 2023;
- Second Lieutenant Raid al-Na’san, who threw a Molotov cocktail at IDF soldiers in November 2022;
- Captain ‘Imad Abu Rashid and Second Lieutenant Ramzi Zabarah, who participated in a drive-by shooting of an IDF base in October 2022;
- Second Lieutenant Ahmad ‘Alawneh, who opened fire on IDF soldiers in September 2022; and
- Captain Bilal Rawajbeh, who opened fire on an IDF base in November 2020.
In addition to current terrorism, the report details PASF’s participation in terrorism back to the mid-1990s:
- In September 1996, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat encouraged the PASF to start the Western Wall Tunnel Riots (where 17 IDF soldiers were killed), and dozens of PASF took part in instigating the riots;
- In September 2000, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat directed hundreds of PASF officers to use weapons and engage in terrorist attacks against Israel in the Second Intifada; and
- The PASFs role in the Second Intifada was so significant that Israel suspended joint PA/IDF patrols in the West Bank, and the Shin Beit classified the Palestinian Preventative Security Forces as a terrorist entity.
Another recent report, this one by Palestinian Media Watch, reveals that members of the new PA cabinet (a reshuffle that is supported by the Biden administration) are anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli and jihadist:
- The new PA Minister of Religious Affairs, Muhammad Mustafa Najem, gave a sermon at the height of the Second Intifada on PA TV. In this sermon, Najem said that Jews are “characterized by conceit, pride, arrogance, rioting, disloyalty, and treachery,” and that “Allah turned them into apes and pigs.” He also called for Muslims to “afflict the Jews with the worst torment.”
- The new Minister of Women’s Affairs Muna Al-Khalili:
- Praised Dalal Mughrabi, an arch-terrorist who hijacked a bus and murdered 37 civilians in 1978, even calling the attack a “quality resistance operation,” that Mughrabi was “at the head of a squad of self-sacrificing fighters” and Mughrabi’s attack “proved that Palestinian women are capable of carrying out the most difficult missions.”
- Led a vigil 10 days after the Oct. 7 attacks calling for the release of terrorists from Israeli jails, sitting behind posters of Ibrahim Hamed (a leader of Hamas who orchestrated the murder of at least 53 people), Marwan Barghouti (who led attacks resulting in at least five people being murdered), and other arch-terrorists. Each poster contained the text: “Freedom for the heroic prisoner.”
- Spoke at a conference three weeks after the Oct. 7 attacks, where she denied Israel’s right to exist by referencing that Israel’s “occupation” lasted for 75 years, i.e., since the founding of the Jewish state.
The Biden administration’s continued push for a Palestinian state is complete folly. The PASF has a long history of participating in terrorist attacks, and the newly reshuffled PA cabinet is composed of the same anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli jihadism that has long been a staple of the PA. True peace can only come with ideological reforms within Palestinian institutions and society.
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