Opinions by David Ignatius: With President Mahmoud Abbas growing older, the Palestinian Authority is increasingly hollowed out. This is a disaster for both the Palestinians and Israel.
: “Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security,” the resolution proposed “withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict.”
These U.N. resolutions spawned a generation of attempts by U.S. presidents and their diplomats to find a settlement. I won’t belabor the details, just note the milestones: Jimmy Carter at Camp David; Ronald Reagan’s 1982 peace plan; George H.W. Bush at the Madrid conference; Bill Clinton at Wye River; George W. Bush’s near-deal with then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert; Barack Obama’s stipulation of U.S. “parameters” for peace; Donald Trump’s “Each of these U.S.
and quiet support from Israel’s Shin Bet, the Palestinian Authority’s security forces, led by intelligence chief Majed Faraj, have lacked the firepower or will to challenge the growing presence of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The city’s refugee camps became a no-go zone and, according to Israeli officials, a center for militant attacks against Israelis.For its part, Israel fueled this fire because of its refusal to control and discipline the ever-expanding settlements in the West Bank.
The Jenin crisis is a foretaste of what’s ahead, when Abbas, who is now 87, passes from the scene. The Palestinian Authority could crumble into nothing. Israel would probably be forced to resume full-scale military occupation, which would mean an all-out Palestinian intifada.“An up and coming Palestinian uprising is a disaster for the Palestinians and the Jewish state,” one senior Israeli security official told me.
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