Why did Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority recently make ‘a peace agreement with Hamas’, knowing Hamas is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood?
Also....The PA could have easily sent security forces into Gaza to stop Hamas rockets from being fired, which would have prevented Israel from having to fight Hamas...but they didn’t..so also begs the question why they didn’t?
additionally....It’s 9yrs. since Israel gave the Palestianian Authority control over Gaza......why does the PA allow it to remain a place shielding terrorists... and this with the Gaza ‘citizens’ full knowledge and co-operation?
These are questions that so often are not brought into discussion when in fact the PA has direct influence and control over Gaza...and Hamas.
Many disagree but I believe that Abbas and Hamas share thr same goal in the destruction of Israel and the mass murder of Jews. That is why they were able to form their coalition government in April.
There is a little good-cop/bad-cop going on. Unfortunately, this operation, if successful militarily, will end with a renewed 2-state peace process, even though the closure of Ben-Gurion Airport showed the futility of that approach.