Earlier in the day, Blinken met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has helped broker two Israeli-Palestinian ceasefires in Gaza since Biden took office. Mr Blinken later told reporters that he discussed the current crisis with the Egyptian leader.
New Palestinian youth armed groupsoccupation conflict and the creation of a two-tier legal system that distinguishes between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, which emerged last year, has increased the number of Palestinian attacks against people. Israel.
But Mr. Abbas is in a weak position in ensuring order. The Palestinian Authority administers most Palestinian cities and towns in the West Bank, but its control over areas outside Ramallah, where Mr. loose, especially in cities like Jenin and Nablus, where the most active insurgents are. .
Mr. Abbas has long avoided exercising full government control in those cities, where public resentment of the agency has run high amid widespread public opinion that it is corrupt. and maintain a close relationship with Israel. On Saturday, the administration issued a statement holding Israel accountable for the escalation, ignoring Israel’s call for the Palestinian leadership to condemn Palestinian violence.
After months of public pressure, Abbas last week eased his administration’s coordination with Israel’s security services, after a Israeli campaign in Jenin to arrest several gunmen who killed 10 Palestinians. Even though US pressure to restore coordination mechanisms, Analysts say Mr. Abbas may be reluctant to do so without some concession by Israel or the United States to the Palestinians.
Palestinian officials have said they will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate Jenin’s activities, a move the Biden administration opposes. Last week, a spokesman for the State Department, Vedant Patel, told reporters the United States did not believe “multilateral forums” were appropriate for such goals, saying Israel and Palestine should work together. directly with each other to determine any liability in such cases. .
Although the Biden administration has funding recovery As for Palestinian institutions that have been curtailed under the Trump administration, Palestinian officials are frustrated that the president has not repealed other Trump-era policies that Palestinians see as an obstacle to becoming a Palestinian. a country.
