Yoni Ben Menachem's Blog - נושא: Abu Mazen

Jordan Prepares for the Post-Mahmoud Abbas Era

11 June 2023

Jordan is deeply concerned about the potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the unexpected departure of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from the political stage.
The country fears that the right-wing Israeli government might exploit the PA’s collapse to encourage the migration of Palestinians from Judea and Samaria to Jordanian territory, while proclaiming that Jordan will serve as the establishment grounds for a Palestinian state.

Is Marwan Al-Barghouti Returning to the Political Arena?

9 June 2023

Senior officials in Fatah report the willingness of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to reconcile with his bitter political rival, Marwan Al-Barghouti, and designate him as his future successor.
Mahmoud Al-Alul, vice chairman of the Fatah movement, expresses concern about the decline of the movement’s standing on the Palestinian street. He states that the movement is seeking a candidate from the younger generation to succeed Mahmoud Abbas.

There is no danger to Israel’s relations with Egypt

6 June 2023

Despite the horrific murderous attack on Israel’s border with Egypt, there is no danger to the strategic relations between Israel and Egypt.
Israel sees the peace agreement with Egypt as an important pillar in its national security concept, the IDF and the Egyptian army will learn lessons and they are supposed to change the deployment of forces and security measures along the common border.

The US fears a possible collapse of the PA

5 June 2023

Shin Bet head Ronen Bar met in Washington with senior officials of the American administration and explained to them the security dangers in Judea and Samaria that undermine the stability of the PA.
The administration is concerned about the possibility of the PA collapsing and demands that Israel take steps to strengthen the PA, the problem is that the PA chairman has trouble helping himself.

The weakening of the PA

1 June 2023

The Palestinian political system began to engage in soul-searching regarding the fate of the PA and its future in Judea and Samaria.
The current Israeli government does not want the PA to collapse, it wants it to continue managing the day-to-day lives of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria and be ready to resolutely fight terrorism.

Terrorism is spreading throughout Judea and Samaria

31 May 2023

The monster of Palestinian terrorism in Judea and Samaria is growing day by day, about 20 armed terrorist groups operate in Judea and Samaria and the Shin Bet estimates that the situation calls for a major military operation against the terrorist infrastructure.
PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas rejected the American security plan to fight terrorism and PA estimates that the escalation will continue.

Bin Salman uses the tactic of gradual progress towards Israel

29 May 2023

The Biden administration has set itself the goal of achieving a breakthrough in relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia in the next six months, before the campaign for the US presidential elections.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has set a series of demands to the US and Israel as a condition for a normalization agreement, he prefers to progress towards the agreement in a gradual manner with a mechanism of close supervision of the various stages.

Why did Hamas sit on the fence?

28 May 2023

Although the Hamas movement sat on the fence during the “Shield and Arrow” operation in the Gaza Strip, its popularity on the Palestinian street was not harmed and it even won the elections in the major universities in the West Bank.
Hamas claims that the Gaza street opposes rounds of fighting against Israel that damage the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip and that Hamas will launch a battle against Israel only if there is a threat to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Corruption in the PA Chairman’s office

21 May 2023

A Palestinian organization exposes a corruption affair involving the office of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas related to the export of dates from the settlements to Turkey.
The phenomenon of corruption in the mechanisms of the PA is the talk of the day in the Palestinian street, which believes that the rule of Mahmoud Abbas is much more corrupt than the rule of Yasser Arafat.

The promise of the Saudi crown prince to the chairman of the PA

16 May 2023

Senior officials in the PA claim that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Chairman of the PA that he informed the Biden administration that he would not sign a normalization agreement with Israel unless a political solution to the Palestinian problem was found.
The PA is satisfied with the Saudi position and hopes that it will receive an official expression at the Arab Summit Conference in Riyadh.

Abu Mazen

Jordan Prepares for the Post-Mahmoud Abbas Era

Is Marwan Al-Barghouti Returning to the Political Arena?

There is no danger to Israel’s relations with Egypt