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November 30, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://jcpa.org/the-popular-spontaneous-intifada-is-organized-and-orchestrated-by-the-palestinian-leadership/

The Current "Spontaneous" Intifada Is Orchestrated by the Palestinian Leadership

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Lt.-Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi - The Palestinian leadership is attempting to portray the current intifada as a popular, spontaneous struggle that expresses the population's despair over the political situation. In reality, it is an intifada supported and directed by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah (the Palestinian Authority-PLO-Fatah) and Gaza (Hamas). The green light for violent agitation and terror attacks has been given by the Palestinian leadership, and the message is translated into actions by field operatives of the Palestinian organizations or by Palestinian residents. The Palestinian leadership also guarantees a network of social and financial support to any Palestinian resident who is arrested, wounded or harmed in the course of anti-Israel terror activity, including monthly stipends for the individual and his or her family. The Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, wants to use the violence as a tool to achieve its political objectives, which include compelling Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

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