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Source: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180525-pa-threatens-to-cut-security-ties-with-israel-if-gaza-blockade-lifted/amp/

Palestinian Authority Threatens to Cut Security Ties with Israel if Gaza Blockade Lifted

(Middle East Monitor) The Palestinian Authority (PA) has threatened to sever security cooperation with Israel if the blockade on the Gaza Strip is lifted, according to the Palestine Information Center. The news site reported that the PA intelligence chief Majed Faraj sent a letter to his Israeli counterpart Nadav Argaman warning him against any action that would help alleviate the suffering of the population in Gaza. The warning allegedly came after reports surfaced that Egypt and Qatar would help mediate a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas that would relax the blockade, now in its eleventh year. Such a plan is thought to be detrimental to the interests of the PA, which seeks to pressure Hamas into handing over control of the Strip.

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