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Source: https://www.jns.org/israel-palestinianconflict/jenin/23/7/5/300352/
Jenin Residents Blame Abbas, Hamas for IDF Raid
(Jewish News Syndicate) Baruch Yedid - Residents of the Jenin refugee camp are blaming the Palestinian Authority and Hamas for this week's two-day Israeli military incursion, laying bare divisions within the Palestinian terrorist groups. Significant numbers of Hamas operatives feel betrayed by their leaders in Gaza and have quit in anger. The aftermath also exposes a widening rift in the Strip between Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. After Israeli forces withdrew from the camp, hundreds of residents came out and shouted slogans condemning Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as a "traitor." Residents accused the PA of not preventing the raid and even cooperating with Israel. A PA police station near Jenin was set on fire. Anger was also directed at Hamas for not coming to the camp's aid.