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Don't Give Gaza to the Palestinian Authority
(Wall Street Journal) Eugene Kontorovich and Itamar Marcus - The Biden administration wants Israel to bring in Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party to rule Gaza when the war is over. Fatah is a secular, Arab nationalist party that occasionally claims to want peace with Israel, albeit on terms that would make Israel's existence as a Jewish state untenable. Both Hamas and Fatah have lethal policies when it comes to Israel. Fatah controls the Palestinian Authority, which sponsors the "pay to slay" salary program that provides financial rewards to terrorists, who get more lavish payouts for crimes that result in longer imprisonment. Fatah has celebrated and glorified the Oct. 7 orgy of torture and murder. The party has boasted that its members directly participated in the invasion, crossing into Israel and brutalizing civilians. The official PA news agency described the attacks as a "heroic battle" and called on Palestinians to escalate "confrontation in all arenas." The evidence of actual participation by Fatah members, combined with the endorsement by official Fatah organs, should disqualify Fatah and any government of which it is a part from any leadership role in Gaza. The difference between Fatah and Hamas is one of degree, not kind. They are both evil. Mr. Kontorovich is a professor at George Mason University Law School and a scholar at the Kohelet Policy Forum. Mr. Marcus is director of Palestinian Media Watch.