(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Since Thursday, the Palestinian Authority has been conducting massive arrests of Hamas activists in the West Bank. According to Hamas, more than 120 of its members were rounded up. A recent spate of terror attacks in the West Bank, as well as revelations by the Israel Security Agency concerning Hamas infrastructure in Nablus, prompted an awakening of sorts by the office of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas realizes full well that murdering Jews is only the secondary goal of Hamas. Its main aim is to weaken the PA, heighten tensions with Israel, and ultimately undermine the government in the West Bank.
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