87-year-old Mahmoud Abbas has been the head of the Palestinian Authority for 18 years The organization was actually formed as the interim government based on the Oslo agreement in 1993. He repeats from time to time that “he is committed to continuing security coordination with Israel regardless of the extension or success of the negotiations.” Within the framework of these security cooperations, in less than three years, the organization discovered and neutralized 200 anti-Zionist operations in the West Bank. This number was announced by Majid Faraj, the head of the Intelligence Organization of the Self-Governing Organizations, in one of his few press interviews, in an interview with the American Defense News magazine. He said that during the Quds intifada that began in October 2015, the apparatus under his management “has prevented 200 [anti-occupation] operations!”
This situation shows that the main obstacle for the Palestinian people to fight against the Zionist regime is not Tel Aviv or the Western countries, but rather Mahmoud Abbas and his self-governing organization, which in a complex security cooperation since 2005, has been crushing anti-Israel campaigns with all their might. During this period, America was at the height of its power with the occupation of Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003), and Tel Aviv, unlike the previous periods, did not have a hostile government around occupied Palestine. However, it was not these two, but Mahmoud Abbas who broke the Palestinian intifada. He even confiscated the remaining achievements of this intifada. The Zionists evacuated the Gaza Strip in 2005, but the self-governing organization quickly took control of this area on their behalf; Although these organizations were completely expelled from Gaza in 2007, they considered it their duty to prevent any anti-Zionist action. At first, it was claimed that this organization was supposed to be a preparation period for the establishment of the Palestinian state, but it turned into a structure to prevent the liberation of the Palestinian land. However, the current situation shows that the situation is not in favor of the organization.
Israel’s self-governing organization!
With the growing frustration towards any form of agreement with the Zionist side, opposition to the self-governing organization and Mahmoud Abbas is increasing. These oppositions grow exponentially with the outbreak of war to the point where Abbas is criticized outside of Palestine. In the latest reaction on Monday, former Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafiq Abdeslam wrote on X social network that Mahmoud Abbas “lies as much as he breathes.” He stated: “Basically, he is standing because of the security and repressive duty he performs on behalf of the occupiers. “Mahmoud Abbas is very ready to play a role like Antoine Lahad in South Lebanon.”
Antoine Lahad was a Lebanese soldier who left the Lebanese army with nationalist and patriotic slogans and formed an army with Israeli money and weapons that fought with the Lebanese soldiers for 20 years. He, who lived in Paris, was sentenced to death by several courts in Lebanon. Lahad also played a role in the killing of Sabra and Shatila Palestinians.
An informed source about the role of the self-governing organizations in suppressing the people’s uprising against the Zionists in the West Bank said: “After the Oslo agreement, a security cooperation agreement was concluded with the intelligence and military organizations of the Zionist regime. The organization committed itself to stopping the slightest movement of Palestinian fighters and thus became the Israeli gendarme in the West Bank.
He added: “As part of this security cooperation, General Majed Faraj, the head of Mahmoud Abbas’ intelligence service, became responsible for the intelligence and security cooperation case with Israel. He is responsible for gathering intelligence and creating spy networks throughout the West Bank. Shabak does the same independently. In addition, due to the fact that the Internet port is also in Israel’s possession, spying through the Internet, and monitoring landlines and mobile phones is also done by Israel.