The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeina, said that the statements made by Netanyahu, in which he said that the occupation army is preparing for a possible confrontation with the Palestinian Authority security services in the West Bank, clearly express his premeditated intentions, and the existence of an Israeli decision to ignite the West Bank, in order to complete the war. The comprehensive attacks launched by the Israeli occupation authorities against the Palestinian people, their land, and their sanctities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

Abu Rudeina added that Netanyahu’s statements in which he referred to the establishment of a civilian authority affiliated with the occupation in the Gaza Strip are condemned and rejected, and constitute a challenge to the international community as a whole, and to the declared positions of the American administration, which announced its refusal to reoccupy Gaza or cut off any part of it.

He stressed the position of President Mahmoud Abbas, in which he affirmed that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the land of the State of Palestine, and that the Palestine Liberation Organization is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

He pointed out that these statements come within the context of the ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, including killings and arrests of Palestinian citizens, raids into cities, villages and camps, forced displacement of residents, especially in the Jordan Valley, and withholding of Palestinian clearing funds.

The official presidential spokesman said that the Israeli occupation authorities will drag the region into endless wars and threaten international peace and security.

Abu Rudeina called on the American administration to assume its responsibilities and oblige the Israeli occupation authorities to stop their escalating crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, because they are the only party capable of stopping the aggression.

He pointed out that the use of the United States of America's veto power was what gave the Israeli occupation the green light to continue the war, aggression, and crimes, which exceeded all the prohibitions of international law, stressing that the decision to stop the war is in the hands of the American President first and foremost.

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For its part, the Hamas movement said, “Netanyahu’s statements, in which he indicated the readiness of the occupation army to attack the Palestinian Authority and its security services in the West Bank, confirm the occupation’s intentions to target our Palestinian people, whether in Gaza or the West Bank, and that it does not even care about those who accepted a political settlement with them.” He seeks to consolidate the occupation in our occupied territories, especially Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

In a statement, Hamas called on the Palestinian Authority and its security services to “overcome the effects of the Oslo Accords, stop all forms of security coordination with the occupation, and move to the square of comprehensive resistance and mobilize all energies to confront the occupation and its herds of settlers until the land and holy sites are liberated and the aspirations of our people are fulfilled by extracting our full national rights from the occupation.” He only understands the language of force."