Akram Rajoub, the governor of Jenin, said on Wednesday that Israel is working to weaken the Palestinian Authority to the point that it wants it to collapse completely.

Rajoub said in an interview with the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, asking: "Does Israel believe that its army can storm our regions, provoke the population, carry out arrests and raids, and leave behind martyrs and wounded, and that our people will sit idly by?"

Rajoub accused Israel of having caused this whole situation, and that it had weakened the authority to the point that it wanted its collapse, holding the far-right Israeli government responsible for what was going on.

He added, "They are building settlements, and they do not take into account the Palestinians, and they want to build and annex and do everything in their power ... It is a frustrating situation and it is natural for there to be such a situation to resist the grievances and ambitions of Israel."

He pointed out that there is a state of concern among the residents of Jenin about the possibility of Israel carrying out a large-scale operation.