Women cover their faces as they line up to receive donated food at a distribution centre for displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

This picture taken from Gaza City shows smoke billowing after an Israeli terror attack in the north of the Palestinian territory on Sunday [Omar al-Qattaa/AFP]

Palestinian Authority’s raids on Jenin appeal to Israeli, Western interests

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is cracking down on resistance groups in the Jenin refugee camp in what experts say is an attempt to restore its limited authority in the occupied West Bank and persuade incoming United States President Donald Trump that it can be a useful security partner.

However, the crackdown has earned it condemnation from many Palestinians, especially after the Saturday night killing of 21-year-old journalist Shatha Sabbagh, who had been reporting from Jenin and whose family said she was killed by PA gunfire.

Since the start of the PA raids, they have been criticised as serving the interests of Israel over supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom and self-determination.

“Over the past few years, the PA has lost control over the West Bank, and I imagine it is trying to claw back control to prove its worth to its handlers – Israel and the United States,” said Omar Rahman, an expert on Israel-Palestine with the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, a think tank in Doha, Qatar.

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