Why Abbas should rethink Palestinian support for Islamic coalition - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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Khreisheh charged that Palestinian participation in the Saudi-led Islamic coalition against terrorism, in the absence of a Palestinian army, is designed to divert attention from Israeli attacks taking place in Palestine. It is also designed to integrate Israel into the region by distracting from Israel as the real enemy of Arabs and finding new enemies such as Iran, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis, according to Khreisheh.
Al-Monitor contacted some Palestinian military commanders affiliated with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, but they refused to comment on the matter. Al-Monitor could not reach any official at the Palestinian presidential bureau or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain additional information and details.
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