[Israeli Strategy:](https://t.me/observer5/73) Weakening the Authority and Settlement Expansion

Weakening the Authority and Settlement Expansion

Israel follows a clear strategy to weaken the Palestinian Authority while maintaining its existence as a facade to avoid international criticism. According to the International Crisis Group, Israel’s interest is to “keep the PA weak and only minimally effective.” In August 2025, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that Israel would approve the “E1” settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, which includes building approximately 3,000 homes east of occupied East Jerusalem. Smotrich said the approval “buries the idea of a Palestinian state.” He also declared after Trump’s electoral victory last November that “2025 will be the year of sovereignty in the West Bank.”

Destroying Palestinian Infrastructure Since January 2025, Israel has been implementing “Operation Iron Wall” in the West Bank, aimed at restricting the freedom of action of “terrorists,” according to their claims, especially in refugee camps that have become launch platforms for attacks and havens for armed groups organized in battalions. The operation focused on northern West Bank camps - particularly Jenin, Tulkarem, and adjacent Nur Shams. According to The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, more than 80% of the 168 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank so far in 2025 were killed in the northern West Bank, including 60 in Jenin governorate. Israeli forces also evacuated tens of thousands of residents from Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps and destroyed dozens of buildings in those camps.

The Silence and Complicity of Arab States

Normalization and Abandoning the Palestinian Cause

Arab states, especially those that signed the Abraham Accords, continue to play a destructive role in the Palestinian cause. While these states claim to support the Palestinian people, they maintain their relations with Israel and avoid taking any effective steps to stop Israeli aggression.

Saudi Arabia: Between Popular Pressure and Political Interests

Although Saudi Arabia confirmed in February 2025 its “firm and unwavering” position for establishing a Palestinian state, describing it as “non-negotiable and not subject to compromises,” and that an independent Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital is a prerequisite for diplomatic relations with Israel, this position does not rise to the level of genuine challenge required. According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the extraordinary Arab summit held in Egypt renewed the Arab peace offer to Israel by refocusing the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, where Arab states once again conditioned normalization on an independent Palestinian state.

Popular Resistance Against Normalization In Morocco, normalization with Israel faced strong popular resistance. Over the past few months, protesters have targeted ships docked in Morocco heading to Israel to support the Israeli war effort. In April 2025, Morocco’s largest labor union called on the government to ban such ships from Moroccan waters and organized a round of protests in support of Gaza.

The International Community’s Role in Overlooking Palestinian Rights

Symbolic Recognition of the Palestinian State

In July 2025, the governments of France, Canada, and Britain announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting in September, as a means of promoting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. About 147 countries already recognize the Palestinian state, and France, Canada, and Britain would be the first G7 countries to do so. However, these recognitions, despite their symbolic importance, do not rise to the level of real action required to stop Israeli crimes. According to Haaretz, “these declarations of intent to recognize Palestinian statehood are a relatively low-cost response to Gaza and the Netanyahu government. They are also, however, likely to do a disservice to the prospect of ever realizing a two-state outcome.”