Almost all political rhetoric about Israel’s genocide in Gaza completely misses the point. That includes the Palestinian Authority’s purported concern about Palestinians in Gaza, which does not extend to any concern about Israel’s ultimate colonial vision of creating “Greater Israel”.

As the PA’s official news agency Wafa reported, the Fatah Central Committee “called on Hamas to stop toying with the fate of the Palestinian people according to its foreign agendas, cooperate with the efforts of President Abbas to stop the Palestinian bloodshed, and refrain from giving the occupation pretexts to continue its bloody war and aggression, which has cost thousands of our people, including martyrs, wounded and prisoners.”

There are ambiguities and inconsistencies in this message, although PA leader Mahmoud Abbas can never disguise his desire to bring Gaza under Ramallah’s control, no matter what. Hence the plea for Hamas to cooperate with the PA, in which case Gaza will be........

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