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14 aug 2019
Prime Minister Shtayyeh Meets With US Congress in Ramallah
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, met with 37 U.S. Congress members, Tuesday, to discuss several issues, according to Palestinian WAFA News Agency.

The meeting was held in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, where the PM reviewed the many challenges of the Palestinian leadership, such as the payment of salaries of martyrs and detainees.

PM Shtayyeh also explored why the peace process has been stalled, and expressed to the congress members that the U.S. and its policies have emboldened Israel’s settlement activities.

Of utmost importance, to achieve peace, the PM emphasized, are the ending of the Israeli occupation and the cessation of all settlement building.

“The peace process started in Madrid 28 years ago, and it is inconceivable that no peace has been reached until now.”
– PM Mohammed Shtayyeh
“The peace process needs serious intentions; Israel does not have these intentions and the US is biased toward Israel.”
– PM Mohammed Shtayyeh
“The best solution for us is the two-state solution along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine, and with a just solution for refugees.”
– PM Mohammed Shtayyeh

PM meets members of US Congress in Ramallah, briefs them on situation

Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh met today with 37 members of the US Congress in Ramallah, where they discussed a number of issues, including paying the salaries of the families of martyrs and prisoners in Israeli jails, and reasons behind the continued regression in the peace process.

The premier stressed that the US administration, through its measures, has encouraged Israeli settlement activities and has cancelled all final status issues, including Jerusalem, borders, refugees, and UNRWA.

He said that any peace process needs a clear terms of reference and must be in accordance with international law and United Nations resolutions, stressing that there must be confidence-building measures between all parties, the most important of which is the cessation of settlement construction and setting up a timetable for ending the Israeli occupation.

“The peace process started in Madrid 28 years ago, and it is inconceivable that no peace has been reached until now,” said Shtayyeh.

“The peace process needs serious intentions; Israel does not have these intentions and the US is biased toward Israel,” added Shtayyeh, stressing that, 'the best solution for us is the two-state solution along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine, and with a just solution for refugees.”

He said, “We want relations between the United States and Palestine to be independent from Israel,” adding that President Mahmoud Abbas is one of the biggest believers in peace and has made every effort during his four meetings with US President Donald Trump to reach a just and comprehensive peace formula, but the US administration has taken unilateral steps that led to the killing of the negotiating and political track, especially transferring its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“We do not evade peace and will not accept anything less than our minimum legitimate rights,” said Shtayyeh.

7 aug 2019
In a meeting with members of US Congress, President Abbas stresses rejection of dictations

In a meeting with members of the US Congress today in Ramallah, President Mahmoud Abbas stressed his rejection of US decisions and dictations regarding Jerusalem, refugees, borders, and security.

President Abbas received members of US congress, headed by House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, in the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.

Abbas said that Israel did not respect bilateral agreements signed under international auspices and insists on destroying them, which forced the Palestinian leadership to suspend these agreements.

For their part, the US delegation expressed their full support to the two-state solution and achieving peace.
Nicaragua to open an embassy in Palestine, says foreign minister

Foreign Minister Riyad Malki said today that Nicaragua has decided to open an embassy in Palestine.

He said in a press statement that Nicaragua appointed Mazen Khuffash, a Nicaraguan citizen of Palestinian origin, as its ambassador to Palestine.
6 aug 2019
Palestinian Security Services Continue to Cooperate with American Counterparts
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Chief of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Intelligence Services Majed Faraj

by Adnan Abu Amer

Despite the American-Palestinian estrangement since December 2017, leading to the imposition of American sanctions on the PA, this did not stop the two parties from holding meetings both in secret and in public.

This contradiction raises several question marks regarding the seriousness of this estrangement.

In early July, Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the PLO Executive Committee, met with US Congressmen Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen in Ramallah. The three men discussed renewing US financial support to the Palestinian security services, which has been suspended since early 2019.

Van Hollen and Graham spoke positively about the PA’s role in maintaining security. They also made the case that it would “counterproductive for the US government to cut AID funding for Palestinian schools and hospitals, that only strengthens Hamas and sends the signal that we don’t have a working relationship with the PA.”

While PA President Mahmoud Abbas denied having political contact with the US administration in late June, he has confirmed that the PA continues its security coordination with the US to “fight terrorism”.

In May, the American administration agreed to give the PA 10 armoured vehicles.

In June, Head of General Intelligence Service (GIS), Major General Majed Faraj, reiterated his complete commitment to fighting terrorism, extremism, and violence. He also said he would cooperate with all of the regional and international parties at 10th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues, held in Ufa, Russia.

In September, a delegation from the Palestinian GIS visited Washington to hold talks with the CIA. President Abbas announced that the Palestinian security delegation is seeking to maintain security and intelligence cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the US, despite severing all relations with the White House.

One finds it difficult to understand the continuation of Palestinian-American meetings of an intelligence-security nature given the political and diplomatic estrangement between them. This raises questions about the future of US-Palestinian security cooperation and the possibility that the American statements will be an introduction to the resumption of American financial support for the Palestinian security agency.

One also would like to know the nature of the concessions the PA will make in return for the resumption of financial aid, as well as the forms of security cooperation between Ramallah and Washington.

President Abbas’s repeated statements regarding cooperation with the Americans have frequently focused on the need to fight terrorism. This highlights the fact that the PA is providing information to the US about armed groups and that the PA is playing a role in fighting against Daesh and Al-Qaeda.

The current Palestinian-American meetings seem to be similar to previous ones. A particularly infamous meeting took place in June 2018, between the head of the Palestinian GIS Majed Faraj with then CIA Director, Mike Pompeo.

The Palestinian sources that I met with agree that these meetings are held at a security level, but gave no further clarification. They also stated that the security meetings between the PA and American administration had continued despite the PA’s boycott of President Trump’s administration after the US recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 2017 and moved its embassy to the city in May 2018.

The discussions of these Palestinian-American meetings are preoccupied with security issues with a regional dimension and implications related to the region in general, beyond the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. They also discuss the clear American desire to ensure political and security stability in the Palestinian territories following the end of the Abbas era, for whatever reason.

It can be said with much confidence that Majed Faraj is one of the Palestinian leaders closest to Abbas. His meetings with his American counterparts are a continuation of past meetings, as Palestinian security officials have strong relations with the Americans. Washington and Tel Aviv view the developments in the Palestinian arena from a national security point of view.

However, it is strange that these high-level security meetings are being held while at the same time PA is so displeased at the so-called peace plan spearheaded by Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt. Despite this, the Palestinian-American security meetings and bilateral communication with concerned American security parties continue and have not stopped.

Of course, these Palestinian-American meetings may discuss the desire of Majed Faraj to nominate himself as Abbas’s successor. Faraj’s comments that are close to those of Washington and his visits may be an attempt on his part to convince them to support him.

American backing would be critical for Faraj, particularly since he was not chosen as a member of the PLO executive committee or as a member of the Fatah central committee. These are important positions for anyone nominated as Abbas’s successor.

Faraj is seen by many Palestinians as a collaborator with Israel. This is mainly as a result of his announcement in 2016 that his security forces foiled 200 armed attacks against Israel and that it is working side by side with Israel and the United States.

The Palestinians say the Palestinian-American security meetings mean that the US intelligence has a close network of relations with its Palestinian counterpart. When Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in mid-2007, gaining access to Palestinian intelligence archives, it revealed documents proving Palestinian security cooperation with the CIA.

Moreover, the Palestinian security personnel are trained in the United States, American officers supervise Palestinian security agencies in the West Bank, and Palestinian intelligence services have security attachés in most of the 90 Palestinian embassies around the world. They have security ties with international agencies and help US security in pursuing armed groups in the world by providing a security information bank.

At the same time, Palestinian intelligence is succeeding in tracking armed groups around the world because of its possession of individuals and informants in areas where such armed groups are deployed, such as Syria and Libya.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank also exchange information regarding the Palestinian security operatives working with the CIA in countries with large Palestinian. This is especially true in hot spot areas with tense security situations, which pose a nuisance to the United States and Israel, such as Syria.

US and Libyan sources have confirmed that the Palestinian GIS and its director, Faraj, were honoured by the white house for providing of valuable information to the CIA, which helped identify the movements of Al-Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Libi and facilitated his abduction in 2013. In Syria in 2015, the Palestinian GIS contributed to the release of two Swedish hostages held by armed groups since 2013.

Palestinian security officers are popular figures in the American security community and have a strong network of relations with senior CIA officers after years of working together. Their meetings focus on bilateral coordination to pursue armed groups in the Middle East. The Palestinian cause is given scant attention. Yet all the while Americans thank their Palestinian counterparts for their security efforts while the Palestinian security agencies thank them for training and funds.

Hamas has condemned the security roles played by the GIS, especially its cooperation with the CIA to prosecute some of the wanted, in a manner affecting the Palestinian cause. Hamas has hundreds of documents confirming that the Palestinian intelligence has spied on Arab and Muslim countries, as well as allies, for the benefit of Israel and the US.

The continued US-Palestinian security meetings despite the political estrangement give credence to those saying that the Palestinian Authority may be one of the arms of US policy in the region. There is high-level security coordination between them, and talk of a political estrangement between Washington and Ramallah is untrue, as their communication is ongoing. The PA cannot sever its relations with the United States; otherwise, it would be like cutting off its arteries.

Such Palestinian-American meetings provide a number of important indications, particularly American keenness to maintain a relationship with the PA, despite the American claims and accusations against it. Another sign is the PA’s refusal to cease security coordination with Israel and the United States.
These Palestinian-American security meetings may give the impression that – despite the ongoing strain – the status quo may return in the long term.

(Majed Faraj  is the head of the Political Science Department at the University of the Ummah in Gaza.)

Premier: Netherlands, EU, and rest of world countries must hasten to recognize state of Palestine to save two-state solution
 
Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh stressed that the Netherlands, along with the European Union and the rest of the world countries, which have not recognized the Palestinian state and are committed to supporting the two-state solution, must hasten to recognize the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital in order to save the two-state solution from collapse.

This came during a meeting with Dutch ambassador Kees Van Baar at the premier’s office in Ramallah, where they discussed the latest political developments in Palestine.

Shtayyeh said that there is a systematic destruction by Israel and the US administration of the chances of establishing a Palestinian state in an attempt to preserve the status quo, particularly through the isolation and blockade of Gaza, settlement expansion, land expropriation, and removing Jerusalem from any political solution.

He asked: “what does the EU expect from the US deal of the century which has not been presented nor discussed and which part of it has already been implemented on the ground?

Shtayyeh stressed that the assistance provided to the families of martyrs and prisoners in Israeli jails  was agreed upon in the Oslo agreement, affirming that 'we will continue to support them’.

The premier praised the efforts of the Netherlands and the European Union to support the building of the institutions of a Palestinian state and development projects there.
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