The Palestinian Authority recently launched a deadly military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, assassinating a member of an armed group on Saturday and killing both a Palestinians teen and a child.
Anwar Rajab, the spokesperson of the PA “security” forces, claimed the military operation – dubbed “Operation Protect the Homeland” – was intended to “put an end to sedition and chaos,” The New York Times reported, a euphemism for the PA doing Israel’s bidding by targeting armed Palestinian groups resisting Israel’s land grabs and military occupation.
Rajab called this “a new stage” where PA forces aim to “regain control of the Jenin camp from lawbreakers who ruin the lives of the citizenry” amid a campaign of killings and arrests.
PA forces invaded Jenin with armored vehicles on Saturday, killing Yazid Jaaysah, a member of the Jenin Brigade, a group associated with Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of Islamic Jihad. ….more
