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Fatah Central Committee calls for cutting security coordination with Israel

Xinhua, May 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

An official of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party said Tuesday that the party's Central Committee gave recommendations to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee to start measures to limit ties with Israel, including cutting security coordination.

Secretary of Fatah party's Revolutionary Council Amin Maqbool told Xinhua that the recommendations were addressed during the committee's meeting Monday evening, chaired by President Abbas.

Maqbool, who attended the meeting, said the recommendations include "actual start of implementation of the Palestinian Central Council resolution to limit the ties with Israel in areas that Israel shows no commitment, including security and economic affairs."

The PLO Executive Committee will look into the recommendations in its upcoming meeting on Wednesday, and put a timeframe for the implementation of the Central Council's resolutions, Maqbool said, adding that specialized security bodies will be assigned to make necessary arrangements.

Maqbool said the decision came in response to "Israel's continued obliteration, especially toward its disregard to bilateral signed agreements, including stopping incursions into areas A in the West Bank," which are under Palestinian control.

According to the interim Oslo Accords signed between the PLO and Israel in 1993, the West Bank is divided into three zones: A, B, and C, with Area A being under Palestinian control, B being under Israeli security control and Palestinian Administrative control, and C being under full Israeli control.

Meanwhile, PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Saeb Erekat said that security meetings with Israel have been suspended over the past few weeks.

"This position came after Palestinians received a clear answer from Israel over its failure to comply with signed agreements and its continuation of incursions into Palestinian areas," Erekat said.

Palestinians have threatened to resort to several steps, including reassessment of signed agreements in areas of security and economy in reaction to the faltering peace process, which they accuse Israel of hindering.

On May 5, 2015, the Palestinian Central Council, the highest PLO Legislative body, decided to end all forms of security coordination with Israel.

The peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been stalled since April 2014, when the last round of talks, sponsored by the U.S., achieved no tangible results despite nine months of efforts. Endit