The Palestinian Authority is re-coordinating with the occupation ... What has changed? And any implications of the decision?

Qassem explained - in an interview with the episode (11/18/2020) of the "Beyond the News" program - that expectations were indicating that the Palestinian Authority would not stand up for long in its decision to stop coordination with the occupation, inferring that it did not cancel relations with it, but only froze it. , As if she was waiting for a suitable opportunity to re-coordinate again

Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh had announced that the Palestinian Authority would resume contacts with Israel in all fields, a position that Palestinian factions have rejected.

Shtayyeh added that the Authority received a letter from Israel pledging to abide by the agreements signed with the Palestinians.

The rift between the Palestinian Authority and Israel lasted only 6 months, and the ropes of communication are returning to extend between the two sides on more than one level.

For his part, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi welcomed the return of security coordination between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

During a joint press conference with his Bahraini counterpart in occupied Jerusalem, Ashkenazi called on the Palestinians to return to negotiations with Israel without conditions.

On the other hand, Hamas condemned this step, and stressed that the decision represents a stab at national efforts to confront the occupation, annexation, normalization and the US peace plan.

The Israeli writer and political analyst Meir Cohen said that the Palestinian Authority’s decision to resume contacts with Israel is in the interest of the Authority, because it is on the verge of collapse due to the deterioration of economic conditions, the spread of the Corona virus and the struggle for power to succeed President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as the loss of Arab and European support, he said.

For his part, a member of the Palestinian National Council and a leader in the Fatah movement Muwaffaq Matar justified the reversal of the decision to cut contacts with the Israeli occupation, that this decision came as an objection to what is known in the media as the "deal of the century", and the occupation’s endeavor to annex lands from the occupied West Bank, indicating that Since these two things did not materialize, the Palestinian Authority reconnected with the occupation again.