Distributing aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip was Israel’s gateway to communicating with the tribes and families of Gaza (Al Jazeera)

The Gaza Families and Clans Association refused to be an alternative to any political system in the Gaza Strip. This came in the wake of attempts by the Israeli occupation authorities to create entities that would be an alternative to the authority of the resistance movement.

The Islamic movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, which prompted the movement to say that the occupation’s attempts to create a parallel entity will not succeed.

The Association of Palestinian Tribes, Clans and Families said that the tribes are not an alternative to any Palestinian political system, but rather a component of the national components and a supporter of the resistance and the protection of the home front against the Israeli occupation.

The Palestinian Tribes, Clans and Families Association is a popular, non-governmental gathering that includes representatives of the majority of Palestinian tribes, clans and families in the occupied Palestinian territories and the diaspora.

In a statement issued today, Sunday, the Palestinian Tribes and Clans Association saw that national unity is the only way to preserve the existence of the Palestinian people and the homeland, the steadfastness of its people, and the valor of its resistance.

He explained that the tribes are not an alternative to any Palestinian political system, but rather a component of national components and a supporter of the resistance and the protection of the home front against the Israeli occupation.

Israeli plan

The statement came in the wake of talk about an Israeli intention to divide the Gaza Strip into regions and place the tribes and families in charge of those regions, especially the distribution of aid.

Last January, the Israeli "Kan" channel revealed a plan by the Israeli occupation army that included dividing Gaza into areas governed by tribes, which would assume responsibility for distributing humanitarian aid.

The channel said, “The Strip will be divided into regions and sub-districts, with each clan controlling a district, and will be responsible for distributing humanitarian aid,” noting that “these clans known to the army and the General Security Agency (Shin Bet) will manage civil life in Gaza for a temporary period.” Without specifying the period).

The statement emphasized the prohibition of dealing with the "Zionist enemy" in recycling the village association system, or establishing tribal awakenings that serve the usurping occupier, and that everyone who participates in this is treated as the Zionist occupation.

The statement stressed that the Palestinian tribes, clans, and families are an integral part of the mosaic of Palestinian society, and are supportive of comprehensive resistance.

Hamas threatens

In the same context, a security official in the Hamas movement said that the occupation’s attempt to create bodies to administer Gaza is a failed conspiracy that will not be achieved, stressing that accepting communication with the occupation from mukhtars and tribes to work in the Gaza Strip is national treason and that the movement will not allow it.

The security official explained that Hamas would not allow "the enemy to compensate for what he lost on the field through political games inside the Gaza Strip."

Pointing out that the movement “will strike with an iron fist anyone who tampers with the internal front in the Gaza Strip, and we will not allow new rules to be imposed.”

Pointing out that "all attempts to destabilize our security and stability in the Gaza Strip will fail and we will not allow that," stressing at the same time that resistance "is the only guarantee for us as a people and an incubating environment."

Continuous meetings

In the same context, the Director General of the Government Information Office in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Al-Thawabta, revealed that international parties have held - under Israeli guidance - 12 meetings to date with mukhtars and tribes in the Gaza Strip, as part of their efforts to search for the administration of the Gaza Strip after the war.

Al-Thawabta pointed out - in a post on the

⚫⚫ International parties, under “Israeli” guidance, have so far held 12 meetings with mukhtars and tribes in the #Gaza Strip as part of their efforts to search for the administration of the Gaza Strip after the war, and all the families who were offered it announced their complete rejection of this offer on the grounds that they reject the occupation’s plans aimed at attacking the Gaza Strip. The home front...

- Ismail Al-Thawabta #Gaza (@ismailalthwabta) March 9, 2024

It is noteworthy that the village associations are administrative formations established by Israel in 1978, through which it attempted to create an alternative Palestinian leadership to the Palestine Liberation Organization, in order to be able to participate in self-rule negotiations and implement the Israeli civil administration plan, but Israel did not succeed in its plan at that time.

Since the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government announced that it will not allow the Palestinian Authority or the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to administer the Gaza Strip after the end of the war, and Israeli officials also discussed plans to manage the Strip with Washington.

Source: Al Jazeera + Anatolia