Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Parries Question When Asked About Future Governance Of Gaza

Riyad al-Maliki, the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was also asked by the BBC about whether the PA could govern the Gaza Strip after the Israel-Hamas war.

In a recent Washington Post article, US President Joe Biden argued that the PA should take on such a role – in addition to its existing job, running parts of the West Bank that are not under Israeli control.

Speaking to the BBC, al-Maliki shrugged off suggestions that the PA’s ruling Fatah party wasn’t popular enough to do so, He said low political ratings could be witnessed in other places, too. “It happens to President Biden, it happened to (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.”

He argued that Netanyahu had been undermining the PA for decades, “to prevent the PA from taking control” of Gaza.