The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, this Friday defended the Palestinian Authority’s return to Gaza as a plan to stabilize the enclave and advance the two-state solution.
At a press conference in Ramallah with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamad Shtayé, the head of European diplomacy called for the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip, as well as strengthening support for this entity from the international community with strong involvement of its Arab neighbors .
Borrell has been explicit in his commitment to strengthen the autonomous administrative organization led by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and enable it to take charge of the situation in Gaza once the war between the Islamist group Hamas and Israel ends.
So far, the EU has only mentioned the usefulness of the Palestinian leadership’s return to Gaza as part of its future plans for the Gaza Strip, but has avoided indicating whether this responsibility should lie with the Palestinian Authority, which is the Western controls the Jordan Bank and was expelled from the Gaza Strip. Gaza in 2007. after Hamas’s election victory.
Source: DN
