Palestinian reform needed but ending occupation is priority

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

The strong alliance between the Trump administration and the Netanyahu settler government has produced a strange situation. The US and, to a different degree, Israel appear to prefer and prioritize Hamas and Gaza rather than the moderate Palestine Liberation Organization and the West Bank. Efforts at getting the Ramallah-based Palestinian government involved in the situation following the Gaza ceasefire failed without any logical explanation. The Israelis told the Trump administration that the R