Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel to IMRA: PA not relevant if refuses to drop financial support to families of terrorists and imprisoned Palestinians
From: Dr. Aaron Lerner
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2024 10:59 PM
To: Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel
Subject: "The PA should reaffirm its commitment to fighting terrorism, cease the transfer of financial support to families of terrorists and imprisoned Palestinians,"

Dear Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel,

You write in “The Day After” Hamas’s Rule in Gaza: Time to Sober Up From the Illusions" that ”The PA should …cease the transfer of financial support to families of terrorists and imprisoned Palestinians.”

Is there any Palestinian leader alive today who has indicated either on or off the record that they would or could support such a move?

And if there isn’t, how does this impact the recommendation?

Best regards,
Dr.Aaron Lerner - IMRA

[ “The Day After” Hamas’s Rule in Gaza: Time to Sober Up From the Illusions" can be found on the website of The Institute for National Security Studies.
https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-day-after-hamas/
Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel joined the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in 2012. He served as Managing Director of INSS for ten years, and currently heads the research program on the Palestinian arena.

Dekel was the head of the negotiating team with the Palestinians under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during the 2007-8 Annapolis process.

Brig. Gen. (res.) Dekel filled many senior IDF positions in intelligence, international military cooperation, and strategic planning, His last post in the IDF was head of the Strategic Planning Division in the General Staff. Previously he served as head of the Foreign Relations Division in the General Staff and head of the Research and Production Department in the Israeli Air Force Intelligence. Brig. Gen. (res.) Dekel served as head of the Israel-UN-Lebanon committee following the Second Lebanon War and head of military committees with Egypt and Jordan. In addition, he headed a working group on strategic-operative cooperation with the United States. He served on the 2006 commission to update Israel's security concept and coordinated the formulation of IDF strategy.]

From: Udi Dekel
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2024 9:57 AM
To: Dr. Aaron Lerner
Subject: RE: "The PA should reaffirm its commitment to fighting terrorism, cease the transfer of financial support to families of terrorists and imprisoned Palestinians,"

Shalom Aaron
Instead of saying an absolute no to the PA, Israel should set the conditions I mentioned. All the years we did not stand by our principles led to Palestinian extremism. If the PA refuses, it will make it clear (perhaps also to the Americans) that it is not a relevant actor
Udi

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