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PA makes deal with Jenin Battalion, ending standoff in northern West Bank city and camp
[IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian Authority has reached an agreement with the Jenin Battalion that will end over a month-long standoff in the northern West Bank city and adjacent refugee camp, a Paleostinian official confirms to The Times of Israel.

The PA has been conducting a counterterrorism operation in Jenin since last month, targeting the so-called Jenin Battalion, which is made up of operatives affiliated with terror groups such as Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
 and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
Ramallah has blamed Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
for funding and arming the Jenin Battalion and other armed factions throughout the West Bank. Fifteen Paleostinians were reportedly killed throughout the operation, including six members of the PA security forces, eight civilians, and one terror suspect. A handful of Jenin Battalion members have also been arrested by PA forces.

The gangs have gained significant prominence in the northern West Bank over the past several years, with the PA seen to have largely lost control over the area.

The PA launched its counterterrorism operation ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
’s return to the White House, as it seeks to demonstrate its ability to maintain stability in the West Bank.

Early on in the operation, the Jenin Battalion managed to steal a pair of vehicles belonging to the PA security forces, who subsequently intensified the raid of the refugee camp.

While the operation has continued, the sides have held negotiations aimed at reaching a truce under which the gangs would hand over their weapons in exchange for immunity.

A deal was on the verge of being reached early this week, but talks blew up following a pair of Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in the camp on Tuesday and Wednesday that killed 12 people including civilians, two Paleostinian officials told The Times of Israel on Thursday.

The IDF had held off on conducting any strikes or raids in Jenin when the PA began its raid but ended that policy this week.

One of the Paleostinian officials speculated that the decision was pushed by far-right elements in the Israeli military and government who don’t want the PA to succeed in its effort.

The official said the strikes may have also been designed to scuttle the brewing truce — something that Ramallah believes would significantly calm tensions in the northern West Bank.

The talks resumed later Thursday, and the sides managed to reach an agreement Friday evening, the official says.

The deal requires specific members of the Jenin Battalion to hand over their weapons and allows the PA to operate freely in the refugee camp, the Paleostinian official says.

PA vehicles have already been filmed entering the refugee camp this evening with bomb-squad units to detonate explosives that the Jenin Battalion placed throughout the area to harm Israeli and PA forces.
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