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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/12/08/israel-gaza-pa-control-unrwa-conditions-ran-gvili/
Israel Outlines Conditions for PA Control of Gaza
(Israel Hayom) Danny Zaken - As Arab and international pressure intensifies on Israel to allow the Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza and advance toward a Palestinian state solution, Jerusalem has established a comprehensive list of conditions for PA reforms, including the elimination of refugee status for Palestinians living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Arab and Western diplomatic sources indicate these conditions encompass shuttering all UN refugee agencies, chiefly UNRWA, while transferring complete responsibility for civilian needs to the PA. Israel further insists on transforming "refugee camps" into standard neighborhoods or towns. In Samaria, Israel has positioned the termination of UN refugee agency operations as a prerequisite for IDF withdrawal from the Jenin and Tulkarem camps, where forces have maintained a presence for months. Israel's requirements include complete Hamas disarmament, comprehensive Israeli security authority with unrestricted military operations even in Palestinian Authority-controlled zones, total demilitarization of Palestinian territories excepting lightly-armed police forces, meaningful curriculum overhauls in Palestinian Authority educational institutions from kindergarten through university eliminating antisemitic and anti-Israel materials, population-wide de-radicalization initiatives, and genuine PA security operations against terror organizations. Israel views these as essential preconditions for accepting a process culminating in Palestinian statehood, as mandated by the Trump plan.