The unaffiliated, technocrats that Harf mentioned? Update to this story.
Via JPost
A Palestinian security source said on Saturday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s forces were helping Israel in the search for 3 missing yeshiva students.
That drew condemnation from Hamas – though the Islamist faction has not itself claimed involvement in the disappearance of the Israelis.
Security coordination between (Prime Minister Rami) Hamdallah’s and Abbas’s security services and the enemy to locate the heroes of the Hebron operation and arrest them is a stigma,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum.
Also on Saturday, Quds Net reported that Israel had forbidden Palestinians from travel between Hebron and Jordan, raising suspicion that the IDF was closing in their investigation into the missing boys.
On Friday night, A Palestinian Authority spokesman denounced Israel for blaming the new Fatah-Hamas unity government for the disappearance of three settlers in the West Bank, Palestinian news agency Ma’an.
Adnan Dmeiri said the PA was not responsible for the safety of settlers and had no way to prevent the possible kidnapping of the teenagers.
The PA “is used to accusations from [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu’s arbitrary government, which does not want to commit to any agreement and wants to damage all relations with Palestinians,” he was quoted as saying.
Earlier on Friday, Israeli government officials said they were holding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas responsible for the fate of the three students. They also said they were holding the unity government responsible for the students’ well-being.
Dmeiri was quoted as saying that the PA had no information about the missing settlers, noting that Gush Etzion, the settlement from which the teenagers are believed to have disappeared, “is under Israeli security control.”
He added that, “the PA is not responsible for the security of settlers.”
Dmeiri also told Ma’an he was unaware of any cooperation with Israel in the search for the settlers.