Top PA official Rajoub: Fatah is "building a partnership" with Hamas; Rajoub: Oct. 7 massacre was "defense"
Abbas' advisor to Hamas: "We just want all of us to join this one Palestinian home whose name is the PLO so that we all unite against the occupation (i.e., Israel)"
PLO and Fatah official: "Fatah and Hamas held positive talks regarding assembling a joint committee to manage the Gaza Strip the day after the war".
Despite the PA's criticism of Hamas for the disaster and ruin it has brought to the Gaza Strip, the PA not only continues to urge Hamas to join the PLO but also continues to provide funding for the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Earlier this month, PA Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa assured Hamas that the PA would continue to "provide the operational budget and salaries to fund different activities." The sum of this continued PA support – which in essence also supports Hamas and other Gaza terror organizations' activities - comes to "275 million shekels every month."
This is not humanitarian aid, because PM Mustafa added that the PA also provides "welfare aid, food aid, and other aid" and additional "monetary aid of 233 million shekels".