Arabs in the Palestinian Authority (PA) are increasingly relieved that the IDF is attacking terrorists who have turned the Gaza region and parts of Judea and Samaria into a sea of anarchy. Reuters News Agency, which usually features articles emphasizing the plight of Arabs and restrictions imposed by Israel, quoted one Gaza housewife, "It's very ironic, but I am relieved the Israelis have started a bombing campaign."

A Fatah legislator in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and former terrorist leader, Nasser Juma, charged that "terrorists blackmailed people, attacked them and confiscated their freedoms as the weak official security forces failed to punish them."

He added that that rank-and-file Arabs "now wish the Israeli occupation would take over in Gaza or hope for the return of Jordanian rule in the West Bank."