A Palestinian Authority police-army commander in Gaza told an Arab newspaper his far-fetched excuse for the PA’s failure to reduce the amount of dangerous drugs entering Israel from PA-controlled areas: That the IDF itself distributes drugs to the Arabs of Gaza. He claimed the drugs are grown in the Jewish communities of Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) and are guarded by the IDF.
In an “exclusive” interview with PA mouthpiece Al-Hayyat Al-Jedida newspaper, PA Commander Raaji Jabaali explained that, “IDF forces simultaneously corrupt our youth with drugs and provide protection to the settlers - who grow the drugs in the settlements they live in…”
Jabaali claimed, “Most of the drugs are planted in the settlements and then smuggled from there. We are unable to carry out searches there or even get near them and by the time we inform the Israelis about the drugs, they have already been removed.”
The PA Commander, suggesting that the PA’s war on drugs would be more successful if they were given access to Yesha Jewish communities explained that, “It is because of the Israeli occupation that we are unable to combat the drug trade.”
Arutz-7’s Haggai Huberman reports that Jabaali is still wanted by the IDF for his involvement in terrorist attacks. He was fired from his post a number of years ago and just returned recently under the authority of Ahmed Qureia.
Israel regularly intercepts large drug transports on the Egyptian border, as well as the Lebanese border. “Since the beginning of the year,” the Saudi Arabian-backed Al-Hayat newspaper reported, “Israel has arrested ten Egyptian children carrying bags containing tens of kilos of narcotics. The children are commonly used in drug smuggling, and the parents of the children receive payment in exchange for the child's services, at a rate of $150 per 20 kilos.”
In an “exclusive” interview with PA mouthpiece Al-Hayyat Al-Jedida newspaper, PA Commander Raaji Jabaali explained that, “IDF forces simultaneously corrupt our youth with drugs and provide protection to the settlers - who grow the drugs in the settlements they live in…”
Jabaali claimed, “Most of the drugs are planted in the settlements and then smuggled from there. We are unable to carry out searches there or even get near them and by the time we inform the Israelis about the drugs, they have already been removed.”
The PA Commander, suggesting that the PA’s war on drugs would be more successful if they were given access to Yesha Jewish communities explained that, “It is because of the Israeli occupation that we are unable to combat the drug trade.”
Arutz-7’s Haggai Huberman reports that Jabaali is still wanted by the IDF for his involvement in terrorist attacks. He was fired from his post a number of years ago and just returned recently under the authority of Ahmed Qureia.
Israel regularly intercepts large drug transports on the Egyptian border, as well as the Lebanese border. “Since the beginning of the year,” the Saudi Arabian-backed Al-Hayat newspaper reported, “Israel has arrested ten Egyptian children carrying bags containing tens of kilos of narcotics. The children are commonly used in drug smuggling, and the parents of the children receive payment in exchange for the child's services, at a rate of $150 per 20 kilos.”