5. Empower the Palestinian Authority Security Forces
Why Is It Important?
The professionalization of the PASF and its constant coordination with the IDF is the single biggest success story in the last decade of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Prime Minister Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, and Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot have all credited security coordination with keeping Israel safe and as being in Israel’s interests to maintain, but that coordination is at risk if the PASF are not given wider latitude and more responsibility to police the West Bank and break up Hamas and other terrorist group cells. Reducing IDF incursions into Area A and allowing the PASF greater freedom of movement through Area B will empower the PASF and help them do their jobs, which makes Israel safer, keeps the West Bank quieter, and demonstrates that there are benefits to ordinary Palestinians for supporting the PA and its approach of working with Israel versus supporting Hamas and its approach of attacking Israel.
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1. Restore Full Funding to Palestinian Authority Security Forces

2. Crack Down on Jewish Extremism and Terrorism

3. Strengthen the Palestinian Security Sector Through the USSC

4. Reduce IDF Incursions Into Area A

6. Reexamine Security Arrangements in Area B

7. Complete the Security Barrier

8. Expand the USSC’s Mission

9. Demand an End to PA Martyr Payments

10. Pressure Hamas to Renounce the Use of Violence

11. Support Israeli Defensive Technologies

12. Pressure Hamas To Return Hostages

13. Tackle Illegal Outposts

14. Pressure the PA to Cease Its Authoritarian Abuses

16. Reform Planning and Construction for Palestinians in Area C

17. Renounce Territorial Claims East of the Security Barrier

18. Redesignate Evacuated Territory in the Northern West Bank as Area B

19. Maintain the Current Footprints of Settlement Blocs

20. Adopt a New U.S. Policy on Settlements

21. Work For An Open and Transparent Palestinian Leadership Transition

22. Support Accurate Maps in Textbooks

23. Maintain UNRWA While Pursuing Deep and Meaningful Reforms

25. Rezone Jerusalem Neighborhoods Beyond the Security Barrier

26. Safeguard Jordan’s Special Status in Jerusalem

27. Preserve the Status Quo at the Temple Mount

28. Support Jerusalem as a Future Capital of Two States

29. Give Abraham Accords States Credit for Breakthroughs

30. Create a Negev Forum Role for the Palestinians

31. Support Upgraded Infrastructure and Procedures at the Allenby Bridge

33. Improve Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in the West Bank

34. Upgrade Telecom Infrastructure

35. Amend the Paris Protocol

36. Increase the Limit for Palestinian Bank Transfers

37. Improve Gaza’s Electricity Supply

39. Repair and Upgrade Gaza’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Infrastructure

40. Continue Increasing Gaza Entry Permits

41. Continue Easing Restrictions on Gaza Imports

42. Convert Gaza Economic Permits to Worker Permits

43. Develop Air and Sea Transit Infrastructure for Gaza

44. Extend Kerem Shalom Hours and Open a New Gaza Commercial Crossing Point

46. Build Capacity for the Middle East Partnership for Peace Act’s Lowey Fund

47. Enable MEPPA Small Grants

48. Improve Conditions in East Jerusalem

49. Embrace Opportunities for Palestinian Involvement in Abraham Accords Initiatives

50. Restore Augusta Victoria’s Tax-Exempt Status
