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The Palestinian Preventive Security (PPS; Arabic: الأمن الوقائي, romanized: Al-’amn al-wiqā’ī), also known as Preventive Security Force (PSF; Arabic: جهاز الأمن الوقائي) or Preventive Security Service (PSS), is one of the security organs of the State of Palestine.
The Palestinian Preventive Security Force played a significant role during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. It participated in major operations such as Operation Defensive Shield. They also took part in battles such as the Battle of Jenin and the Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
The Palestinian Security Services (PSS, not to confuse with Preventive Security Service) do not dispose over heavy weapons and advanced military equipment like tanks. In the Israeli–Palestinian peace process , Israel has consistently demanded that the Palestinian state would always be demilitarized.
(Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council president on Monday referred the Palestinian Authority's application to become a full member of the world body to the committee on the admission of ...
On 5 December 2024, the Palestinian Authority (PA) began a large-scale operation in the West Bank city of Jenin against the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia. [25] [26] [15] [27] The PA called it "Operation Protect the Homeland" [c] and said it was launched in order to "eradicate sedition and chaos" in the West Bank, [27] portraying militants as agents of instability that are ...
Islamic Jihad militants said Palestinian security forces detained five more of their members in Jenin overnight, underlining rifts between groups in the West Bank two weeks since Israel launched ...
The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security ...
Brigadier General Anwar Rajab, a spokesman for the PA security forces, formally announced the operation and vowed that the PA would regain control of the Jenin refugee camp. [32] Rajab also compared local militants to ISIS. [13] [33] Security forces operating in the Jenin camp killed Yazid Jaayseh, a commander of the Jenin Brigades.