Abbas' Rare Visit to Jenin: Rebuilding and Reasserting Control After Israeli Assault

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has made his first visit to Jenin in over a decade, following a massive Israeli military assault on the city's refugee camp. The visit was an attempt by Abbas to reassert control amid the worst security and political crisis in the territory in two decades. He pledged to rebuild the camp and called it an "icon of struggle." However, the visit highlighted the collapse in public support for the Palestinian Authority (PA), with only a few hundred people in attendance. Many Palestinians view the PA as a security sub-contractor for Israel's military occupation and polls suggest most Palestinians now support armed resistance.