Washington is pressing for the Palestinian National Authority to resume governing the Gaza Strip. This stance was outlined by Jake Sullivan, the Assistant to the President for National Security, in an interview on the GIS television channel.
Sullivan indicated that the United States cannot simply revert to the governance framework that existed in Gaza on October 6. The U.S. position is that any future arrangement should reflect changes on the ground and the realities of the region today.
According to the official, the ultimate decision about how the Palestinian government is formed should belong to the Palestinian people themselves. He noted that a unified government would need to incorporate the West Bank and Gaza in a manner that brings all parts of the Palestinian territories under shared leadership. The comments suggested a preference for a single, cohesive Palestinian authority that can govern the entire area rather than separate administrations in the two regions.
The American official also stressed that Washington does not endorse a renewal of Israeli control over Gaza or the forceful removal of Palestinians from the territory. The goal, he stated, is a future in which governance is restored to the Palestinian leadership without coercive displacement or renewed occupation.
In Sullivan’s view, the long-term objective is reunification and the restoration of Palestinian governance over both the West Bank and Gaza. He highlighted that the West Bank is currently under the management of the Palestinian National Authority, and any permanent arrangement would need to reflect this leadership while integrating Gaza as part of a unified system.
Earlier, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on a major television network, expressing the view that the Palestinian Authority should take responsibility for Gaza. His remarks underscored international expectations for a process that returns governance to Palestinian institutions capable of managing the territory’s future.
Meanwhile, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated a commitment to neutralize Hamas. The statement signaled the enduring and contentious nature of the conflict and the unresolved questions about how power and security will be managed in Gaza in the years ahead.