[UPDATE-Sep 8, 2026-Israel-Iran War] Gaza-Hamas, Lebanon-Hezbollah, Syria: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

Israel prepares for nightmare PA security scenario Israeli political and security officials are preparing for a possible scenario in which 70,000 armed and trained Palestinian Authority security personnel turn their weapons against IDF soldiers or Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. According to Middle East expert Yoni Ben-Menachem, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs and Security (JCFA), Israel is taking the possibility of a so-called “turning of the guns” seriously. There is currently no intelligence indicating that such a move is imminent, Ben-Menachem stressed, but the IDF has already trained for the possibility. According to his…