Anticipating Trump, Palestinian Authority eager to crush militants

Well it makes sense an ineffective and authoritarian government would seek the approval of their like in the White House.

Nobody from the Palestinian Authority is quoted as being the source of any of these viewpoints.

The PA eager to further collaborate with the Israeli occupiers?

Something they should have started years ago.

Well it makes sense an ineffective and authoritarian government 

It's either ineffective or authoritarian. Pick one - you can't have both.

commanteerToday 11:53 am JST

Well it makes sense an ineffective and authoritarian government 

It's either ineffective or authoritarian. Pick one - you can't have both.

No, it can be extremely weak and also the only game in town, like Assad's forces before he fell.

The PA is not Hamas, but they are not willing to accept the existance of Israel either; so basically the same thing in different clothes. And the thread of a Hamas take-over like in Gaza is always there. The only way the situation could be conceivably solved is if the West Bank would be handed back to Jordan, so a real nation state is in control. Unsurprisingly, Jordan is not interested in that.