Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas promotes terrorism and can therefore play no role in governing Gaza after the war against Hamas, Israeli Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Eli Cohen told JNS on Friday.

“It’s time for the hypocrite Abu Mazen [Abbas] to stop paying salaries to murderers of Jews and to end the incitement in his education system. The Palestinian Authority, which encourages terrorism, is part of the problem and cannot be the solution for Gaza the day after,” said Cohen, who served as foreign minister during the first half of the war that began on Oct. 7, 2023.

Cohen is scheduled to address the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit at Jerusalem’s Waldorff Astoria hotel on Monday afternoon.