Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, DOES NOT dominate the Gaza Strip, because his forces were expelled in a coup by Hamas in 2007. According to the Oslo Accords B (1995), Israel legally controls Territory C in the West Bank until a final agreement is reached. What is happening in Territories A and B in the West Bank? At present, the extreme levels of hostility by the parties and tribes within the Palestinian Authority are shocking. Political and armed rivalries exist among the Fatah leadership (Muhammad Dahlan against Marwan Barghouti versus G’ibril Rajoub, etc.) in cities and villages.
The situation seems more like a dispute among “mafias”. Whole neighborhoods in Nablus or Hebron receive direct orders from Gaza (Hamas), even though the cities are nominally under the control of Ramallah (PA). Beyond these areas, certain streets are under the control of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while others are in hands of men that have vowed their allegiance to ISIS. The level of hostility among these factions is illustrated by the fact that all of them are more inclined to deal with Israel vis-a-vis. The Palestinian Authority, as the central government, exerts clear and evident control over three large cities of the West Bank: Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Jericho.
The loyalty can be noticed by comparing the graffiti in the squares of the villages. Another way is to verify who takes responsibility for terrorist acts. If, for example, there are two or more stabbings by Palestinians of Hamas, the village is theirs. For now, Mahmoud Abbas maintains an apparent internal unity under the Palestinian authority. When he dies, there will be an internal struggle for the successor. It could even happen without bloodshed, areas A and B may rapidly lose their apparent cohesive administrative control.