The Palestinian Authority (PA) is conducting a large-scale campaign in the city of Jenin to restore law and order and prevent subversive elements from escalating tensions. The PA faces a complex challenge in Jenin, where a mix of hardcore faction fighters and common criminals have found refuge. There are concerns that Israel may seek to dismantle the PA, annex the West Bank, or return to the pre-1987 situation before the First Intifada. The PA is aware of certain elements in the Israeli government eager to deploy the army to overrun West Bank cities and dismantle the PA entirely. The PA's crackdown on the Jenin Brigade is driven by its awareness that both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad aim to destabilize and ultimately replace the PA.