A Good Piece
By Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 10 November 2008
".....As make-believe negotiations conclude without results, the Abbas regime and the PA lose their last shreds of legitimacy.
Originally, the PA was established to implement the 1993 Oslo Accords. An interim period was supposed to end in the creation of a, albeit never stated, fully independent Palestinian state by 1999. But the failed Camp David talks of 2000, the subsequent Taba talks, the moribund "Road Map," and the dead-end Annapolis process have extended this "interim" period indefinitely with no end in sight. We have to face reality: the end of the two-state solution has come. Without any real purpose except to serve Israeli interests as a subcontractor of the occupier there is no need to keep the PA alive. Its existence only prolongs injustice rather than hastens its end......
Palestinians should not only regain the initiative but also keep hold of it. Palestinian leadership needs legitimacy and Palestinians from all sectors, wherever they live, need to be able to hold such leaders accountable. A real consultation should not only involve ad hoc groups but should engage every single Palestinian. Planning elections for the PNC is the means to achieve this. Palestinians shouldn't let themselves be fooled by the US-backed Ramallah "government." At the same time not all Palestinians are represented by Hamas. In fact the majority of Palestinians do not live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and have never been given a real say in who should lead them. What Palestinians need is inclusive processes, where there are means of accountability. The Palestinians' greatest asset is themselves -- the people -- but unless the people are given a way to be involved, much of their potential to work for liberation is squandered."
By Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 10 November 2008
".....As make-believe negotiations conclude without results, the Abbas regime and the PA lose their last shreds of legitimacy.
Originally, the PA was established to implement the 1993 Oslo Accords. An interim period was supposed to end in the creation of a, albeit never stated, fully independent Palestinian state by 1999. But the failed Camp David talks of 2000, the subsequent Taba talks, the moribund "Road Map," and the dead-end Annapolis process have extended this "interim" period indefinitely with no end in sight. We have to face reality: the end of the two-state solution has come. Without any real purpose except to serve Israeli interests as a subcontractor of the occupier there is no need to keep the PA alive. Its existence only prolongs injustice rather than hastens its end......
Palestinians should not only regain the initiative but also keep hold of it. Palestinian leadership needs legitimacy and Palestinians from all sectors, wherever they live, need to be able to hold such leaders accountable. A real consultation should not only involve ad hoc groups but should engage every single Palestinian. Planning elections for the PNC is the means to achieve this. Palestinians shouldn't let themselves be fooled by the US-backed Ramallah "government." At the same time not all Palestinians are represented by Hamas. In fact the majority of Palestinians do not live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and have never been given a real say in who should lead them. What Palestinians need is inclusive processes, where there are means of accountability. The Palestinians' greatest asset is themselves -- the people -- but unless the people are given a way to be involved, much of their potential to work for liberation is squandered."
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