Part of the PA government resigns
My guess is that this is some sort of meaningless theater, a pretense of change for the better. But that’s just a guess. It would be nice if it actually were a sign of the beginning of some improvement in a part of the world that leaves plenty of room for improvement.
Here’s what I’m talking about:
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday he was resigning to allow for the formation of a broad consensus among Palestinians about political arrangements after the conclusion of Israel’s war against terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The move comes amid growing US pressure on PA President Mahmoud Abbas to shake up the Authority, which would allow it to take a greater role in ruling postwar Gaza.
In other words, shuffle the deck chairs and get more power. At least, that’s the way I see it. I’d love to have my mind changed, and if events transpire to warrant that I’ll be happy to say so.
More:
The move signals a willingness by the Western-backed Palestinian leadership to accept changes that might usher in reforms seen as necessary to revitalize the PA.
The US wants a reformed PA to govern Gaza once the war is over and has ruled out Hamas playing any such role in the Strip in the future. But many obstacles remain to make that vision a reality.
“Many obstacles remain” is understating it.
More:
Netanyahu himself has sufficed with saying that he will not allow the Palestinian Authority to return to govern Gaza. He has sometimes qualified this assertion by saying that Israel won’t allow the PA in its current form to return to the Palestinian enclave, indicating that Israel could live with a reformed PA of the kind that the Biden administration has been pushing. Other times, though, Netanyahu has given a more blanket rejection of allowing Gaza to become “Fatahstan” — referring to the political party headed by Abbas.
I don’t think anyone knows what will happen if and when this particular phase of the war ends. It may also depend, at least to a certain extent, on whether Biden is still the American president or whether he has been defeated. But at any rate, he – or some Democrat replacement dictated to by the same people who advise Biden – will be in charge for the next year.
Looks meaningless, to me, since Abbas is still in charge.
and salaam fayyad, the only honest one in the bunch is out of the leadership, the one who resigned was still paying the mothers of suicide bombers so that tells you everything you need to know,
https://palwatch.org/page/34959
Pennsylvania govt resigns? oh… wrong abbreviation in the US… got it.
But Biden and his minions will love it and say it shows that PA is a party of peace.
Possibly a ‘Crack in the Palestinian armor’ tho too soon to tell, IMHO. If they can satisfy Netanyahu & the Israeli parliament then maybe the Saudis have an opening…
The US, and the money Biden controls, give the US a lot of influence. But Bibi ain’t gonna accept no Jew hating terrorists, or reformed Jew haters, or re-organized Jew haters, to take control of Gaza.
Probably. He will be fighting against that outcome internally, but externally needs to keep the US cash & “goodwill” coming.
The world, and the US public, are looking for a quick solution to a problem that has no quick solution — so Bibi will need to be preparing a good long term solution that includes a first step that is US popular; second or third step.
1) Get invaded and literally raped by Hamas.
2) Declare war and invade the small, densely populated Gaza so as to wrest control of Gaza away from Jew hating Hamas, or other terrorists (as most Palestinian men are).
3) Who governs Gaza after Hamas falls?
That question remains very important both before and after Hamas surrenders/ loses/ gets all honest Hamas supporters who don’t surrender to fight to the death and die.
3b) How should Israel govern Gaza in the last few months of the war?
A 5 canton Gaza Confederation, with Israel control but various Gaza clans & clan leaders having influence, limited authority, and responsibility seems the least bad choice.
Israel doesn’t want to be in control, but every other realistic option is so bad most Israelis won’t feel safe without Israeli control.
These Pali leaders understand that the rules have changed. The IDF will no longer pull its punches and then have the Israeli government return the soil they bled for in exchange for a promise of a peace process. The IDF is now playing by Obama rules- “They bring a knife, we bring a gun.” The Pali leaders know that it’s in their best interest to take the millions they have extorted and grifted and find a suitable appartement in Paris. It was a good ride while it lasted.
As God is my witness I read exactly what ArtfldgrsShadow read…and thought, “What happened in Pennsylvania?”
Art & John, me too. And nothing in the first paragraph changed that mistaken assumption.
The Jihad requires that the West’s money keep flowing into the West Bank and Gaza. Paying lip service to US requests is a necessary ‘accommodation’.
I, too, first thought Pennsylvania when I saw the headline.
Add me to those thinking Pennsylvania!
The PA has a policy of financially rewarding the families of terrorists who murder or maim Israelis. I don’t see them as an improvement from Hamas ruling Gaza. Just a different bad option.
Silly me! I also thought Neo was writing about Pennsylvania.
@ Geoffrey > “The Jihad requires that the West’s money keep flowing into the West Bank and Gaza. Paying lip service to US requests is a necessary ‘accommodation’.”
Agreed.
And then they backtrack on any commitments they allegedly made.
It’s a twisted international variation of sue-and-settle.
They tell their Arabic audiences something completely different, take the money, and do what they want anyway with no consequences.
Because at the root, the American elites they “commit to” are on their side.
I refer you to this link from sdferr on the Open Thread.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/my-mother-cia-antisemitism-israel
To be fair, Pennsylvania’s government should also resign, given what the current Gov. did in November 2020 (as Attorney General)….
“In other words, shuffle the deck chairs and get more power.”
She nailed it.
One of the most brutal, corrupt, and venal governments on the face of the Earth.
A world bank drone is his replacement