By +972 Blog
Published August 17, 2014
Palestinian unity is no substitute for a viable political system
Where do the U.S. and Israel want Hamas: as part of a transparent political system, or in underground tunnels?
By Sam Bahour
Palestinian "unity," reconciling tensions between Hamas and Fatah, is being revered as the foundation that can extract Gaza from the misery wrought upon it by yet another brutal Israeli military onslaught. The devastation from what Israel called "Operation Protective Edge" is overwhelming: nearly 2,000 Palestinians dead, over 10,000 wounded and paralyzed, and a third of the 1.8 million people in Gaza homeless. Added to this human tragedy is the rabid destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure. Palestinian political "unity" requires an operating political system, which is something that Israel dismantled long ago with official Palestinian acquiescence. Anyone seriously wanting to see Palestinians survive this latest Israeli attack should support the reemergence of a fully operating Palestinian political system, rather than just the replacement of a pair of failed political monopolies with a reconciled but leaderless political duopoly.
READ ON AT:
ENGLISH: http://bit.ly/Palestinian-unity
HEBREW: http://bit.ly/Palestinian-Unity-He
Published August 17, 2014
Palestinian unity is no substitute for a viable political system
Where do the U.S. and Israel want Hamas: as part of a transparent political system, or in underground tunnels?
By Sam Bahour
Palestinian "unity," reconciling tensions between Hamas and Fatah, is being revered as the foundation that can extract Gaza from the misery wrought upon it by yet another brutal Israeli military onslaught. The devastation from what Israel called "Operation Protective Edge" is overwhelming: nearly 2,000 Palestinians dead, over 10,000 wounded and paralyzed, and a third of the 1.8 million people in Gaza homeless. Added to this human tragedy is the rabid destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure. Palestinian political "unity" requires an operating political system, which is something that Israel dismantled long ago with official Palestinian acquiescence. Anyone seriously wanting to see Palestinians survive this latest Israeli attack should support the reemergence of a fully operating Palestinian political system, rather than just the replacement of a pair of failed political monopolies with a reconciled but leaderless political duopoly.
READ ON AT:
ENGLISH: http://bit.ly/Palestinian-unity
HEBREW: http://bit.ly/Palestinian-Unity-He
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