"Any governance structure that does not take into account the Palestinian national aspirations is doomed to failure. Last week, just as Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip intensified, United States presidential envoy Steven Witkoff announced on social media that the ceasefire is entering its second stage. In the following days, the administration of US President Donald Trump unveiled the makeup of a foreign executive committee and a peace board that will oversee the provisional administration of Gaza composed of Palestinian technocrats."
"This setup reflects the wishes of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that neither Hamas nor the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) would be involved in Gaza's future. Although the latter is mentioned in Trump's peace plan, it supposedly first has to carry out a set of unnamed reforms to have any role in Gaza. What this means in reality is that Fatah, too, can easily be blocked from returning to govern the Gaza Strip with the excuse that these vague reforms have not been carried out."
US and Israeli plans propose a provisional Gaza administration staffed by Palestinian technocrats overseen by a foreign executive committee and peace board, excluding Hamas and potentially blocking Fatah through unspecified reform requirements. That arrangement aligns with Israeli demands to prevent either faction from governing Gaza. The proposed structure overlooks entrenched Palestinian political realities and history. Palestinian national movements have consistently rejected Israeli colonial integration, and no collective has accepted governance subordinated to occupation. Palestinian collective identity and political trajectories emerged through resistance, producing parties and public opinion; methods differ across groups, but the rejection of colonial rule remains the unifying principle.
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