The PA differentiates between colonial and collaborative oppression
Ramona Wadi- The more the PA tries to cling to its façade as the only possible political representation, the more it exhibits its own violence.
When Israel targeted Palestinian non-governmental rights organisations in 2021 and 2022, the Palestinian Authority embarked on its own exploitation campaign. “In a show of solidarity, President Abbas meets with Palestinian civil society organisations targeted by Israel,” one of Wafa news agency’s headlines read in 2021. Israel’s targeting of Palestinian NGOs in 2021 and 2022, including former Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, designating six organisations as “terrorist” without providing evidence, allowed the PA, very briefly, to pretend to champion a cause that works against its authoritarianism.
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