{"id":100254,"date":"2024-03-03T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jcpa.org\/?p=100254"},"modified":"2024-03-03T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:54:17","slug":"the-pa-tries-to-fool-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcpa.org\/the-pa-tries-to-fool-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The PA Tries to Fool the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, massacre, the Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, publicly declared their commitment to reassert control over the Gaza Strip and bolster the standing of the PA.<\/p>\n
Their determination was dampened by Israel\u2019s reservations but encouraged by the United States. U.S. President Joe Biden declared that \u201cGaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the word \u201crevitalized\u201d is ambiguous and not often used to convey critical and fundamental changes a failed governance structure needs to undergo, Abbas seized the opportunity to employ the infamous \u201cThree card monty game\u201d to fool the world.<\/p>\n
To achieve his goal, Abbas and the PA are implementing several cosmetic changes to claim that the PA has been \u201crevitalized.\u201d While the PA propaganda machine is working to justify the move, the truth is that the changes are predominantly irrelevant.<\/p>\n
Abbas does not want change. He has been the PA\u2019s autocratic, corrupt, and widely criticized ruler for the past 19 years. He, his family, and his cronies have amassed huge personal fortunes that, in Abbas\u2019 case, have reportedly reached $100 million.1<\/sup><\/a> His sons have accumulated fortunes in excess of $300 million, controlling monopolies on the import of cigarettes and in the fields of civil engineering, electronics, real estate, and cellular communications.2<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n