{"id":2811,"date":"2020-09-26T01:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T01:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paju.org\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2020-09-26T01:08:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T01:08:26","slug":"end-of-occupation-no-1024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paju.org\/fr\/end-of-occupation-no-1024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab End of Occupation \u00bb No 1024"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Turkey, Palestinian leaders announce breakthrough on unity, elections<\/h3>\n

By Daoud Kuttab<\/p>\n

Fatah and Hamas appear to have deals on a unified approach and elections, following Israel’s normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"The positive atmosphere engendered by the\u00a0Fatah-Hamas agreement<\/a>\u00a0announced after their Sept. 24\u00a0meeting in the Palestinian Embassy in Istanbul is the product\u00a0of a slow but serious behind-the-scenes effort. But the success ultimately was\u00a0the result of the political environment and the personal chemistry between two Palestinians.<\/p>\n

For years, negotiations and agreements between Hamas and Fatah have eventually proven to be futile, but this time there are many signs that we are indeed witnessing a genuine breakthrough.<\/p>\n

Politically, not only are both sides exhausted and the pressure on them huge, but the Trump administration\u2019s unilateral vision plus the Israeli efforts to bypass Palestinians with two Gulf states have\u00a0jolted the most radical among Palestinians to take a deep look at what is happening. Palestinian leaders met in person and through electronic means Sept.\u00a03\u00a0and vowed that the existential threats to the Palestinian national movement can no longer be ignored. It was also clear that the reconciliation train is finally on the right track.<\/p>\n

The two-day meetings in Istanbul by representatives of the Fatah and Hamas movements signaled that both sides have agreed to try to resolve\u00a0all internal issues between them through general elections.<\/p>\n

In addition to the political circumstances, the apparent success of the process has a lot to do with the personal relationship between Jibril Rajoub, the secretary of the Fatah Central committee, and deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri. The two were both\u00a0fellow prisoners<\/a>\u00a0and the level of trust between them appears to have provided the\u00a0extra push that was needed. The current breakthrough actually began in May when Rajoub, in Ramallah, and Arouri, in Beirut, held a virtual press conference.<\/p>\n

Both have ambitions to succeed\u00a0the leaders in their own faction. Hamas is holding new elections for its politburo and Arouri is among the leading contenders to head the movement along with current leader Ismael Haniyeh, former leader Khaled Meshaal, deputy head Mousa Abu Marzouk and the head of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.<\/p>\n

The breakthrough in Turkey was confirmed with a press release issued Sept. 24 after a meeting held at the Palestinian Embassy in Istanbul. The release said the two delegations are united on a single vision and a mechanism with a timeline. \u201cWe agree that the vision has matured and we plan to move ahead with a broad\u00a0national dialogue with the participation of all factions under the patronage of President [Mahmoud] Abbas to take place before Oct. 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

On this announced date, directors general of all Palestinian factions are to meet again under the auspices\u00a0of\u00a0 Abbas in Ramallah (and other locations virtually) to finalize all details of the reconciliation and to announce the dates of new elections by means of a presidential decree.<\/p>\n

According to the statement from both sides, Palestine will witness three elections within the coming months. First, legislative elections will take place. The last legislative elections took place in 2006 and resulted in Hamas winning the majority of seats and setting up the short-lived Ismael Haniyeh government. The plan is that after the legislative elections are carried out in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, a new national unity government will be formed. This would\u00a0be followed by presidential elections.\u00a0Abbas has repeatedly stated that he has no plans of ever running for office again.<\/p>\n

Both legislative and presidential elections would involve the more than\u00a05\u00a0million<\/a>\u00a0Palestinians\u00a0living in occupied Palestine. But what about the rest of the Palestinian population, which is even greater?\u00a0The newly elected legislative council would comprise part of the Palestine National Council (PNC). According to the statement given by Jibril Rajoub to Palestine TV, the presidential elections would be followed by elections for the PNC \u201cwherever possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

It could be that many Palestinians\u00a0will be unable to vote. For example, elections involving Palestinians in Jordan\u00a0would cause political problems since most of the 2 million Palestinian refugees living in Jordan are also Jordanian citizens. In the past all parties have generally agreed on a slate of Palestinian representatives from Jordan without having to have a vote that would\u00a0create unneeded tensions. (Coincidentally, Jordan\u00a0holds\u00a0elections for its parliament Nov.\u00a010.)<\/p>\n

It is in locations and representations in places such as Jordan that Hamas and Fatah have in the past differed with Hamas leaders’ demands for an across-the-board quota\u00a0of 40% representation in determining\u00a0the delegates to the PNC.<\/p>\n

Talal Abu Afifeh, a resident of Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp and head of the Jerusalem Intellectuals Forum, told Al-Monitor the elections are the best means to reunite Palestinians and to reply to attempts to\u00a0liquidate\u00a0the PLO and the Palestinian national program. “Elections will give the Palestinian leadership the power to stand up to the US deal of the century and the normalization of Arab countries and at at the same time will allow for new faces\u00a0and new leaders to take a front seat in national decision-making efforts.”<\/p>\n

Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman in\u00a0Gaza, said the Fatah-Hamas meetings in Istanbul confirmed the basis of a new initiative aimed at forging a Palestinian course \u201cbased on unity and power sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamal Zakout, a leader of the first intifada and a top aide\u00a0to Salam Fayyad when Fayyad\u00a0was Palestinian prime minister, told Al-Monitor that if the current agreement proves real, then it would mean that Fatah and Hamas must have agreed privately on some kind of quota for Hamas in the new PLO. \u201cWhen you hear the words power sharing you need to understand that this means some kind of consensus as to who will get what and at what percentages in the new Palestine National Council.” The council elected the PLO\u2019s executive committee; both Abbas and before him Yasser Arafat were\u00a0chairs of the committee.<\/p>\n

Much still needs to be done to reach the coveted elections and the creation of a new set of legitimate Palestinian leadership. Suheir Ismael the head of the Bethlehem-based TAM women\u2019s organization in told Al-Monitor that elections are necessary but they must be done freely and fairly. \u201cThe elections must take place without the intervention of the government or the security apparatuses whether in Gaza or the West Bank.<\/p>\n

Many more steps are needed to ensure that the current positive signals will translate to the aspired unity of Palestinians along with free and fair elections. Both the political atmosphere as well as the personal bond between two leaders of Hamas and Fatah will make or break the latest effort, which appears to be more serious than all previous efforts.<\/p>\n

Adapted from:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/fatah-hamas-agreement-election-normalization-turkey.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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