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2024-02-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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PA launches reforms aimed at revitalization, but structural changes remain elusive
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[IsraelTimes] Under international pressure to tee up to rule Gaza, Ramallah announces package to restructure various branches of its administration, but some see the step as merely cosmetic
Paleostinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced a comprehensive reform program Monday aimed at revitalizing the Paleostinian Authority amid US demands that changes be implemented before Ramallah can take civilian control of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
once fighting there ends.
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So another year or more. And who knows — by then the horse may have learnt to sing. The package, launched under the auspices of PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....
, will notably include the appointment of new regional governors, after twelve of them were sacked by Abbas in August without him announcing a reason. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
critics noted that many of the reforms will leave the same leadership in power and change little on the ground, falling short of widely impactful moves seen as necessary to rebuild trust in the apparatus.
"They might fire a few people here and there, but unless there is a genuine and structural change in leadership and fresh blood coming — no way this will have any impact," said Ksenia Svetlova, a Middle East researcher and former Knesset member.
The proposed reforms also include changes in how security forces are recruited, liberalization of the media market and a restructuring of the health sector, including the provision of universal healthcare.
Senior PA officials quoted by Haaretz said that the measures were requested by the United States in line with plans pushed by Washington for a "revitalized PA" to rule over Gaza once Israel concludes its war aimed at ousting Hamas
 ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several of his coalition partners have rejected the prospect of the PA ruling over Gaza, but have not detailed an alternative vision.
Let’s see who is still alive at the end of this, then we’ll know what the possibilities are . Abbas recently submitted the reform program to donor countries, according to the Al Quds newspaper. The Fatah leader also reiterated his call to hold general elections and open them to all factions, in a bid to reconcile with the political wing of Hamas and return it under the control of the PLO.
Ohhh, he made a funny! Abbas spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said last week that were Hamas to win elections, Fatah would agree to hand it the government, sparking controversy.
Just like they did last time, right? Elections in the Paleostinian territories were last held in 2006, and were won by Hamas. The terror group staged a violent mostly peaceful takeover of Gaza a year later, wresting it from the PA, which continued to be controlled by Abbas’s Fatah party. Abbas has perennially postponed elections since.
In preparation for the possibility that a revitalized Paleostinian Authority will return to rule over the coastal strip, Al Quds reported that Ramallah has instructed its government departments to follow up on the work of the corresponding bodies run by Hamas in the coastal enclave.
The reform plan further includes the appointment of new judges to the Paleostinian Supreme Administrative Court and ambassadors to fill vacant seats, improvements to the Paleostinian Anti-Corruption Commission, as well as legal changes to existing provisions in the tax code and competition legislation.
In addition, it will open the way for a restructuring and merger of some government departments, the establishment of a national water company and the completion of works to the water supply system in various areas of the West Bank.
The moves fall far short of a proposal pushed by the US and its allies in recent weeks that would transfer many of Abbas’s presidential powers to the prime minister, leaving the 88-year-old autocrat in a largely ceremonial role.
Critics say the reform package announced by Shtayyeh comprises little more than cosmetic measures aimed at appeasing the US administration and the international community
"It is just to give the impression that they are trying to do something," said Samer Sinijlawi, a Paleostinian political activist from East Jerusalem.
"Nearly every year, [Paleostinian Prime Minister] Muhammad Shtayyeh announces a plan of reforms," said Sinijlawi, recalling that Ramallah submitted a comprehensive 21-point reform agenda to European donor countries in Brussels in May 2022, which also contained improvements to the administration, healthcare, and the economic, legal and educational systems.
"The Paleostinian people, before the Americans, should have a say in this. Polls show that 90 percent of the Paleostinians say Abbas should leave. So the minimum we should expect is for Abbas to hand over all his powers to a strong, reliable, accountable, trustworthy prime minister that can bring Gaza and the West Bank together, that can restore unity inside Fatah and bring an end to internal divisions. These are the reforms Paleostinians are expecting to see."
Svetlova echoed the criticism.
"It’s hard to believe it’s a real deal," she said. "To reform [the Paleostinian Authority], they need to get rid of all the corrupt apparatus that is leading it, start building new state institutions, and opt for elections." 
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