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By Dr Fawaz Abu Tayeh

Palestinians no longer ask whether the Palestinian Authority can survive, but whether its political presence can still carry the cause toward a future worthy of the people. PA turns into structure without meaning, tied to bureaucratic management with no project, while reality imposes dynamics that bypass it and bury its old form. For years PA’s role erodes; latest Gaza war exposes gap between existing political form and reality of Palestinians on ground. No horizon for negotiations, no international framework able to impose settlement, no PA capacity to protect land or shape events. Administrative bodies remain, but national project’s spirit forms outside them—on street, in field, in collective consciousness.

Regional shifts do not spare weak entities. Region reorders alliances while PA remains captive to outdated logic. New legitimacy born from Gaza’s resilience and West Bank and Jerusalem street action places PA in position unable to match pace of phase. PA no longer actor able to influence and moves toward natural end. End of PA does not mean end of Palestine; it may mean real beginning. National project now needs reshaping of Palestinian decision-making centre in inclusive framework that unites all Palestinians, inside and diaspora, resistance and politics. Alternative collective project begins with firm unifying will, moving beyond PA toward national structure able to lead resilience, organise struggle and shape grand strategy toward statehood. New charter resets relation between inside and diaspora, defines form of desired state, vision of conflict and bounds of national consensus.

As Palestine moves beyond PA, it does not fall into vacuum; it rediscovers itself. Next phase has clear title: birth of new Palestinian project grounded in unified decision, strength on ground and future awareness. History is not written for those clinging to past, but for those with courage to shape what comes after. Palestine stands at that threshold—moving beyond PA to reclaim itself. History does not wait.

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