The Palestinians must put their political act together if their cause is to be kept alive
NOVANEWS
By Alan Hart
For several years I have been wondering, sometimes on public platforms and in writing, if Palestine is a lost cause. I have now come to the conclusion that, as things are, it is and will remain so unless the Palestinians, the occupied and oppressed and the diaspora, put their political act together in order to give their cause new life with some real hope of justice eventually.
In my view the most telling indicator of the political bankruptcy and irrelevance of the leadership provided by the Palestinian Authority (PA) was the recent statement by its president, Mahmoud Abbas, that it’s up to the international community to bring about a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Unpleasant realities
The reality Abbas chooses to ignore is that as things are there is absolut...