The Palestinian Authority is reluctant to move away from the narrative which the international community constructed for Palestinians through the humanitarian paradigm which serves Israeli interests first and foremost. As Israeli state and settler violence against Palestinian civilians increased, with several instances of extrajudicial killings of Palestinians including minors, the PA’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called upon the UN to deploy its troops to monitor the streets. “The UN has more than 400 vehicles and more than 1,000 staff that can be trained as UN monitors to observe and document the actions of the army and settlers for the purpose of prosecution,” Shtayyeh reminded during a weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah. As is common for PA officials, their words speak only a sliver of the bigger picture. On one hand, Shtayyeh is missing outcommunicating … Continue reading The PA and UN invalidate the Palestinians’ legitimate resistance