The Palestinian Authority has often intruded into the Palestinian anti-colonial resistance for the sole purpose of garnering some media visibility, as it does with Khan al-Ahmar and the Palestinian political prisoners collective hunger strikes, for example. Christmas and New Year have proved to be no exception for the PA to mangle what Palestinians have achieved in terms of unity without Ramallah’s echelons. “Today we are facing the policies and actions of our occupier with unity, commitment to our national values, steadfastness on our land, and with the world standing on the side of truth and justice,” PA leader Mahmoud Abbas declared in his speech without a shard of truth, as the year draws to a close. The PA is still … Continue reading Palestinians’ peaceful resistance should not be conflated with the PA’s diplomatic failures