The bottom line is clear: the trappings of sovereignty of what amount to papier-mâché governments under occupation will never liberate a nation. What they have done, and what this government will certainly contribute to further, is transforming a national liberation movement into a big bureaucratic body — one that is a burden on the Palestinian people and that sustains the military occupation directly and indirectly.
Published at The Electronic Intifada, 19 June, 2013.
Alaa Tartir, Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen 