The Oslo Accords framework and its aftermath have weakened the Palestinian political body to dangerous levels, enabling the coloniser to dominate. Rebuilding Palestinian political agency is therefore essential.

This requires tangible steps that strengthen resistance to colonialism and advance freedom. It is neither a luxury nor optional. It is a necessary, pre-emptive step to restore sources of Palestinian strength in confronting deepening colonial power.

Reconstruction is also a pivotal moment to reshape Palestinian political and technical leadership. If not now, when?

A collective leadership model, moving beyond the failed structures of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), could open a path towards self-determination.

Only when Palestinians can envision and imagine different models and political structures does the process of transforming that vision into reality begin.

At this moment of unprecedented peril, political renewal is a matter of collective survival. Yet those in power remain unwilling to confront it. Political reconstruction is a necessary condition for liberation and cannot be postponed.

It is no longer acceptable for Palestinian dialogue to remain confined to actors lacking legitimacy or representation, or to factions invested in perpetuating division. A comprehensive national dialogue is not optional; it is mandatory, urgent and unavoidable.

Its frameworks, tools and objectives must fundamentally change. The repeated failures of dialogue over the past two decades demonstrate that current models cannot unify Palestinians or coordinate collective action.

Any marginalisation of the role of civil society in shaping the future of Gaza will bring nothing but further weakness, humiliation, fragmentation and disintegration – not only socially, but politically as well.

Published at The Middle East Eye, 3 May 2026 

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