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Make the PLO Great (Central and Relevant) Again
The Palestinian political agency is begging for new leadership.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian political agency, is 100% intact.
The PLO is internationally recognized and legally legitimate, but its domestic standing has declined due to self-inflicted poor governance and deficient communication with the local community. Locally, the PLO today lacks the bare minimum of public credibility — assuming that the younger generations even know what it is although they have never had an opportunity to be part of it in any real way.
Organizationally, the PLO has been hollowed out ever since the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords in 1993. With ostensible opposition parties inside the PLO coerced into sustaining an organizational house of cards, Palestinians are left with what is effectively a one party system (Fatah) plus a second, external party (Hamas) that seeks entry to the PLO so as to replace it with a similar, if not worse, model of governance.
All of that notwithstanding, the PLO remains the only Palestinian political agency that can propel Palestinians to freedom and independence. The Palestinian Authority (PA), born out of the infamous Oslo Peace Accords and deemed a part of the PLO’s structures, is actually just an…
