After the War, Palestinians are Lost!

Author: جهاد حرب

The ceasefire has come into effect without an agreement on all issues, especially regarding the names of Palestinian prisoners, about whom there remains a disagreement concerning the nature of several of them. In the final moments, the Israeli government is attempting to impose a reality by announcing the names of the prisoners and starting to withdraw from various areas, while Hamas and the mediators are still trying to reach solutions.
In my opinion, or for the most part, a return to war has become unlikely. The current situation can be summed up by the popular saying "the lentils have boiled," as there is no longer anything for Israel to fight for, nor is the danger to Israeli prisoners from military action more significant than the possibility of reaching a prisoner exchange. At the same time, the Israeli prisoners have become a burden on Hamas. Both sides are no longer capable of continuing the war due to internal factors on each side and various external factors depending on the nature of international community dealings with them.
In light of these circumstances, or as we approach the last day of the war, Palestinians remain lost and not proactive in transitioning to a new phase that aligns with its requirements, commitments, and challenges that need an open mind, the courage of fighters, the astuteness of politicians, and the prudence of a statesman to find a path or way to navigate or be rescued from the quagmire in which the Palestinian people find themselves following the disaster that befell them after two years of Israeli war and the American "plan" that imposes American guardianship on Palestinians.
In my view, the aimlessness is a certain fate for Palestinians after the war unless there is an internal initiative to outline the features of the coming Palestinian phase or the day after the war, which requires both Fatah and Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to make substantial transformations through profound decisions regarding their internal structure, methods of operation, form, and discourse with the Palestinian public. Likewise, there is a need to adopt frameworks and mechanisms that do not adhere to traditional reconciliation methods, but rather we need a formulation to manage the disagreement and frame it from another perspective.
From a third perspective, the path of Palestinian struggle through popular resistance, without neglecting it and ensuring commitment to it and enforcing it, even by force, has become an unavoidable duty for all political and social forces. It has also become imperative for Palestinians to maintain the momentum of international popular solidarity and the continuation of transformations at the governmental level in foreign countries, which is a responsibility of all Palestinians from a fourth perspective.
Reforming the political system is essential for gaining international support and is a core issue that must be launched from; the reform here concerns all aspects of governance. It is necessary to reconsider the organization of relations between the West Bank and Gaza Strip through the implementation of administrative decentralization under one political system, achieving urgent citizen needs, accommodating political development, addressing differences in legal and legislative systems, and balancing the economic capabilities of both sides.