Is Fatah Returning Before It's Too Late?

Journalist and writer specialized in international affairs, and researcher in justice and armed conflict issues.

With the upcoming elections for the Central and Revolutionary Councils, and amidst this Palestinian scene burdened by danger, division, and collapse, the question is no longer: Who won?

Rather, it is: Is Fatah still able to save itself... and save the national project along with it?
What we are experiencing today is not a fleeting crisis, but an existential moment in every sense of the word.

The land is being swallowed, Gaza is being drained, the West Bank is being suffocated, and people are losing faith in everything.
In light of all this, Palestinians today seem more united and isolated than ever, after discovering that no one will protect them unless they protect themselves.

Therefore, the historical responsibility today rests on Fatah, not merely as a political organization, but as the movement that has led the national project for decades, and was once a symbol of Palestinian identity, a voice for the people, and a cradle for struggle.

It does not matter whether this name or that one wins,
or whether so-and-so or such-and-such sits in a leadership position.
Names will not make a difference if the reality remains the same, and if meetings and elections turn into formal rituals that do not produce genuine political action to confront plans to liquidate the cause and end the Palestinian dream.

Fatah today faces a historical test:

Either it returns to the people, to the streets, to its constants, to the spirit that created its presence and prestige…

Or it turns into a framework that silently observes the decline of the cause while history writes the final chapter.
We do not need new speeches, but rather a courageous review, and genuine will that restores value to the idea of national liberation, unifies Palestinians instead of managing their division, and restores the movement to its natural role as a bulwark against projects of cancellation and dismantling.

I say this out of concern for Fatah, not out of hostility towards it.

For those who knew the real Fatah understand that it was never merely about positions and organizations, but rather a national case that generated hope and carried the pain and dreams of the people.

And the question that history will judge everyone by remains:
Did Fatah understand the gravity of the moment before it was too late…
Or did everyone occupy themselves with the elections while the cause was approaching the brink of extinction?