Is the Palestinian Authority still relevant? | Inside Story

Amid mounting pressure from the United States, the Palestinian Authority is shaking up its leadership.
President Mahmoud Abbas has named his financial adviser as the new prime minister.
70-year-old Mohammad Mustafa has ample experience in economics, but little in politics.
The move has surprised many -- violence is escalating in the occupied West Bank and Israel's war on Gaza shows no sign of ending.
So, how could this appointment shape the future of the PA?
And does it have enough backing from Palestinians to move forward?
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[@budeiri123]

Mustafa Bargouti is the only Palestinian politician/activist who is worthy of leading the Palestinians. He genuinely cares about Palestine.

[@andykyriakides2144]

Along with his namesake , Marwan Barghoutti .

[@Ktxjjke]

Palestinian helped them out of sympathy when jews were tortured by european and this is the prize of humanity!

[@milev6402]

Al Jazeera's commentators are a special world........

[@Sp3ll633]

No. You started a war against the Jews. That's what you did.

[@weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308]

THE JEWS LET YOU LIVE IN THEIR COUNTRY FOR LONG,ALL THE TIME YOU DIDNOT SEARCH FOR A NEW HOME NOW WE ARE BACK.LEAVE!!!🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱💪💪🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@JmGmail]

Palestinians eloped israel or Jews? When? Where? They want to kills all Israelis as part of their governments founding principles.

[@hamzamahdi104]

Free illegally oppressed occupied Palestine 🇵🇸 😢

[@envt]

Free free Palestinians from gaza!

[@mohammedahmedmustafa1623]

There is no need of this abbas government criticing his own people and then keep quite like a puppet, FREE PLASTENINE

[@SmellyPajeet]

France 🇫🇷 condemn Russia 🇷🇺 for attacking Ukraine 🇺🇦 but support Israel 🇮🇱 attacking Palestine 🇵🇸 Double standards from France 🇫🇷

[@budeiri123]

From most of the world not just France

[@cleoniceribeiro9868]

​@@budeiri123🇮🇱💩

[@leonfeinstein2860]

Yes because Russia and Palestine is a dictatorship

[@shamsheerg7519]

Hamas attacked in October... they raped and killed jews, now we see the wrath of Israel... Where is Allah and Mohammad?

[@envt]

Hamass attacked israel so Israel is responding. Israel is like Ukraine.

[@India_super_gay]

North Korea 🇰🇵 will always stand with the people of Palestine 🇵🇸

[@envt]

Yes. And iran. All the lovely countries of the world :p

[@mike5254]

If only they knew what was going on beyond their borders.

[@genevieve4418]

Thank you, North Korea.

[@_S-M-R]

North Koreans do not have internet lol

[@haskalah]

Abbas is relevant for the USA and Israel but not for the Palestinians

[@andykyriakides2144]

The PA is as relevant to Palestinians in the West Bank , as an umbrella is in a hurricane .

[@sissach1]

Mustafa Barghouti is a national treasure, I always love to hear his moderate, well thought out views on the situation.

[@dalalfreij]

My dad worked as a mechanic in Beirut, long time ago, when the PLO was active there and Arafat was their leader. And Mahmod Abbas used to fix his cars there. My dad told me that he hated Abbas, he was seeing himself as a king, and was very selfish, and always chased women. Now I look at the PA and understand that can money buy your soul.

[@strengthsignal]

If ur story is true you have a gem of a piece of inside information

[@dalalfreij]

@@strengthsignal hahahah yes

[@SmellyPajeet]

Abbas needs to resign

[@geoms6263]

and you put hamas in charge?

[@uniquerebel385]

@@geoms6263No one will be in charge as long as A Nut Yahood is around

[@anasahara2244]

He is a horrible corrup

[@miloslavski6149]

put sinwar and then see WB

[@Jikanborfodo]

Barguthi as usual is a voice of wisdom, peace and unity.

[@donnaemer1868]

D r .Mustafa you should be elected as prımınıster, he understands palıstıne and what the peple need and also speaks good englısh and arabıc',

[@mischevious]

I agree with Professor Sachs. They need statehood immediately, sovereign control of their land, their resources and their elections.

[@JmGmail]

Neither PA nor HMAs want to govern.. they just want money from unrwa funds provided by western powers while complaining about the same people.

[@Freetourforyou]

If America can not force Israel to open borders for humanitarian aid & instead resulting to dropping them by air & sea, how do people expect them to be able to force Israel to accept a 2 state solution?

[@Reza-nz2re]

When a country is occupied and they have a leader who works with the occupiers, what should we call them?

[@walalsafwan2269]

It’s so sad they don’t care themselves and no one cares them

[@jo-annerichardson34]

Collaborators.

[@colleenfuller1367]

“Everyone is watching,” this is completely true. And we’ll never forget.

[@atiqahscookingchannel2359]

Mustafa Bargouti is right.

[@lasttarrasque6223]

Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

[@JmGmail]

From hamas and pa…

[@mohiuddinsamrat3726]

Totally irrelevant authority in Universe

[@SmellyPajeet]

South Korea 🇰🇷, Japan 🇯🇵, Australia 🇦🇺, Philippines 🇵🇭, and India 🇮🇳 always criticize china 🇨🇳 over human right but support Israel 🇮🇱 oppressing Palestine 🇵🇸 Hypocrisy from these 5 countries

[@Stevemcqueen808]

Such a dumb sentence of words

[@obriens456]

Shut up Abdul. Jews have only one state on this earth and the earth belongs to no one. So get over it and move on. Israel has a right to defend itself against Terrorists from all sides. I am a Christian and i support Israel 🇮🇱

[@jamiesedgefield5476]

so they installed as PM another US/Israeli Schill, yeah that will work.

[@WesMiller-n5h]

Shame on Abass. He’s a traitor

[@andykyriakides2144]

The new PM of Gaza worked for the world bank , that makes sense lol .

[@valentinadivina2229]

Why is US choosing for the Palestinians?😡 I agree with Dr.Mustafa analysis 👊✊✌️🇵🇸

[@SA-km3oh]

Such leadership is NOT needed.

[@mollacghq9]

In this new generation every one has right to live with courage, peace,wisdom,intellectuals with articulate judgement of liberty,sovereignty in favour of humanities.

[@selamatmunap9062]

Their rabbis are even talking about annexing Jordan now.

[@uniquerebel385]

God will keep those Rabbis in check, don’t worry about them. They should be worried about themselves

[@riyasriya8894]

genicode😢

[@MadHa420]

Moataz or Abdallah needs to be palestinian President. We need someone who love their country and never can be bought. Palestina have 1 chance to fix this when the whole world is watching.

[@BobHope-y8i]

Well, they actually had a chance in Gaza and look what happened....so it's chance number 2

[@andykyriakides2144]

Who voted for Abbass as PA " president " ?? and what has he achieved in his 2 decades as PA leader ??

[@miloslavski6149]

his WB is much worse than sinwar's Gaza

[@BobHope-y8i]

Who voted for Hamas and look what they have done for their people.

[@NSalah2006]

No they’re not! If they were, they would have been respected.

[@atiqahscookingchannel2359]

I don't see any sincerity over whatever Sec.Blinken says.Justcmy observation.

[@uniquerebel385]

Blink Blink talks out his cheeks, sry gotta be honest. He shouldn’t be allowed to walk freely across Arab countries

[@SA-km3oh]

This PA is only a budget consumer!

[@sandrajones1609]

16:11 "you didn't want to answer the question?"... she answered YOUR question but didn't give an answer YOU desired. One of the most offensive interviews I have encountered to date👎 horrible coverage 😐 NOT News

[@AlmaNavas-y5i]

God have mercy with Israel and Palestine, God put peace in this land .

[@avachophy5148]

Hopeless government Arafat now Mohammad Abbas

[@JagdishBagh-c9f]

Love New Al-Jazeera Doha!❤

[@nooralicassim5858]

The Palestinian Government is quite relevant especially today as God has turned around the Genocide Government of Israel under the Netanyahu leadership to a different course. Prayers are always the answer to stop wickedness and brutality and we must have patience and steadfastness in our faith regardless of differences in religion or ethnicity. We are all children of the same God and many chose to leave the family but we must have patience. I thank God for the many brothers and sisters under One God who accepted this challenge. Good will come from our prayers and encouragement to make a peaceful society.

[@Owenfam44]

But it is true Israel and America has no rights over the Palestinian people No interference only independent Palestinian state

[@JmGmail]

Palestinians have refused to become a state … they could have declared themselves a state right after jordon and israel did. But nope they just want to world to fund their people and create terrorism.

[@AzzaZazza-y9h]

They need to remove him by any means

[@cathySafiSassen]

US must mind THEIR own business!

[@JmGmail]

USA must Stop funding unrwa or trying to help Gazans. Or trying to get a 2 state solution that will bring peace to Gazans? Russia and Iran hamas want to use Gazans as fodder.

[@medic2068]

All this USA Hate is wild. No self accountability.

[@zozodolewin2479]

How rich abas is ?

[@miloslavski6149]

not as rich as hania

[@Abo_bilal511]

Thanks everyone

[@rodneiltheodore1347]

He worked for the World Bank! That says it all

[@miloslavski6149]

sinwar worked for hamas

[@JmGmail]

YeAh? Imagine actually working , most hamas and Gazans want unrwa and israel to do what governments do. Pa and hamas just want to raid unrwa funds and use them for terrorism and filling their own coffers.

[@Squish_that_cat]

Spotting Israel on the world map is very difficult due to its small size I request benjamin netanyahu to kindly increase its size by reclaiming Lebanon, Sinai, West bank, Jordan and Gaza So that people with poor vision like me can spot Israel Jai shree ram 🇮🇳🤝🇮🇱

[@Compete206]

They should invade your mom too

[@naimomohamed7332]

Don’t trast America they don’t care Palestinian

[@bentotc5097]

Failure to accept responsibility..... Again

[@tlynnkyle2983]

Excellent

[@samuel61207]

it's useless and it does not represent the palestinian people

[@RamaMfunga]

Palestinian need young leaders who knows the right of Palestinian not this older man who doesn't even react to the Israel massacre in Gaza

[@somone4800]

what a 5 months of wasting humanities time bibi

[@uniquerebel385]

Time blood sweat, what a shame and even encouraging others to purchase the AI weaponry too

[@longnguyen3243]

We all know the American and Western country use double standard on Palestine, we also know that the Palestinians never accept any authority structure created by American and Western countries, we do know that we need some government structure in Gaza and West bank to help Palestinians build their own country. Palestinians want to have their own government but we do know that that government not accept Israel as a state as before Oct 7, so we will be back as status quo before Oct 7, Free Palestine and "from the river to the sea" are a good writing ideas but it will be let the region to endless war and it will be let ONE OF 2 PEOPLES HAVE TO OUT OF THIS LAND FOREVER, WHO WILL CONTROL IT WILL WE WILL KNOW IT BY THIS WAR. International law is a stupid ideas, there is no leader, no world police, so why you think the world follow that law, the super power country allow that law control their power, stupid thing, anyone see since 1948, any super power nations follow the law ??

[@maoritrustee-io3hw]

If the affairs of state of Palestine,are controlled by a occupational force with crimes against international and humanitarian and America complicit in aiding this and previous illegal military actions against Palestine and Palestinian people,,, since 1967 there is no democracy, at all. Plain and simple, Palestine is not democratic as a state , its a controlled state in every aspect, it has no control over its own affairs. its subject to foreign controlled from the basic necessities such water electricity, and the list goes on and this implicates the UN and others complicit and management of the affairs of the state of Palestine which has been a state for 25yrs.

[@uniquerebel385]

Truth be said, the Palestinians have been neglected for ages and they now have a true case against the entire mf planet. We all F’ed up, now watch the global issue begin. Get your socks and pants ready, God will play his hand😇🙏🏻🕊️

[@mohammadkhaled8686]

NO.

[@ramongonzales2292]

Mahmoud Abbas has been irrelevant for years. He must resign.

[@AzizaSayed-n5l]

Magmood abbas long time had to go i don't c why magmood abbas appointed a new leader all US puppets the palistines must select their own leaders

[@manowar4046]

No

[@KloiePicot]

Hanan Ashrawi! We need you too

[@MimiKay-s6i]

"I don't remember one occupation in which the occupier presented himself as the victim, we are the victims, we are forced to kill their children, poor us.” ~ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy “The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.” ~ Norman Finkelstein “The Nazis made me afraid of being Jewish and the Zionists made me ashamed of being Jewish.” ~ (Dr. Israel Shahak, organic chemistry professor, human and civil rights activist, and Holocaust survivor) "Take the worst thing you can about Hamas multiply it by a thousand times and it still will not meet the Israeli repression and mass killing and dispossession of Palestinians." ~ Gabor Maté Holocaust Survivor

[@Umme-45]

Useless organisation

[@mollacghq9]

Hypocrites are deciding who will be the PL's PM ! It means same way throughout in it's previous status. America should be emperor of these two nations who has capabilities to handle them as an emperor with love,courage,intelectual ideas with articulate judgement and sense of moral compass!

[@Sp3ll633]

A Palestinian state ( in my opinion it eyists already, its called Jordan, but okay if you want another one then try it) is only possible with Israel, not instead of Israel. There will be no Palestinian state without Israel. Consider that

[@joshuastrawser9160]

Shh... We're not supposed to mention the whole Jordan thing because we're all supposed to pretend that that wasn't the case. There's a lot of pretending that we're supposed to be doing, after all.

[@darleneuna]

Palestinians should pick their own leader. They have God as their guide. USA and Israel should be ashamed but they don''t know that emtion. God, however does. Love will win this!!!!

[@JmGmail]

Palestinians don’t want to become a state or gove4n….lazy and corrupt they just want world to give them money

[@nellygarcia]

No. Next question 😊

[@uniquerebel385]

3rd option, or will God be there for the believers and what is Gods Plan as he is the Best of Planners

[@mackeverett9351]

IJS why don't the Arabic Countries do something. Why do yall keep blaming America. WTF😂

[@uniquerebel385]

Nut Yahood has everyone hijacked, they all love life. No one wants to wish for death, that’s why they use american made bombs. Now you understand why or you still thick enough to not understand

[@copyright-z5i]

Voting or betting and gambling for unqualified people that want to feel important while we gamble our country to be voting is like betting on what team you bet on to win, voting for people is a participation of gambling that is not Democratic, it's called betting on competing sports, putting a bet on what team is going to win to keep people divided and gambling putting the country at risk, that is not a way to run a country, voting more like say it like it is gambling on a bet. Give us a break that is what voting is a participation trophy of gambling and betting

[@obriens456]

Who started this war?

[@AlmaNavas-y5i]

The United Kingdom.

[@miloslavski6149]

arab invadors

[@milev6402]

The Palestinian citizens unfortunately suffer because Hamas controls them. The Israeli occupation was removed from Gaza in 2005 and they had the opportunity to choose peace and freedom, choose the Palestinian Authority, peace, and build a free state.. Instead they chose a terrorist organization and fired tens of thousands of missiles at women and children in the last 20 years. What did you expect from the Israelis?

[@cleoniceribeiro9868]

🇮🇱💩

[@obriens456]

Well said

[@miloslavski6149]

Is hamas still relevant?

[@miguela.bonilla6507]

The Presidente is the first need changed.😅

[@envt]

Gaap.

[@user-tn9zk9pk2w]

Arabs laugh on October 7th and cry on October 8th till date. who lose ?

[@cloudsstar]

lol it took them until 6mins ago to notice they uploaded the wrong video and upload the right one

[@blakdeath28]

Free Israel

[@williamdaniels4013]

AHH NNNOOOOOO.

[@Rainforestdelight]

They’re will never be a Palestinian state! Only a single Jewish state of Israel! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@hamzamahdi104]

No fake zionist illegal state in Palestine

[@anonymousanonymous1997]

🤣🤣🤣 it’s All Palestine 🇵🇸.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@cleoniceribeiro9868]

🇮🇱💩🇮🇱💩🇮🇱

[@simonjlkoreshoff3426]

“Jewish state” = apartheid and genocide. If you want that rather than a state I which people of all religious, ethnic, etc background have equal rights, that’s your choice. Personally I think it is an unfortunate choice. But when you steal another people’s land (like the Americans did and like the Europeans would like to in Russia) then you have to dehumanise the people whose land you steal.

[@jasonbrambach6957]

15:59 Her answer was brilliant and based on the horrifying reality of an ongoing genocide by my own despotic government and its clever handler: 🇺🇸+🇮🇱=🩸🩸🩸

[@India_super_gay]

Taiwan 🇹🇼 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 support Israël 🇮🇱. If you support Palestine 🇵🇸, then you should support Russia 🇷🇺

[@jawadzanayed9631]

Free Palestine

[@pokemon32395]

that's a good panel

[@jawadzanayed9631]

Free Palestine

[@JmGmail]

Hamas and pa don’t want to govern because world funds unrwa to do that. Stop funding unrwa and Gazans will hold hamas accountable or elect a better government.