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Beau examines the appointment of a new prime minister in Palestine, stressing the importance of Palestinian involvement for legitimacy and peace in future administrations.
Palestinian citizens, policymakers
The full transcript provides a detailed analysis of the challenges and considerations surrounding the appointment of a new prime minister in Palestine, stressing the pivotal role of Palestinian consent and involvement in future governance structures.
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Well, howdy there internet people, it's Bob McGinnon.
So today we are going to talk about
what might come after.
We're going to talk about
an incoming prime minister,
kind of run through a little bit about him.
We're going to talk about what it might mean, where it might go,
and what some of the major issues that might arise
may end up being.
We have talked about it a number of times on the channel.
The idea has been floated repeatedly
that there would be a revitalized Palestinian authority
that would administer both the West Bank
and Gaza after everything.
And that that's how they were gonna get back on track
and that eventually that would lead to a two state solution.
The problem that immediately arises with this is that the Palestinian authority is not exactly
super popular with Palestinians.
And that's where that revitalized part came in.
They were going to bring in new people.
Conventional wisdom said that they would bring in people that had their own bases of support.
So you'd have somebody from Gaza that people liked and get them to sign off on being part
of the Palestinian Authority.
You'd get somebody from the West Bank, bring them in, and build out support in that fashion.
That was the conventional wisdom.
It was widely accepted as what they were going to do.
Is that what they did?
No.
They decided to go the exact opposite way with it.
new incoming prime minister, Mohammed Mustafa, literally has no support, no political support.
He's nonpartisan.
He's an economist.
So that's a unique move.
I think they're maybe angling more for a clean slate approach.
So what does he say he wants? A non-partisan technocratic government. So government of
experts, zero tolerance for corruption. As far as reconstruction in Gaza, he's indicated
that he wants an independent agency to manage that and an international trust. Yeah, that's
definitely angling towards a two-state solution. That's what that is. So what does this mean
internationally. Most countries are going to be okay with this guy. Most countries
are going to be okay with this. Netanyahu will not because he doesn't want the
Palestinian Authority in Gaza because he's opposed to a two-state solution.
So that's the the big hang-up there. But there's another one that seems to be
kind of being overlooked and I think it's far more important. Sure, a lot of
Middle Eastern countries, a lot of Western nations, they're gonna be okay
with this. The Palestinians need to be okay with this. They kind of get the
deciding vote on that. I understand the idea of some kind of interim
administration, but if it is just other countries forcing certain people into
certain roles, it's not going to work. It's not going to work. The Palestinians
themselves have to have a voice in it. Now, this is early on, you know, this is
one person. Maybe that has been accounted for but I haven't seen it
mentioned anywhere.
Again, when you're talking about the early phases of reconstruction and all
of that, I get it.
But it seems like that's something that is being overlooked
in the planning or at least in
the media coverage, which means
even if they've considered it the entire time, if it's not mentioned until way
later,
it's going to seem like an afterthought,
and it very well might delegitimize the effort.
This
is a big deal.
It's something that has to be
very well
thought out.
and it's not something that can be done
without the consent of the governed.
The Palestinian people are going to have to sign off
on whatever administration
comes along.
It needs to be part of the discussion early on,
even if the plan entails
an appointed administration in the interim.
That's got to be part of the discussion,
it really might delegitimize it from the very beginning.
The
plans and the stuff that's here,
yeah, it sounds good.
It's something that could lead to growth,
hopefully peace.
But, it has to be them.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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