One Palestinian Authority

Without hesitation, and clearly and firmly, the leaders of the three countries: France, Egypt, and Jordan, expressed in the statement issued at their summit in Cairo on April 8, 2025, a significant position and a clear message to all parties: 1- To the two sides of the Palestinian division, 2- To the Israeli colony, 3- To the United States, and indeed to the entire world, that what was stated in the statement literally:

"Governance and the maintenance of order and security in Gaza, as well as in all Palestinian territories, must be exclusively under the umbrella of the Palestinian National Authority, enabled by regional and international support."

This means that the authority will remain in place until the so-called "day after" the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, and that the only option for the Gaza Strip, according to the three-nation statement, is the Palestinian National Authority.

This option must be understood and recognized by all parties, especially since it was originally issued by Egypt and Jordan, and is now supported by European France.

It is a message to the Israeli colony first and foremost that there is no alternative to resolving the conflict in Palestine other than “achieving the two-state solution,” and that the Palestinian Authority is the primary political expression and the gradual prelude to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The second message is to both the Ramallah Authority and the Gaza Authority: “Governance and the maintenance of order and security in Gaza, as well as in all Palestinian territories, must be exclusively under the umbrella of the Palestinian National Authority.”

It is a necessity, a message, and a decision with its own merits. The Palestinian president mentioned it in his speech before the Arab Summit in Cairo on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in response to Egyptian advice expressing a Jordanian, Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari partnership in content and direction, and based on two demands:

1- The unity of the Fatah movement, which means the dignified return of Mohammed Dahlan, Nasser al-Qudwa, Marwan Barghouti, and the rest of the Fatah cadres to the ranks of their organization, faction, positions, and partnerships.

2- The unity of the Palestinian house, so that Hamas and Jihad are within the institutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization: 1- The National Council, 2- The Central Council, 3- The Executive Committee, 4- The Palestinian Authority.

Hamas must also realize that its organizational, partisan, and national interests can only be served within the framework of national unity, within the framework of a unified Palestine Liberation Organization based on:

1- A shared political program, 2- A unified representative institution, 3- Agreed upon tools of struggle.

Otherwise, the division would be a free service provided by both Fatah and Hamas, for the benefit of their common enemy, the Israeli colony. One of the most important conditions for victory lies in their unity, cohesion, and partnership in their single, unified battle against their superior enemy.

The prevailing pathological condition on both sides of the conflict and division is represented by the monopolization of power by both the Ramallah Authority and the Gaza Authority, and their enemy works to feed this monopolization. This has been the case throughout the seventeen years of the division, since Hamas carried out its "military decision" and took sole control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. Netanyahu worked to feed this division by funneling money to Hamas, in order to preserve the Palestinian division and feed it with money.

The settlement's indirect negotiations with Hamas, following the Gaza war and the ceasefire agreement, were and continue to be part of this divisive narrative, presenting Hamas as a parallel entity to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, diminishing its role, and reducing its powers.

The tripartite French-Jordanian-Egyptian statement on consolidating authority in all Palestinian territories under the umbrella of the Palestinian National Authority must be met with a positive response, including: 1. Unity of the Fatah movement, 2. Unity of the Palestinian household. Is there a serious, tangible initiative in this regard and for this goal?

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This means that the authority will remain in place until the so-called "day after" the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, and that the only option for the Gaza Strip, according to the three-state statement, is the Palestinian National Authority.