Western diplomats have turned to the previously neglected Palestinian Authority to fill the political vacuum likely to be created by the planned destruction of Hamas in Gaza, but know their chosen rescue vehicle is unpopular, deemed corrupt, and badly in need of a new generation of leaders that no one has yet been able to identify.
The west’s placement of the PA at the heart of post-conflict governance in Gaza has also been rejected by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, causing consternation in the Biden administration.
