The PA’s concept of popular peaceful resistance is political acquiescence

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The PA’s concept of popular peaceful resistance is political acquiescence

The Palestinian Authority has revealed its increasing discomfort with the rise of Palestinian anti-colonial resistance in the occupied West Bank. The narrative of Hamas as the epitome of Palestinian resistance can no longer be relied on to foment discord between resistance groups, as armed resistance now denotes a unified Palestinian struggle encompassing adherents of all factions.  Fatah’s Revolutionary Council recently held three days of meeti…