Open Letter to All Palestinians of the Diaspora. Part 1

Why PALESTINE AGENCY and Why Now?
Introduction and background:
(leaders of militias that kills and murder Palestinians have no place and is unfit to represent let alone lead the Palestinians to freedom).
Ever since chosen by Arab heads of states, most of whom were of questionable legitimacy, the PLO and its leadership have lead the Palestinian people from one disaster to another, from one failure to another, from one “strategic mistake” to another. Even when it has a chance to negotiate with Israel under the Oslo Accord, it negotiated for itself a role, recognition of Israel, while failing to negotiate the most important issues; ending the Israeli Military Occupation, freedom and independence for the Palestinian people and addressing the rights of all Palestinian in the Diaspora.
Over the last 35 year, the PLO leadership has always acted not in the best interest of the Palestinian people, but in the best interest of the PLO as an organization with vested interest for its leadership and cadre and it’s so called “institutions”. This was the case in Jordan, in Lebanon, in Kuwait and now in the Occupied Territories, after Oslo Accord.
The Palestine National Congress as the representative body of all Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and in the Diaspora, never lived up to its name and responsibilities of faithful representations of the people, failed to exercise its duties of checks and balances, accepted decisions and actions of the PLO and its leadership without critical assessment of the issues and decisions, and for the most part remained silent, on status and decisions affecting the Palestinians in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Libya and the Gulf States especially Kuwait. The daily needs and interests of millions of Palestinian gave way to the more pressing interest of the leadership perpetuating its role and of course its selfish benefits and interests and failed to call the leadership to accounts for its actions and failures, in Jordan, in Lebanon, in Libya, in Kuwait and under Oslo.
Palestinian intellectuals, thinkers, artists, and businessmen for the most part, went along with the leadership and never challenging the leaderships on its failures. After Oslo few Palestinian intellectuals dared to challenge Arafat questioning his leadership and his actions. The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestine National Congress forfeited the privilege and right to represent the Palestinians in the Diaspora.
No one takes responsibilities for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians killed or murdered, and no one knows where are the billions of dollars raised by the PLO from Diaspora Palestinians and donations from Arab nations; yet, there was never any accounting of any of these funds and actions. Arafat death and the possible loss of billions of dollars of the “people money” demand immediate actions making sure that the public and people interest are protected. It is time to renegotiate the relationship between the Palestinians of the Diaspora and the PLO and the PNC.
Moreover, under Oslo Accord, the PLO for all practical and legal purposes merged into the Palestinian Authority, leaving millions of Palestinians around the world without any legal representation. Thus the urgent need for the Palestinians of the Diaspora to organize.
The death of Yaser Arafat and the assumption of Mahmoud Abbas may bring about a change, yet to be responsive and accountable leadership. However, it is unlikely that Mahmoud Abbas and his team of old guards, or for that matter any one else, can make fundamental changes in the way the PLO, Fatah or the Palestine National Council operate.
With Mahomud Abbas busy with the task of trying to put an end to the militia war going on in Gaza, in which his own private militia is a party to and with Hamas failing to live up to its commitments to change and cleaning house, getting more involved in regional alliances that do not service the cause of liberation and having proved it is but another militia, not to mention living in time past and with rhetoric that is over 1400 years old. The Palestinian leadership inside the Occupied Territories depending for the most part on militias that does not serve the cause of liberation, it is time to let go of the PLO.
Instead of focusing on ending the Israeli Occupation, putting an end to the expansions of Israeli settlements and stopping the building of the Apartheid Wall, and of course putting in place effective administrative and financial reforms and putting those whose fleeced the citizens behind bars, we see the Palestinian leaderships whether of that of Hamas, Fatah or the PLO all are drowning in a cup of Turkish coffee. How can such a leadership that could not manage the mundane day-to-day things under the Occupation provide the leadership and vision of representing the interests of the Palestinians in the Diaspora?
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