Palestinian elites have been collaborating against the resistance for a century Submitted by Joseph Massad on Fri, 06/12/2026 - 09:39 The Palestinian Authority's war on the resistance is the continuation of a collaboration with colonialism that Palestinian elites have practised for more than a century A member of the Palestinian Authority security forces fires tear gas towards a protest against their security operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on 16 December 2024 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) Off Amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and its terror in the West Bank and Lebanon , the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance must confront not only their Israeli enemy, but also their own elites who are collaborating with that enemy. The historical reaction to colonial conquest and imperial control across much of the world has been threefold. First, radical resistance by the majority of poor peasants and workers, and by a substantial sector of the urban middle class.